Bet you thought dinosaurs only came in green. Get over it. Some were red-heads. The Sinosauropteryx is the first fossil from which scientists have been able to identify the color of a dinosaur. The ...

This figure shows the best-preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and an interpretive drawing of the bones, stomach contents, and darkly pigmented ...

Meet Sinosauropteryx, the chicken-sized predator that changed everything scientists thought they knew about dinosaurs. This documentary reveals how one fossil find in northeastern China became proof ...

While fossils have allowed researchers to reconstruct much about dinosaurs' many impressive forms, it wasn't until more recently that scientists realized they could discern from preserved skin and ...

The Sinosauropteryx — a small, two-legged dinosaur covered with whiskerlike fuzz that may have predated feathers — has had its real-life colors discovered, thanks to the recently-published work of ...

Sinosauropteryx was a small carnivorous dinosaur whose fossils preserved clear feather impressions Its discovery provided strong evidence that feathers existed long before true birds took flight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine this: a large, feathered reptile with bold stripes and a colorful, raccoon-like face. Sound like something you’d probably ...