Did this dinosaur inspire dragon myths? — -- Here's a dinosaur that really knows how to stick its neck out above the rest. Called the "dragon of Qijiang," for the Chinese city in which the fossil ...

Dragon legends appear in cultures separated by vast distances, raising questions about their possible origins. Some ...

In a stunning revelation, researchers have discovered a 240-million-year-old fossil of a Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. The ancient fossil was discovered in Guizhou province, Southern China. This ...

A near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ...

Meet the "Dragon of Death." Scientists in Argentina discovered the fossils of a flying reptile in the Andes mountains. They said it had a 30-foot wingspan and lived 86 million years ago alongside ...

Carved wooden dragon at Narita-san Shinshō-ji in Japan. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. “Winged or wingless, why do so many ...

The shoreline between Charmouth and Seatown in Dorset, United Kingdom, has come to be known as the “Jurassic Coast” of England. Geological formations have revealed prehistoric creatures stuck in the ...