But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, ...

Dinosaurs, the mystical and often fierce giants that once roamed planet Earth, seem to come alive in the minds of many a child. It was this imagination that led one young dino enthusiast to attempt to ...

Vinther came up with a method to predict dinosaur colors based on how the creatures’ melanosomes appeared under the microscope—whether they looked like sausages, meatballs, something in between, or ...