‘Kayrasaurus changliensis’ had “strongly curved manual claws” on “three manual digits,” researchers say ...

Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws through time allowing them to consume tougher food, a new study reveals. Researchers used digital modeling and computer simulation to uncover a common trend ...

A new Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur from 163 million-year-old fossil deposits in northeastern China provides new information regarding the incredible richness of evolutionary experimentation ...

Could theropod dinosaurs have eaten dinosaurs of their own kind? It looks like they did when food was scarce in ancient Colorado around 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Theropods ...

Modern birds live in just about every habitat on the planet, with only a few having adaptations allowing them to hunt active prey at night. Birds are derived from a group of dinosaurs known as ...

Scientists in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have identified the world's fastest-running medium-sized theropod dinosaur tracks, dating back to the Cretaceous period, according to a ...

For decades, the word “theropod” was synonymous with “meat-eating dinosaur”. Their ranks included such illustrious carnivores as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus and many others that have yet ...

This dinosaur could sprint at speeds as swift as the world’s fastest human. Theropods were carnivorous dinosaurs that ran on two legs. Their feet had three toes with sharp claws, similar to some ...

Restoration images of Huadanosaurus sinensis (left) and Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis (right). Illustration: Courtesy of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese ...

Earlier this week a new paper in the journal PLoS One reported a set of fossilized impressions that showed how theropod dinosaurs held their hands. Scientists were able to confirm that theropods' ...

Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws through time allowing them to consume tougher food, a new study reveals. Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws through time allowing them to consume ...