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Tag: dinosaurs
Scientists reconstruct the first 24 hours of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Molten rock shooting for the moon, huge tsunamis hundreds of feet tall, and global wildfires were triggered immediately after the ...
Research suggests T. rex had a cooling system in its head
The Tyrannosaurus rex, the most feared and iconic of all the dinosaurs, had a cooling system in its skull that ...
Two new dinosaurs found in Thailand are smaller, cuter, but still deadly cousins of the T. Rex
They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.
New Antarctic Dinosaurs on Display at Field Museum
It's a great way to spend an afternoon or a day off.
Mass extinction event 232 million years ago paved the way for the dinosaurs
The dinosaurs started and ended with a bang.
Scientists turn alligator scales into primitive ‘feathers’
The research suggests the same pathway may have been taken by dinosaurs as they transitioned to birds.
Dinosaurs might have still been alive today had apocalyptic asteroid fallen somewhere else 66 million years ago
Dinosaurs had a 9/10 chance they'd make it -- but they drew the short straw.
Oldest dinosaur relative looked nothing like scientists imagined
The 245-million-year-old fossils overturns the established view that early dino relatives were the size of a chicken and feeble.
New paper explains why predatory dinosaurs walked on two feet while mammals stayed on all fours
It's all about the tail.
Dinosaur eggs may have needed as much as half a year to incubate. Too long for their own good
Unlike birds, dinosaurs spent a lot of time incubating their eggs.
Flamboyant dinosaur headgear linked with outrageously big carnivorous dinosaurs
T-Rex was the king of dinosaurs, and he had the bling to prove it.
Newly found dwarf pterosaur species might re-write the ancient flying reptile’s evolutionary history
Not all flying reptiles were big.
Dinosaurs probably cooed, not roared
Dinosaurs might not have been as terrifying as we thought.
Dino bird wings found in fossilized 100-million-year-old amber look simply stunning
The specimens discovered by the researchers are one of a kind and, unlike previous amber fossils, the feathers were attached ...
Brain before brawn: T-Rex first evolved a clever brain
T. Rex grew its way to the top of the food chain. To get there though, the dinosaur first had ...
Research team grows “dinosaur legs” on a chicken for the first time
Researchers have manipulated the genome of chicken embryos so that they develop dinosaur-like bones in their lower legs.
Dinosaur love dance impressed on sandstone offers first glimpse of dino courtship
Birds are literally dinosaurs, so many scientists suspect millions of years ago dinosaurs shared similar courtship tactics like fancy plumage ...
Newly discovered beaver-like mammal took over after the dinosaurs disappeared
An asteroid impact wiped out the dominant life forms on the planet, both on land and in the oceans, some ...
Blood and collagen found in 75-million-year-old ‘crap’ fossils
Traces of soft tissue and red blood cells were discovered by accident by a team of paleontologists and biologists while ...
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