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The Complicated Spinosaurus Family History
Spinosaurids are a contentious and challenging group to discuss due to the fragmented fossil record and the passionate…
Scientists Uncover Ancient Asteroid Impact Crater Beneath Atlantic Ocean
At a Glance Researchers from Heriot-Watt University have made significant strides in understanding a hidden asteroid impact crater…
Is That a Boy or a Girl T. Rex?
Fossil preparator Bob Harmon discovered the femur of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which led to the excavation of almost…
Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species with Bird-Like Sleeping Position
At a Glance A team of scientists from Hokkaido University, the Hokkaido University Museum, North Carolina State University,…
Jurassic Park: why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on
Rattana/Shutterstock Tiffany Shea Slater, University College Cork and Maria McNamara, University College Cork Jurassic Park is arguably the…
The Dinosaurs Weren’t Wiped Out All at Once (In Fact, They Weren’t Wiped Out at All)
On that fateful day 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs saw a sight that left a mark in…
Holes in baby dinosaur bones show how football-sized hatchlings grew to 3-tonne teens
Shutterstock Roger S. Seymour, University of Adelaide Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were…
Here’s the Dinosaurs Your Childhood Book Didn’t Talk About.
You will be familiar with T. rex, Triceratops, and even Stegosaurus. There are hundreds more of perhaps lesser-known…
Dinosaur tracksite in Lesotho: how a wrong turn led to an exciting find
An artistic impression of the various dinosaur species that once roamed the Roma Valley. Akhil Rampersadh Miengah Abrahams,…