New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.

Colour mystery Predicting the colour of fuzzy dinosaurs like T-rex and Sinosauropteryx just got way more complicated, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that those who gained feathers ...

Who decides what color dinosaurs are? It's more art than science in many cases. — -- Michael Skrepnick isn’t a paleontologist, but he may have done more to influence your notion of what dinosaurs ...

The color of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time. The research found that the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had simple bristles -- precursors of ...

Remember drawing dinosaurs in grade school, when the teacher would tell you to use any color you like, because we’ll never know for sure what these amazing prehistoric beasts looked like? Forget that ...

Scientists have found evidence of some of the original coloration of a dinosaur that lived about 125 million years ago, showing that it had rings of orange-brown bristly feathers around its tail.

Dr Jakob Vinther began study on the colors of dinosaurs many years ago. His first study showed the color of the animal you'll see below this paragraph – a dinosaur by the name of Anchiornis huxleyi.

Until last week, paleontologists could offer no clear-cut evidence for the color of dinosaurs. Then researchers provided evidence that a dinosaur called Sinosaur-opteryx had a white-and-ginger striped ...

Dinosaurs, the mystical and often fierce giants that once roamed planet Earth, seem to come alive in the minds of many a child. It was this imagination that led one young dino enthusiast to attempt to ...

This article was written by Andrew Moseman of Discover. As much as paleontologists have sorted out about the dinosaurs, one of the main aspects of their appearance-what color they were-has remained ...

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