This figure shows the best-preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and an interpretive drawing of the bones, stomach contents, and darkly pigmented ...

An undergraduate student from the University of Alberta has uncovered the fossilized remains of an Ornithomimus dinosaur with preserved tail feathers and soft tissue. The remarkable specimen is ...

A group of companies and bioresearchers say they'll use "leather" made from the lab-grown skin of a T-Rex to fashion luxury, "cruelty-free" purses. The project — led by genomic engineering outfit The ...

During the Early Cretaceous, a small two-legged dinosaur walked across a stretch of fine-grained mud following a rainstorm. The resulting footprints became locked in stone, but unlike other fossilized ...

April 9 (UPI) --Paleontologists have discovered a set of dinosaur footprints with preserved skin patterns inside each. "These are the first tracks ever found where perfect skin impressions cover the ...

It’s not uncommon for paleontologists to unearth dinosaur fossils in the form of well-preserved bones or tracks, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any sort of well-preserved remnant of a dinosaur’s ...

A new kind of fossil dinosaur skin discovered in South Korea may help sort out the real dino hides from skin-like features in rocks which are nothing of the sort. Two specimens of fossil dinosaur skin ...

This famous Edmontosaurus skeleton was found with intricate traces of skin over much of its body. Image in Osborn, 1916, from Wikipedia. Last week, I wrote about attempts by paleontologist Phil Bell ...

The skin of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur has revealed bites and gashes from an ancient crocodile, and how its flesh was ripped apart may explain why it became mummified. Skin decays much more easily ...

Researchers have named a new genus and species of armored dinosaur. The 110-million-year-old Borealopelta markmitchelli discovered in Alberta, Canada belongs to the nodosaur family. Now, an analysis ...