Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimaera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to have informed the lore and appearance of the former, but our study ...

Dinosaur fossils may not have inspired the mythological griffin, a new study has found, debunking a century-old theory. For many years, it was widely accepted that the griffin—a creature with the head ...

Scientists say they have debunked the theory that dinosaur fossils inspired the myth of the griffin. According to legends ...

Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimaera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to have informed the lore and appearance of the former, but our study ...

A series of foot tracks in southeastern China points to the discovery of a giant velociraptor relative, paleontologists suggest in a new study. By Jack Tamisiea ...

A 70-million-year-old nest of the dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi has been found with evidence that 15 juveniles were once inside it, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Paleontology. While ...