After all, the scientists in “Jurassic Park” (and later, “Jurassic World”) used DNA to recreate dozens of dinosaurs: Triceratops, Velociraptor and T. rex. And if you saw any of those movies, you had ...

Although dreams of an IRL Jurassic Park are still just that, nearly every dinosaur finding still tantalizes with possibility. In a new fantasy fueling discovery, scientists in China say they’ve found ...

A team has extracted what could be DNA molecules from a 125-million-year-old fossil dinosaur, according to a study published last month (September 24) in Communications Biology. But other experts have ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Scientists have published a paper detailing the ...

Dinosaur researchers working on extremely well-preserved remains from the Jehol Biota in northeastern China recently reported that they had detected fossilized biomolecules in a feathered dinosaur ...

The remnants of DNA may lurk in 125 million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in China. If the microscopic structures are indeed DNA, they would be the oldest recorded preservation of chromosome ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. According to a news release by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a ...

Jurassic Park could become reality after experts unearthed a ­fossil that may contain dinosaur DNA. Scientists believe it may have the first prehistoric genetic code yet discovered. If experts can ...

Scientists have recovered and analyzed bits of genetic material from an insect that lived during the dinosaur era. The genetic material of a weevil preserved in amber is 120-million to 135-million ...