Hikers were responsible for the discovery of what scientists believe to be a prehistoric ecosystem. The first sign of the ...

Scans of fossilized feces have revealed what the early members of this iconic species ate to help them take over the world.

Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste ...

The way the dinosaurs relinquished their long dominance is well known. An asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, ...

Holding a small trilobite fossil in your hand tells what Life on Earth used to be like. Watching a horned-lizard eat ants ...

A study of fossilized feces and vomit attempts to piece together why dinosaurs were so evolutionarily successful.

In an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to identify undigested food remains, ...

Coprolites—fossilized feces—from the Jurassic hold traces of past meals. These deposits left by a herbivorous dinosaur ...

While it is not quite as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, fossilized poop can help paleontologists recreate lost worlds.

Dinosaur poop is providing vital clues about "who ate whom" 200 million years ago. Researchers have been able to identify ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...

The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...