Fossilized bones of a new raptor species, Dynatoaetus pachyosteus, were recently discovered by a team of scientists in Victoria Fossil Cave at Naracoorte, South Australia. Here’s what to know about ...

The Velociraptors of "Jurassic Park" were terrifyingly large, merciless killing machines. The stuff of nightmares, yes. The stuff of reality? Not so much. Scientific research has long held the real ...

The six-foot-tall raptors in the Jurassic Park movies were terrifying enough, but now scientists have described a giant new raptor species whose legs alone were that tall. Raptors were a diverse group ...

Not all dinosaurs are known from bones. Some mysterious species are identified only from their footprints, a new report finds. “Most carnivorous dinosaurs leave footprints that look like big chicken ...

Massive raptor footprints found in China have led to the discovery of a new dinosaur species, Fujianipus yingliangi, potentially one of the largest raptors to ever roam the Earth. These footprints, ...

New fossil footprints suggest large relative of well-known velociraptor "Our animal is on par with the way raptors are depicted by Hollywood," said paleontologist Dr. Scott Persons of the discovery.