A team of researchers say variations they spotted in an examination of Tyrannosaurus fossils warranted the recognition of two additional species:T. imperator,meaning “tyrant lizard emperor,” and T. regina,meaning “tyrant lizard queen”.
A footprint made in southeast Queensland 220 million years ago and thought for the last 50 years to have been made by a fearsome predator was actually made by a peaceful plant-eater.
Cutting-edge computer modelling has revealed some dinosaurs wagged their tails,but it was far from a friendly gesture.
Early humans took advantage of ancient lakes in the Arabian Peninsula to make long journeys out of Africa as early as 400,000 years ago,new research shows.
A remnant of a huge bird with a jagged beak is among Museums Victoria’s eight candidates for a state fossil emblem.
The ancient flying reptile had a skull a metre long,dozens of spear-like teeth and seven-metre wings with which it soared over the inland sea 105 million years ago.
Under the dusty red soil of outback Queensland,experts believe an ancient superpredator could be lying in wait.
Thanks to Jurassic Park,most kids know an awful lot about American dinosaurs,but we have a growing list of unique beasts.
Two storeys tall at the hip and as long as a basketball court,Australotitan cooperensis is the largest dinosaur ever found in Australia and among the largest in the world.
An Australian-led research group has found ancient humans were often not the cause of extinctions when they first arrived on uninhabited islands.
The footprint of a baby stegosaurus - the smallest ever found - shows the animals tiptoed its way across north-west China 110 million years ago.