In this month’s Specimen Spotlight, find out what makes the Smithsonian’s Allosaurus specimen so special Jack Tamisiea The museum’s fossil specimen of Allosaurus fragilis is perched like a nesting ...

The Smithsonian National History Museum’s fossil specimen of Allosaurus fragilis is perched like a nesting bird guarding a clutch of fossilized eggs. (Courtesy USNM V 4734, Department of Paleobiology, ...

Miniature versions of three big lizards have been turned into limited-edition pendants by the artist Jake Chapman and the jeweler William Welstead. The artist Jake Chapman, left, and the jeweler ...

The world’s most expensive dinosaur is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History. A 150-million-year-old stegosaurus named Apex was unveiled Thursday as the newest addition to the ...

When it comes to dinosaur discoveries, nowhere compares to Colorado. This US state is home to an exciting collection of prehistoric artefacts and none is more important than Dinosaur National Monument ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Get ready, Maine, because the Jurassic Quest experience will be spending ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend, American Museum of Natural History officials announced Wednesday. The giant ...

Some kids collect stamps or baseball cards, but me? I'll stick with dinosaurs. I love, love, love dinosaurs. I even love plesiosaurs and pterosaurs. (Those are reptiles that swim and fly.) For the ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of the weirdest and most reality-shifting moments in science. On Feb. 20, 1824, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society in London, the world was ...