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a long piece of fossilized dinosaur poop on the ground
Science

200-million-year-old dinosaur poop and vomit reveal a lost Jurassic world

By Laura Baisas

the skeleton of a Parasaurolophus dinosaur. it has a wave like crest at the top of its skull
Science

A 3D-printed duck-billed dinosaur’s skull could help us learn what it sounded like

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight.
Science

New pterosaur species sliced through the air with a sword-like tail

By Laura Baisas

Two perfectly articulated skeletons of the sheep-size dinosaur Psittacosaurus, found in China's Yixian Formation. New research suggests they died in burrow collapses, not via volcanism, as previously thought.
Science

Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways

By Mack DeGeurin

Illustration of a terror bird standing by river
Science

Meat-eating terror birds could grow up to 12 feet tall

By Andrew Paul

smallest dinosaur egg fossil
Science

These are the smallest fossilized dinosaur eggs ever found

By Andrew Paul

a musuem exhibit with a dinosaur skeleton. a picture of actor jeff goldblum saying "that is a one big pile of poop" is in the lower left.
Science

The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a large hawk-like bird carrying a long tailed rodent in its claws
Science

With fearsome feet, hawk-sized Cretaceous birds could scoop up baby dinos

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a pterosaur with a short tail walking with legs and its wings on the ground
Environment

The first true flying vertebrates walked before they could soar

By Laura Baisas

a pterosaur speices flaps its wings to fly, while another uses them to soar
Science

‘Remarkable’ fossils offer clues to perplexing pterosaur question

By Laura Baisas

Illustration of Sasayamagnomus saegusai
Science

Tiny triceratops ancestor named after gnomes

By Andrew Paul

the footprint of a three-toed dinosaur embedded in stone in brazil
Science

Dinosaur footprints from Africa and South America are a match

By Laura Baisas

Artist impression of a large asteroid impacting on Earth such as the Chicxulub event that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66 million years ago. The illustration shows an asteroid impacting at Chicxulub. Shown in the background are planet Mars and asteroid bodies.
Science

Dinosaur-killing asteroid likely came from deep space beyond Jupiter

By Andrew Paul

Illustration of Enalioetes head
Dinosaurs

This ancient crocodile looked kind of like a dolphin

By Andrew Paul

Asiatyrannus xui skull close up
Dinosaurs

‘Deep-snouted’ tyrannosaur fossils uncovered at construction site

By Andrew Paul

Close up of stegosaurus skeleton
Science

Stegosaurus ‘Apex’ sold for nearly $45 million to a billionaire

By Andrew Paul

An illustration of newly discovered crocodile relative named Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis on the coast of an ancient ocean called Panthalassa.
Animals

Say hello to the surprising crocodile relative Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis

By Laura Baisas

green and red grapes
Biology

If dinosaurs hadn’t gone extinct, we may not have delicious grapes

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a gold griffin with the body of a lion and the head of a bird of prey
Environment

We’re (probably) wrong about origin of griffins

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of three long-necked and marine reptiles swimming with four paddle shaped limbs in an ancient sea
Environment

This giant polar reptile once stalked an ancient super-ocean

By Laura Baisas