New Antarctic Dinosaurs on Display at Field Museum
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Rare, delicate fossils show butterflies emerged before flowers did
If there's one thing this study shows, it's that butterflies are survivors.
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded, new study finds
New controversial research concluded that dinosaurs weren't the cold blooded lizards we tend to see them today - instead, they ...
Velociraptor’s cousin was an even better predator
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a new species of dinosaur, closely related to the famous velociraptor. This ...
Turkey Sized Vegetarian T-Rex Discovered
A seven year old has discovered the fossil of a turkey-sized dinosaur that roamed South America over 140 million years ...
Jurassic Predator found in Scotland – It Munched on Sharks and Dinosaurs
A giant reptile which looked somewhat like a dolphin but had the behavior of a dinosaur was discovered around what ...
Fossilized insects trapped in the act of mating for 165 million years [SFW]
(c) PLOS ONE Fossils that capture a kinetic moment are truly fascinating because they surprise a scene or picture from ...
How some dinosaurs got enormously long necks
The longest creatures to ever walk the Earth were the long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as the sauropods. But why did ...
Jurassic records warn of risk to marine life from global warming
The massive, global risk that global warming poses has once again been highlighted by researchers - this time, by geologists ...
Bus sized Triassic marine monster sheds light on ecosystems
A new species of "sea monster" was unearther in Nevada - a predator so fierce that it often hunted prey ...
Dinosaurs were plagued by giant fleas ten times bigger than today and a lot meaner
During the tumultuous Cretaceous and Jurassic periods if you could only choose one word to describe the world, it would've certainly be ...
Geologists press recognition of Anthropocene – Earth changing human epoch
We are living epoch changing times - literally. According to an influential and evergrowing group of geologists, there are more ...
Meet the horniest dinosaur ever
Fossil hunters have recently unearthed the fossil remains of a species that can easily claim the title of the horniest ...
Missing flying reptile link found
An international team of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) managed to identify ...
Enormous Jurassic Sea Predator, Pliosaur, Discovered In Norway
About a year and a half ago, the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway had announced the discovery of one ...