Paleontology

For nearly 40 years, the Weld County Triceratops — affectionately known as “Pops” — has been stuck in an awkward spot for a fossil of its stature. A dinosaur for the people, Pops has been a very public figure, on display behind glass in various county buildings. Yet the most complete horned dinosaur skull ever found in Colorado had never been thoroughly examined by paleontologists, essentially lost to science. Thanks to a new agreement between Weld County leadership and researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, that has now changed.

Imagine something like a velociraptor, but faster and stronger, and with feathers.

Construction workers have unearthed fossils in a Denver suburb that experts say could be from a rare horned dinosaur.The Denver Museum of Nature and…

Paleontologists have found a new species of tyrannosaur based on fossils in Emery County, Utah.Lindsay Zanno found the fossilized leg bone sticking out of…