Finding dinosaurs is a mixture of knowing where to look and pure luck. It typically involves paleontologists hiking for miles through promising places, their eyes glued to the ground, scanning for the ...

A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that X-ray computed tomography (XCT scanning) can be used to monitor decomposing organisms without altering the natural decay process—a vital step ...

Since 2021, paleontologist Wang Min and a team of researchers have spent their days excavating the fossil-rich deposits in Zhenghe County, in eastern China’s Fujian province. Layer by layer, they ...