Dinosaurs
Prehistoric soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old dinosaur reveals what it really looked like - shocking scientists
Fossils of plesiosaurs are discovered all over the world, but it’s extremely rare to find fossilised soft tissues
How to watch Walking With Dinosaurs: don't miss the landmark BBC series
The iconic natural history programme Walking With Dinosaurs returns for a second series in 2025
Which was the smartest dinosaur?
Comparing brain-to-body size ratios can give us an idea of which prehistoric beast was the most clever
Weird new dinosaur with exceptionally long hands discovered in Mexico
The ‘long-handed Mexican dragon’ is thought to be around 73 million years old
Something exceptionally rare was just dug up at a dinosaur graveyard in the badlands of Canada
The rare discovery was made in Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its astonishing amount of fossils
Lost photo reveals "surprising" secrets of enormous dinosaur skeleton destroyed by bombs in 1944
At ten metres long, the dinosaur was one of the largest land predators in history.
Gigantic dinosaur footprints unearthed in UK quarry opens debate about carnivore-herbivore interactions
The 10 deadliest dinosaurs to have ever roamed the Earth: we rate these ultimate killing machines
For more than 180 million years, dinosaurs ruled over land on Earth. Here are some that live up to the literal title of ‘monstrous lizard’...
Meet 10 deadly prehistoric birds, including one that could swallow human babies and a 1.5m-tall penguin
These early birds certainly caught their worms, and more. Meet some of the deadliest birds that ever lived…
5 British dinosaurs you've (probably) never heard of
Professor Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum, London, celebrates some of lesser known dinosaurs from the British Isles.
How extreme cold, not heat, triggered the mass extinction 200 million years ago - paving the way for the rise of the dinosaurs...
A mass extinction that wiped out three quarters of all life on Earth just before the dinosaurs took over may have been caused by a global rapid cooling rather than a warming climate, scientists say
Smallest dinosaur eggs ever found dug up on Chinese building site
The smallest egg is just 29mm long.
Are dinosaurs lizards?
Why, despite looking like lizards, dinosaurs aren't lizards
Monstrous dinosaur skeleton found by railway workers in Spain – and there's more to it than they first thought
A total of 12,000 fossils were dug up in the mountains of east-central Spain – but it was this one that stood out...
Dinosaur teeth: what were they like, how ferocious were they - and what do they tell us about a dinosaur's diet?
Dinosaur teeth come in all sorts of sizes, shapes - and sharpness - and can tell us a lot about what they ate
Why this gigantic dinosaur footprint found near Melbourne has got scientists so excited
About the same size as a large pizza, it is one of 24 footprints recently discovered on the southern coast of Australia.
Were dinosaurs good parents - and how on earth do we know?
Did dinosaurs look after their young - or were they terrible parents? We take a look at the evidence
Do we know what dinosaurs sounded like?
Do we know what dinosaurs sounded like? A few, says JV Chamary
Dinosaur sex: how these huge animals mated with all those dangerous spikes, claws and plates
Wondering how dinosaurs mated? With difficulty, says JV Chamary.
Why are the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast filled with dinosaur fossils?
Anjana Khatwa explains why the Jurassic Coast is a Mecca for fossil hunters
Could any dinosaurs fly? Probably fewer than you think...
There were probably only a few dinosaurs that could actually fly, says JV Chamary
These dinosaur footprints disappear on one side of the Atlantic Ocean and reappear on the other – and they match exactly
The tracks were found in Africa and South America – 3,700 miles apart – and provide evidence of the last place dinosaurs were able to travel between before the two great continents split.
Dinosaur footprints, ancient crocodiles and the biggest snake to ever live: 10 most epic prehistoric discoveries of 2024
From swamp monsters and giant snakes, to horned dinosaurs and flying lizards, here are 10 of the most amazing prehistoric finds of the year so far.
A real Jurassic Park could be possible. Here's the science of how to make it
Could a ‘Jurassic Park’ ever work? JV Chamary takes a look