An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has analyzed fossilized dinosaur droppings—known as coprolites—to uncover details about the diets and ecological roles of dinosaurs 200 ...
For tens of millions of years, dinosaurs dominated the planet – by not being finicky eaters. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature sheds some new light on how that came to be, and the ...
You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. While the grub itself may be long gone, a record ...
With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...
Long-necked sauropods were widely believed to be plant-eaters. But direct proof has been incredibly hard to come by. Until now. Fossilized plant remains have been discovered inside the abdomen of a ...
Researchers analyzed the teeth of the earliest dinosaurs to determine what they ate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's long ...
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards -- and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ...
South African geochemist Priyanka Davechand uses tiny samples of fossil tooth enamel to figure out what animals like dinosaurs ate and where they might fit into ancient food webs. Davechand, who is a ...
A T. Rex missing link, a spike-fossil and a raptor still eating its dinner are just a few of the interesting dinosaur ...