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“Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster” featuring Sir David Attenborough will air on Feb. 14. A large skull was found in Dorset, England.

Unique 'spear lord' dinosaur to be returned to Brazil

Parachute science is rife in palaeontology, and we need to do something about its consequences for the field, scientists say.

The recently-unveiled Cretaceous period dinosaur boasts some very unusual features (Credit: Luxquine, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons) When paleontologists discover a new dinosaur species, they usually marvel at the ancient creature's size or speed. However, a new species of a chicken-sized dinosaur is making headlines for a feature rarely associated with the primitive reptiles that dominated the world for over 140 million years — dazzling looks! The exotic, two-legged Cretaceous period animal, which roamed Earth about 110 million years ago, was unearthed in northeastern Brazil's Crato ...

One-of-a-kind dinosaur removed from Brazil sparks backlash, investigation Michael Greshko The dinosaur Ubirajara jubatus is the first known non-avian dinosaur with unusually prominent shoulder feathers. The fossil also has sparked controversy amid concern that the fossil's 1995 export from Brazil may have been illegal. In 1995, a museum in southwestern Germany acquired an unusual fossil from the cream-colored limestone of northeastern Brazil: a 120-million-year-old dinosaur covered in an odd material that one scientist thought might be algae. Now, 25 years later, scientists h...