Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise. In new research, my ...

Baby dinosaurs were likely fed more nutritious food than their adult counterparts, a finding that could offer insights into their social evolution, suggests a new study. Paleontologists uncovered this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new fossil study suggests baby duck-billed dinosaurs ate softer, richer foods than adults, hinting at bird-like parenting.

Earliest parental feeding: Fossilized teeth from Maiasaura peeblesorum show adults gave juveniles softer, higher-calorie food, similar to modern birds. Complex social behavior: The discovery suggests ...

Maiasaura was a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, that lived during the late Cretaceous Period. Its name is derived from Greek, “maia” meaning mother or good mother, and “saura” being the feminine ...

Maiasaura dinosaur teeth carry a quiet clue: babies were not eating what adults ate. Tiny wear marks suggest young duck-bills got softer, richer food, adding fresh weight to the idea that some ...