Birds are avian dinosaurs, and phylogenetic taxonomy includes over 11,000 extant species in the group Dinosauria. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles [note 1] of the clade Dinosauria. They first …

Mar 27, 2025 · The word “dinosaur” isn’t a catch-all term for just any scaly, prehistoric giant. “There’s kind of a misconception that any big extinct thing was a dinosaur,” Smith says. In fact, dinos are a …

13 hours ago · A rare dinosaur skull will soon go on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but the fossil will not be on view for long.

1 day ago · The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints and the location near the Swiss border that has never previously yielded dinosaur tracks, experts said.

1 day ago · A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.

2 days ago · Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy. The footprints - some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter - are …

2 days ago · Dinosaur fossils have been common discoveries in the rapidly eroding Cretaceous Period-aged cliffs of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, for nearly two centuries.

The first dinosaur fossils were recognized in the early 19th century, with the name "dinosaur" (meaning "terrible lizard") being coined by Sir Richard Owen in 1842 to refer to these "great fossil lizards". …

20 hours ago · A photographer discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back around 210 million years while taking pictures in a national park.

6 days ago · This Site in Bolivia Boasts 16,600 Exposed Dinosaur Footprints—The Most Ever Found in One Location Paleontologists counted the record-setting tracks and uncovered evidence of …