In Canada, scientists are using drones and lichens to find dinosaur fossils, a method detailed in arecent Current Biology study. Researchers have discovered that certain lichens colonize exposed ...

Palaeontologists claim to have discovered a rare “dinosaur mummy” in Canada, said to be one of the most well-preserved dinosaur fossils ever found. The fossil of the hadrosaur, a duck-billed, ...

A new study is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant variations ...

A crocodile-like creature bit the neck of a flying dinosaur some 76 million years ago – and scientists have proof. Archaeologists found the fossilized neck bone of the young pterosaur in Canada’s ...

Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

When I touched down at the Calgary Airport with the sole intention of visiting Dinosaur Provincial Park, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew a few things about the park from my research; it was a ...

A new study suggests that dinosaurs traveled significantly shorter distances and had drastically different migration behavior than initially believed. The research looked at fossilized teeth of a ...

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever ...

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). This journey back in time starts in southern Alberta, two hours east of Calgary, where the ground cracks open to reveal a prehistoric ...

A diagram showing the hadrosaur fossils currently exposed and potential orientation of the animal's skeleton if it is preserved within the rock.Royal Tyrrell Museum Illustration of a juvenile ...

First, it’s fields of tall grasses blowing in the wind, then corn stalks, wheat and canola. The land is flat here in the Canadian prairies until, suddenly, it isn’t. Approaching the town of Drumheller ...