Dinosaur
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Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before asteroid strike, say scientists
Science | Oct 24, 2025, 03:41 PM ISTThe new research adds substantial evidence to the long-running debate regarding whether dinosaur populations were already dwindling before the asteroid struck 66 million years ago.
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Scientists discover new dinosaur in Argentina, shedding light on ancient predator's diet
Science | Sep 24, 2025, 06:44 PM ISTNew dinosaur fossil uncovered in Argentina sheds light on ancient predators. It provides insight into mysterious group of predators.
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Rajnath Singh attacks Congress in poll rally, gives dinosaur, ‘Big Boss’ references to party | WATCH
India | Apr 12, 2024, 06:15 PM ISTRajnath Singh gave references to the extinction of dinosaur to attack the Congress party at a poll rally in Uttarakhand. He also referred to the TV show 'Big Boss' to attack the Congress.
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Footprints of last dinosaurs walked 110M years ago in UK found
Science | Jun 19, 2021, 11:54 PM ISTA team of researchers in the UK has discovered footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur -- the very last dinosaurs to walk on the UK soil 110 million years ago.
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100 million-year-old bones of sauropod dinosaurs discovered in Meghalaya
Science | May 04, 2021, 07:40 PM ISTResearchers have identified fossil bone fragments of sauropod dinosaurs dating back to about 100 million years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya.
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Primitive turtle survived dinosaur-killing mass extinction: Study
Science | Feb 04, 2020, 05:24 PM ISTA primitive species of turtles, measuring about 60 centimeters, was among the few terrestrial animals that managed to survive the mass extinction believed to have killed the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, according to a study which analysed peculiar fossils found in France.
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'This dinosaur replaced all its teeth every two months'
Science | Jan 01, 2020, 04:32 PM ISTA meat-eating dinosaur that lived in Madagascar about 70 million years ago replaced all its teeth every couple of months or so, according to a study.
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World's oldest eggs shed new light on dinosaur evolution
Mar 15, 2019, 01:43 PM ISTThe eggs laid by a group of stem sauropods long-necked herbivores that ranged in size from four to eight meters in length and were the most common and widely spread dinosaurs of their time.
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'Treasure trove' of 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints discovered
Dec 17, 2018, 04:50 PM ISTMany of the footprints -- which range in size from less than two cm to over 60 cm across -- are so well-preserved that fine detail of skin, scales and claws is easily visible.
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Google salutes all the mothers with a colorful dinosaur doodle on Mother’s Day
Trending | May 13, 2018, 10:40 AM ISTToday is Mother’s Day and the search giant Google salutes all the mothers out there with a colourful and cute dinosaur doodle.
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New bus-sized dinosaur found in Egyptian desert, titanosaur offers clue to ancient mystery
India | Jan 30, 2018, 12:57 PM ISTThe fossilised remains of the new species were unearthed by an expedition undertaken by an initiative of the the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology (MUVP) in Egypt.
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Dinosaur-era shark with 300 teeth, dating back 80 million years, caught off the coast of Portugal
Nov 11, 2017, 08:47 PM ISTIn an incredible finding, scientists have caught the rare frilled shark, which dates back 80 million years to the ‘age of the dinosaurs’ and is one of the oldest living species today.
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Asteroid that killed dinosaurs may have punctured Earth's crust: study
World | Nov 22, 2016, 10:38 AM ISTThe asteroid which killed the age of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago may have nearly punctured the Earth's crust, and temporarily caused the surface of the planet to behave like a slow-moving fluid, a
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Scientists discover new Jurassic marine reptile species in Britain
World | Oct 10, 2016, 01:55 PM ISTContrary to the popular perception of ‘Jurassic’ meaning only dinosaurs and their kind, scientists in Britain have identified a new species of marine reptiles that lived alongside the huge reptiles that Steven Spielberg made popular
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Brazilian scientist discovers 25-metre-long dinosaur, possibly the biggest ever
World | Oct 07, 2016, 01:18 PM ISTA 25-metre-long fossilised vertebrae of a dinosaur, possibly the biggest of the reptile species to have walked the earth, discovered by Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1950 has now been officially declared as a
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SEE PIC! Researchers discover world's ‘largest’ dinosaur FOOTPRINT in Mongolia's Gobi Desert
World | Oct 03, 2016, 01:19 PM ISTA team of researchers from Japan and Mongolia claim to have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur footprint belonging to Titanosaur species in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. This is not the first time that such footprints have
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Geologists discover 150-million-year old dinosaur footprints in Rajasthan
India | Jun 13, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTA group of geologists from the Jainarayan Vyas University, Jodhpur has discovered the footprints of Eubrontes Gleneronsensis Theropod dinosaurs in Lathi formation in Jaisalmer district, which is expected to be around 150 million years old.
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How deep-sea creatures survived dinosaur-killing asteroid
World | Apr 16, 2016, 11:56 AM ISTLondon:Scientists have solved the mystery behind how deep sea creatures managed to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Like the dinosaurs themselves, giant marine reptiles, invertebrates and
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Drones provide view of dinosaur footprints in Australia
World | Apr 24, 2015, 10:54 AM ISTCanberra: A low-flying drone is providing palaeontologists a never before seen view of ancient dinosaur footprints in Australia, media reported on Friday.A team, from the University of Queensland, is halfway through a three-year project to
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Scientists restore part of rare dinosaur's fossil
World | Nov 05, 2014, 11:44 AM ISTLondon: Using modern computer technology, scientists have restored part of a fossil of a rare dinosaur that lived more than 90 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period in what is now Mongolia.The focus of