Floral changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary linked to extensive volcanismThe turnover of land plants in Europe at the boundary of the Triassic and Jurassic periods, 200 million years ago, was driven by environmental changes triggered by massive volcanic... — full story
Bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolutionScientists from The George Washington University and the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing have discovered a unique... — full story
New bizarre feathered dinosaur discovered in ChinaA new stage in the early history of birds is published in the most recent issue of the journal Nature (online 22 October). The discovery of a bizarre feathered dinosaur, named Epidexipteryx... — full story
Researchers find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian PeninsulaScientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the 21 May issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well... — full story
240 million old fossil of an ichthyosaur exhibited at Tromso University MuseumA giant 240 million years old specimen from Svalbard of an Ichthyosauria was for the first time be displayed on the 5th of April at Tromso University Museum, Northern Norway. The ichthyosaur... — full story
Monster Jurassic marine reptile discoveredUniversity of Alaska Museum of the North earth sciences curator Patrick Druckenmiller spent several weeks last summer working with a Norwegian research team to excavate a large pliosaur... — full story
Massive dinosaur discovered in AntarcticaA new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and... — full story
Palaeontologists discover ancient Jurassic mammalA team of Chinese and American scientists has discovered a new mammal from the 165 million-year-old lakebeds of the Jurassic Period in Northern China. The find is reported in the 1... — full story
Mineral ages show Blue Mountain rocks related to Klamath, Sierra NevadasNew evidence, based on mineral dating, suggests that rocks of the Blue Mountains, the oldest geological formation in Oregon, may have been derived from the Klamath and Sierra Nevada... — full story
T. rex may have struggled to chase down speeding vehicles as the movie Jurassic Park would have us believe but the world's most fearsome carnivore was certainly no slouch, research... — full story