The vast numbers of new dinosaurs that have been documented since the 1960s are equally exciting. New dinosaurs have of ...

The resulting humidity and related changes in the climate seem to have triggered a greater range of plants, leading to the evolution of bigger and more diverse herbivore dinosaurs. Meanwhile ...

Scientists have uncovered an apex predator that once ruled the prehistoric world, eclipsing early relatives of the ...

They evolved into the first carnivorous and plant-eating, or herbivorous, dinosaurs. A key turning point came when increased volcanic activity may have led to a more diverse range of plants to ...

This dinosaur’s name depicts “a fused lizard having a great belly.” It has a large, heavy body with a clubbed tail which it uses to defend itself from predators. A narrow beak is mounted in front of ...

“The way to avoid extinction is to eat a lot of plants, which is exactly what the early herbivorous dinosaurs did. The reason for their evolutionary success is a true love of green and fresh ...

A new analysis of fossil faeces has revealed what the environmental conditions were like at the time dinosaurs started to take over the Earth. Researchers found undigested remains of food, plants ...

Several bromalites revealed that the earliest dinosaurs were opportunistic omnivores that ate mainly insects. Slightly more recent dinosaur dung belonged to early carnivores (meat eaters) and small ...