Archaeology

Computer models suggest that plant-eating dinosaurs called therizinosaurs used their claws for digging, grasping or piercing plants

Bite marks on fossils coupled with an analysis of skull strength suggests that crocodilians were capable of using "death rolls" to dismember prey

The ship had been carrying gold to New York City when it sank in 1857

The case was cold, but critical clues pointed to a killer's identity in ancient Madagascar

On a trip to the Gobi Desert, a team of fossil hunters unearths a death scene that reveals new clues about how dinosaurs lived

Mounting evidence from dinosaur bones shows that, contrary to common belief, organic materials can sometimes survive in fossils for millions of years

Some 70 million years ago a group of hardy dinosaurs thrived in the harsh climate of what is now Alaska

Yesterday's big reptiles can help us figure out how the human era is shaping up By Mary H. Schweitzer

Paleontologists brave wildfires, parasites and scorching temperatures in search of ancient mammal fossils

Mongolia's Gobi Desert contains one of the richest assemblages of dinosaur remains ever found. Paleontologists are uncovering much of the region's history

The long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods, once seen as icons of extinction, thrived for millions of years around the world