An engraving of the scene created a national sensation in Great Britain ... of Natural History in his 1945 publication, The Dinosaur Book. The field was in the doldrums when in 1975 Robert ...

This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... One of the most remarkable fossils of the birdlike dinosaur Archaeopteryx, known as the Thermopolis specimen, has ...

This week, host Phil Keoghan meets up with National Geographic Explorer and paleontologist John Foster at an extraordinary dinosaur dig in Utah. The episode airs Monday, November 19, at 10/9c on ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a new genus and species of dinosaur with movie-monster looks. Well protectedOsteoderms—bony armor plates—cover ...

Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis was the largest of the pachycephalosaurids—"thick-headed dinosaurs"—which featured extremely thick skullcaps. The top of a Pachycephalosaurus skull could be 9 ...

Lesothosaurus diagnosticus was one of the most primitive and earliest ornithischians, or "bird-hipped" dinosaurs. Ornithischians were one of the two major groups of dinosaurs and included such ...

Recent research suggests that Velociraptor mongoliensis was a feathered dinosaur. A forelimb fossil discovered in Mongolia showed quill knobs like those found in many modern birds. These telltale ...

A specimen nicknamed "Willo" may be the first dinosaur ever found with a fossilized heart. Some scientists further suggest that the organ is a four-chambered heart more like those of mammals or ...

Troodon formosus was a small coelurosaurian dinosaur—a member of the same clade (evolutionary group) to which modern birds belong. Fossilized remains have been discovered of nesting parents and ...

Prehistoric time line, geologic time scale, photos, facts, maps, and more from National Geographic ... and reptiles. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth in the mighty Mesozoic. And 64 million years after ...

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the most ferocious predators to ever walk the Earth. With a massive body, sharp teeth, and jaws so powerful they could crush a car, this famous carnivore dominated the ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct. Triceratops’ enormous ...