A Dec. 26, 2023, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of Sir Richard Owen, an accomplished 19th-century anatomist credited with coining the term "dinosaur." "Sir Richard Owen, who ...

While the dinosaur featured in the April 2022 Facebook post was a joke, we discovered that the claims made within it are very much sourced in legitimate paleontological discoveries. More on that below ...

A Jan. 6 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features two images: one of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and one of a power plant. "Dinosaurs Never Existed," reads text included in the post. "Fossil Fuels ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Imagine the sound of a dinosaur roaring... Super loud, right? Wrong... It turns out the giant prehistoric creatures almost certainly didn't roar. You might be surprised to hear that some scientists ...

Four people sat on his back. Excited alligators do more than thrash—they can spin like wound-up rubber bands. Yet Mr. Big, with his mouth taped shut and a towel over his eyes, was completely docile, ...

Where they lived: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, including Antarctica. What they ate: Some ate plants, while others ate animals, including other dinosaurs. How big they were: The ...