A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur embryo, unearthed from a fossilized egg in southern China, is offering scientists an ...

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the Qinglongshan site in China ...

A rare dinosaur egg discovered in China has been dated to 86 million years ago, using a technique never before applied to ...

A dinosaur egg laid 70 million years ago holds the remains of an "exquisite" embryo that shows how dinosaurs positioned ...

A mineral collected 140 years ago turned out to have surprise inside of it from one of the largest dinosaurs to ever exist. In 1883, an agate specimen measuring 15 centimeters from central India was ...

A micro-laser was used to vaporize small portions of an eggshell, which released a cloud of radioactive uranium atoms. Since ...

Scientists examined dinosaur eggs from 85 million years ago. (Dr. Bi Zhao via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Dinosaur eggs laid 85 million years ago have been accurately dated using a new "atomic clock for ...

At the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalized by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a paleontologist brushes meticulously through a mound of red clay looking for fossils.

Dating dinosaur eggs has always been tricky because traditional methods rely on surrounding rocks or minerals that may have shifted over time. Now, for the first time, scientists have directly dated ...

The discovery of several exceptionally preserved reproduction-related dinosaur specimens over the last three decades has improved our knowledge of dinosaur reproductive biology. Nevertheless, due to ...

Half a dozen dinosaur eggs, each around the size of a grape, were recently saved from a construction site in China. Researchers say the tiny fossilized shells are exceptionally well preserved. When ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2021, researchers uncovered the fossilized remains of six ...