Rare Dinosaur Fossil Sitting On A Nest Of Eggs Unearthed

Maitreyi Mantha
2021-05-05T13:21:07-07:00

Researchers worldwide are celebrating the discovery of the fossil of an adult oviraptorosaur brooding over a nest of eggs containing unhatched babies. The unprecedented discovery confirms scientists' suspicions that the two-legged bird-like dinosaurs were doting parents, which not only incubated their eggs, but also guarded them —at times putting their own lives at risk.