Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 14, 2023
Fossil reveals smallest sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic
A tiny relative of titanosaurs has been uncovered in South Africa.
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Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 7, 2023
Newly discovered dinosaur, 'Iani,' was face of a changing planet
A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species' "last gasp" during a period when Earth's warming climate forced massive changes to global dinosaur populations.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 5, 2023
Germany returns 'stolen' dinosaur fossil to Brazil
A fossil from a rare dinosaur that roamed South America 110 million years ago has been returned to Brazil from Germany, ending a diplomatic spat triggered by charges that researchers stole it.
Evolution
May 24, 2023
What if dinosaurs were already in decline when the asteroid struck?
Non-avian dinosaurs were probably in decline long before an asteroid smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago sealed their fate, according to a University of Alberta paleontologist who says the ancient tale ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 22, 2023
New book eyes Earth's excavators, from microbes to elephants and dinosaurs
The ordinary person looks at Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin, who thinks in geologic time, sees something more akin to a giant sugar cube.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
Study suggests dinosaurs were the first to understand the perspectives of others
Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of 2. A new study from Lund University ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 18, 2023
Fossil fragments shed light on a new spinosaurid dinosaur found in Spain
A dinosaur specimen from Castellón, Spain represents a new proposed species of spinosaurid, reports a paper published in Scientific Reports. The identification of a potential new species suggests that the Iberian peninsula ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 11, 2023
Culprit behind destruction of New York's first dinosaur museum revealed
A new paper from the University of Bristol rewrites the history of the darkest, most bizarre event in the history of paleontology.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 1, 2023
How are dinosaur tissues preserved in deep time?
Ever since Mary Schweitzer found soft, stretchy tissue in a T. rex fossil in 2004, scientists have been trying to come to grips with how some biological tissues and cells could preserve within ancient critters.
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2023
New evidence that frequent fires struck Antarctica during the age of dinosaurs, 75 million years ago
Paleontologists from Brazil and Chile reveal an important discovery about the past of the most inhospitable continent on Earth, Antarctica. Today covered in snow, in the past, however, the location was not like this. The ...
