Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...

An animal that died out naturally ... Nevertheless, some scientists will never give up the fight, earnestly believing that the clue to bringing back dinosaurs lies within the unfound remains ...

No previous armored dinosaur had been preserved well enough ... Are they fighting each other, or are they fighting other animals?" Schachner said. "What they are determining is that it seems ...

As a palaeontologist, I have spent much of my life studying ancient animals, particularly dinosaurs. But I have seen only fossils of these creatures, nothing living — with one exception.

But more recent discoveries, such as dinosaur fossils in both polar regions, reveal that these animals were far more adaptable than previously thought. Dr Curry-Rogers has analysed fossilised bones ...

Fossilised shells are also body fossils. Fossilised claw of Baryonyx, another British dinosaur. Claws, like fossil skulls and skeletons, are body fossils. Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal ...

Early mammals had dark inconspicuous fur and only came out at night until dinosaurs became extinct ... The colours are similar to the hue of nocturnal animals, such as moles, mice, rats and ...