The dinosaur's fossils got their unique coloration from the mineral celadonite during the fossilization process. The dinosaur lived 150 million years ago in the late Jurassic Era, making it older ...

For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur, a new study says—apparently one-upping last week's announcement of a partial recreation.

This unique coloration is the result of volcanic activity around 50 million to 80 million years ago. The intense heat from volcanic activity replaced the original minerals in the dinosaur’s ...

The skull of Gnatalie, the 75-foot-long green dinosaur, hangs in the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Researchers believe Gnatalie (pronounced Natalie) is a member of a new species of ...

The latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member of a new species — it's also the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according ...

An exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur fossil was uncovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The discovery, reported by researchers from the University of Reading and the University ...

Finding any fossil skin is extraordinary; finding dinosaur skin is that much more rare. So when Tess Gallagher and her mom excavated patches of skin from one of the largest dinosaurs to exist ...

Researchers in Canada have discovered parts of what they believe to be a full "dinosaur mummy" lodged in a hillside, the University of Reading in the United Kingdom announced last week.. The two ...

In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150-million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, Germany. They didn’t know it at the time, but that fossilized skeleton ...

The calcitic layers of the eggshells of archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds) and turtles are composed of distinctive crystalline structures known as eggshell units. Those growing from the ...