A new species of dinosaur from the island of Madagascar has been identified. Dubbed Dahalokely tokana by its discoverers, the dinosaur was a member of a group called abelisauroids, carnivorous ...

The fossilized remains of a new, nearly complete longnecked sauropod dinosaur were recently unearthed on the island of Madagascar. The discovery was announced today in the journal Nature by National ...

"Ultimate Dinosaurs" is the latest exhibit to take a bite out of Atlanta’s Fernbank Museum. The exhibit specifically focuses on dinosaur species that evolved in isolation in South America, Africa and ...

madagascar’s isolation created a prehistoric world unlike anywhere else, and majungasaurus became one of its most feared ...

Arlington, Va. -- The exotic island of Madagascar, situated off the southeast coast of Africa, was a dangerous place to live 65 million to 70 million years ago. Crocodiles swarmed in the rivers, and a ...

At a time when the vast majority of mammals were the size of shrews and mice, Vintana sertichi was a super heavyweight. Researchers have unearthed the skull of a primitive mammal with remarkably keen ...

And Madagascar has been an island for a long time. It separated from the Indian subcontinent 88 million years ago and has been on its own ever since. This allowed animals and dinosaurs on Madagascar, ...

(CNN) — Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and giant crocodiles on Madagascar, and it’s unlike any ...