Desert habitats cover around one third (33% ... is extremely hot during the day and cold at night but others, like the Gobi desert, can be a lot colder. A hot desert is often covered in sand ...

The species, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, belongs to a group of two-legged dinosaurs called therizinosaurs that lived in central and eastern Asia as well as in western North America during the ...

A new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari was unique, as scientists found it to have only two clawed fingers ...

Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because the sheath of one of the digits is intact. Made of keratin (the same material as fingernails), the ...

The Gobi Desert's environment during the Mesozoic era was vastly different from today's arid landscape. The region consisted of swamps, prairies, and mixed forests, offering an ideal habitat for ...