After months of digging up the fossilised eggs, researchers say the site is one of the world’s most important of its type.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic Explorer Lindsay Zanno and her team ...

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Laser method could help to pinpoint the age of many fossils, but some palaeontologists say further research is needed to verify the technique. Scientists in China have calculated the direct age of a ...

When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While the different strata of sedimentary rock represent periods of ...

An experiment to test how dinosaurs might have hatched eggs. (Chun-Yu Su via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Dinosaurs hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, according to new research. The study ...

Crystals hidden inside dinosaur eggs at a famous fossil site are giving scientists a chance to do something that’s long proven elusive: figure out how old the ancient nests really are. Finding these ...

Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...