Dinosaur eggs had the blues. Pigments detected in 66-million-year-old eggs from China suggest that the shells came in intense shades of bluish-green, scientists report online May 15 in PeerJ Preprints ...

“We infer that egg color co-evolved with open nesting habits in dinosaurs,” she said in a statement. “Once dinosaurs started to build open nests, exposure of the eggs to visually hunting predators and ...

Learn more about the surprisingly well-preserved fossilized dinosaur egg uncovered in South America and what it could tell us about dinosaur nesting and bird evolution.

Today’s bird nests are awash with an array of lively colors. Magpies often lay reddened eggs, nightingales can produce olive ones, and the great tinamou’s range from deep purple to sky blue. Yet, for ...

Bone that's turned to stone. That's what fossils are. It's not uncommon to see dinosaur fossils in museums, but what about dinosaur eggs? Did you know scientists have unearthed fossilized eggs from ...

For all we know about what dinosaurs looked like, there's an awful lot we don't know about what dinosaurs looked like. Research has found that some dinosaurs had feathers-- and that some of those ...

After garnering worldwide attention last year for her research on the origins of egg color in birds, Yale paleontologist Jasmina Wiemann has taken a second look at her eggshells. Wiemann had found ...

Which dinosaur egg toy is best? Dinosaurs have been an all-time favorite toy for children for many decades. Today, dinosaur toys continue to be a big part of pop culture and even educational toys for ...

Dr. Scott explains that dinosaurs laid their eggs in circular nests like birds. In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the paleontologist explains that dinosaurs laid their eggs in circular nests like ...

The rainbow of hues seen in modern bird eggs probably evolved in birds' dinosaur ancestors, which had eggs with colorful and speckled shells. That's according to a new study of fossil eggs in the ...