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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

Haliskia peterseni
Science

New species of flying dinosaur found in Australia

By Tom Hawking

fossilized leg bones in reddish-brown sediment
Dinosaurs

New horse-sized dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe

By Laura Baisas

A fossilized dinosaur skin specimen under natural light (upper half) and ultraviolet light (lower half) showing the orange-yellow fluorescence of the fossil skin.
Biology

Rare skin fossil sheds new light on dinosaur feathers

By Laura Baisas

a scan of a t. rex skull, with is brain colored in
Science

T. rex was probably about as intelligent as a crocodile

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a large marine reptile beached on the sand, surrounded by two two-legged dinosaurs and several flying dinosaurs
Environment

New species of extinct marine reptile found with help from 11-year-old child

By Laura Baisas

An artist's illustration of Dinocephalosaurus orientalis with a long neck and sharp teeth swimming alongside prehistoric fish.
Science

240-million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil reveals 32 separate neck vertebrae

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s illustration of the new pterosaur species Ceoptera evansae. Several of the winged reptiles fly over trees and grass in Jurassic-era Scotland.
Environment

New pterosaur species discovered in Scotland

By Laura Baisas