Paleontologists have uncovered what is being hailed as the most complete dinosaur fossil found in the UK in over a century.

Ireland is an unlikely candidate for dinosaur fossils but two were found on Islandmagee beach, two decades apart.

One hypothesis suggests the fossils may have been traded for use in ritual or medicinal practices, researchers said. Photo by Jens Lehmann. During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...