This figure shows the best-preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and an interpretive drawing of the bones, stomach contents, and darkly pigmented ...

Bet you thought dinosaurs only came in green. Get over it. Some were red-heads. The Sinosauropteryx is the first fossil from which scientists have been able to identify the color of a dinosaur. The ...

Working out what colour dinosaurs were was once thought impossible. But recent discoveries about how colour-producing pigments are preserved in fossils has allowed palaeontologists to reconstruct some ...

While fossils have allowed researchers to reconstruct much about dinosaurs' many impressive forms, it wasn't until more recently that scientists realized they could discern from preserved skin and ...

The more paleontologists dig, the more feathered dinosaurs they find. Almost three decades have passed since the scientific ...

A raccoon-sized, feather-clad dinosaur that roamed China 130 million years ago shared a distinctive trait with the furry modern mammal that topples trash cans in North America: a stripe across their ...

Scientists have revealed that the dog-sized Sinosauropteryx - a fast running meat-eater that lived 125 million years ago - was covered with 'russet and orange' feathers. The discovery isn't just ...

Meet Sinosauropteryx, the chicken-sized predator that changed everything scientists thought they knew about dinosaurs. This documentary reveals how one fossil find in northeastern China became proof ...

The notion of a dinosaur with Cher-like hair is entertaining. It's also outlandish, according to experts. Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago's Field ...