An international team of researchers has found it likely that bipedal dinosaurs swung their tails as they walked and ran to maintain their balance. In their paper published in the journal Science ...

Atiny feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China around 120 million years ago is offering researchers ...

New 3D simulations of dinosaur movement suggest that some of the animals may have swung their tails to and fro to help them move, similar to how we humans swing our arms. Looking at the simulated ...

When most people imagine dinosaurs, they picture giant reptiles covered in thick scales, with rough skin similar to modern lizards or crocodiles. But an extraordinary scientific discovery found ...

Researchers have discovered a feathery dinosaur tail with bones, flesh and skin inside a chunk of amber found in Myanmar last year. Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Supersaurus was likely the world's longest dinosaur — around 137 feet from nose to tail. Paleontologist Brian Curtice awarded the ...

New dinosaur footprints dubbed Ruopodosaurus clava were made by armoured ankylosaurid dinosaurs. While the exact species that made these footprints is unknown, it was likely similar to Gobisaurus or ...

Tanklike armored dinosaurs probably pummeled each other — not just predators — with huge, bony knobs attached to the ends of their tails. Thanks to new fossil findings, researchers are getting a ...

A chicken-size dinosaur that lived in what is now Germany about 150 million years ago might have used sensory scales on its tail as it foraged for fish at night. These sensory organs, remarkably ...