Science news articles about 'dinosaur age'

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said ...

... picture of North America's ecosystem at the height of the dinosaur age 75 million years ago ... overlooked a major part of North America's dinosaur community." In a paper published today in the scientific ...

Scientists have uncovered some rare ancient remains in the Yukon, dating back to a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said ...

... Profound changes were underway. Globally, carbon dioxide levels were falling and the hothouse warmth of the dinosaur age and Eocene Period was waning. In Antarctica, ice sheets had formed and covered ...

... Profound changes were underway. Globally, carbon dioxide levels were falling and the hothouse warmth of the dinosaur age and Eocene Period was waning. In Antarctica, ice sheets had formed and covered ...

A well-preserved pterosaur with soft tissues reveals this dinosaur-age flying reptile had hair, claws and wings that were unlike anything seen on today's living animals, suggests a new paper.

Caught in the act in the dinosaur age, pterosaur feet left behind footprints that show a hopping, birdlike landing, say discoverers of the first known pterosaur landing tracks.

... an important insight into how the mammalian middle ear evolved. The discoveries of such exquisite dinosaur-age mammals from China provide developmental biologists and paleontologists with evidence of ...