Fossils often preserve bones well enough to reveal the shape of an ancient animal, but traces of soft tissues are much less common. That is why a newly described dinosaur from north-eastern China has drawn such close attention from palaeontologists.

Bids on "Gus" will start at $19 million, a steep price for public institutions. Specimens in private collections can be harder for researchers to examine, and they're practically impossible to include

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was populated by lush forests.

T. rex embedded tooth fossil found in a duck-billed dinosaur skull at the Museum of the Rockies provides rare physical evidence of a face-forward predatory strike 66 million years ago — confirming the attacker's identity through CT scans and dental morphometrics,

A fossil of the creature provides the first evidence that microraptors lived in what is now northwestern China. Its discovery might also solve an ancient murder mystery

South Korea plans to designate a rare dinosaur skeleton, an ancient turtle fossil and coastal tafoni as protected Natural Monuments after review.

The dinosaur measured about 23 feet long, making it relatively small for a titanosaur, researchers said

A rare Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed 'Gus' has been sold at auction for a record amount. The skeleton sold for $50.1m (£37.4m) with fees at Sotherby's in New York. It is the most ever paid for a dinosaur.