Studying bromalites helped paleontologists piece together how the reptiles came to rule a part of the prehistoric world.

Barrett does just that in the new release from Smithsonian Books, A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils. Humans were awed by ...

Paleontologists analyze concretions—hard orbs of minerals that can collect around material like bone—and discover fossils of mammals ... an asteroid killed the dinosaurs.

Paleontologists at the University of Uppsala in Sweden studied more than 500 pieces of fossilized dinosaur poop to find out ...