Dinosaurs(Page 4)

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An illustration of a best of hatchling baby turtles.

A fossilized egg laid by an extinct, human-sized turtle holds a rare jackpot

Meet the cat-sized mammals that thrived after the dinosaurs died

Meet the cat-sized mammals that thrived after the dinosaurs died

By Kate Baggaley

An artist's depiction of an extinct pterosaur, a flying reptile relative of dinosaurs.

This dragon-like reptile once soared over Australia

How bird brains thrived during a mass extinction

How bird brains thrived during a mass extinction

By Kate Baggaley

The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic

The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic

When and how did dinosaurs go extinct?

When and how did dinosaurs go extinct?

By Jillian Mock

This fossil isn’t a hummingbird-sized dinosaur, but an unusual lizard

This fossil isn’t a hummingbird-sized dinosaur, but an unusual lizard

Australotitan dinosaur compared to an excavator (c)Eroman Museum

This Australian behemoth is officially the largest dinosaur on the continent

Meet Super T. rex And 3 Other Nightmarish Dinosaurs

Meet Super T. rex And 3 Other Nightmarish Dinosaurs

Dinosaur bones in museum.

The T. rex ‘dynasty’ reigned for more than 125,000 generations

The biggest animal ever to fly was a reptile with a giraffe-like neck

The biggest animal ever to fly was a reptile with a giraffe-like neck

The fossilized skull of the newly discovered L. aliocranianus dinosaur.

This newly discovered dinosaur is called ‘the one who causes fear’ for a reason

A reimagined prehistoric bird chasing a dragonfly over plants

Were rocks on the menu for these ancient birds?

By Erin Fennessy

Psittacosaurus reconstruction

This fossilized butthole gives us a rare window into dinosaur sex

By Ellie Shechet

An artist's rendering of Filikomys primaevus

These prehistoric rodents were social butterflies

A reconstruction of Ambopteryx in a glide.

Dinosaurs may have evolved into birds, but early flights didn’t go so well

By Kate Baggaley

Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor birding with her mother in China

Birds are dinosaurs, and this fossil detective has rooms full of bones to prove it

By Science Friday

A large asteroid (~12 km in diameter) hit Earth 66 million years ago, likely causing the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

An asteroid didn’t kill the dinosaurs by itself. Earth helped.

By Kate Baggaley

view from above an erupting volcano

A volcanic eruption may have helped the dinosaurs take over the world

By Rachael Zisk

Centrosaurus apertus fibula

This triceratops cousin suffered from osteosarcoma, just like many humans do

By Sara Kiley Watson

Kongonaphon kely

This pocket-sized shaggy reptile hopped around a pre-dino world

By Kate Baggaley

artistic rendition of a dinosaur

Mummified ankylosaur offers a rare glimpse of a dinosaur’s last meal

By Kate Baggaley

dinosaur illustration

Dinosaur cannibalism was real, and Colorado paleontologists have the bones to prove it

By Kate Baggaley

Reconstruction of Spinosaurus in life

Most dinosaurs didn’t swim—but this ‘dino equivalent of Jaws’ sure did

By Sara Kiley Watson

An abelisaur, a short-snouted predatory dinosaur, rests while several pterosaurs fight over leftovers from a carcass.

The Sahara Desert was once flooded with history’s most vicious dinosaurs

By Kate Baggaley

How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?

By Sara Chodosh

the newly discovered dinosaur: Dineobellator notohesperus

These newly discovered raptors were like feather-covered cheetahs

By Kate Baggaley

Isle of Skye dinosaurs in the mid Jurassic.

Ancient Stegosaurus relatives wandered across the Scottish highlands

By Sara Kiley Watson

Photograph of Parasaurolophus fossil mount at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 2017

Duck-billed dinosaurs had the same bone tumors as people

By Kate Baggaley

T. rex teens looked wildly different than the adults we’re familiar with

By Kate Baggaley

a dinosaur skull

This bone-eating dinosaur was constantly losing its teeth

Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse—and might again

Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse—and might again

By Nick Longrich/The Conversation

A grainy photo of the supposed Loch Ness Monster swimming

New DNA evidence may prove what the Loch Ness Monster really is

By Jason Gilchrist/The Conversation

A dinosaur egg bonanza is helping ecologists understand prehistoric parenting

A dinosaur egg bonanza is helping ecologists understand prehistoric parenting

By Jason Gilchrist/The Conversation

After the dinosaurs died, lichens found a way

After the dinosaurs died, lichens found a way

By Marion Renault

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.

By Neel V. Patel

Two long-necked dinosaurs pose together in the rain

This newly discovered titanosaur had heart-shaped tail bones

By Jessica Boddy

How are dinosaurs named?

How are dinosaurs named?

By Julissa Treviño

Whoa, dinosaur eggs looked more dope than we thought

Whoa, dinosaur eggs looked more dope than we thought

By Jillian Mock

dinosaur eats dinosaur

What did dinosaurs eat?

Modern birds might have dinosaur lungs to thank for their existence

Modern birds might have dinosaur lungs to thank for their existence

Check out these new flying pterosaur bones

Check out these new flying pterosaur bones

By Neel V. Patel

three researchers digging up dinosaur bones

The largest dinosaurs got huge way earlier than we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Tyrannosaurus rex

Why it would have been impossible for a T. rex to stick out its tongue

Everything you think you know about bald eagles is wrong

By Sara Chodosh

Scientists just discovered 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff

Scientists just discovered 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff

By Neel V. Patel

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse

One dinosaur footprint is worth a thousand words

One dinosaur footprint is worth a thousand words

By Mary Beth Griggs

This little baby bird lived 127 million years ago and died the size of your pinky

This little baby bird lived 127 million years ago and died the size of your pinky

By Rachel Feltman

Prehistoric lizards could sprint on two legs

Prehistoric lizards could sprint on two legs

By Jessica Boddy

If we shrink national monuments, science will suffer

If we shrink national monuments, science will suffer

By Ellen Airhart

Reconstruction of the amphibious bird-like dinosaur Halszkaraptor

This new, duck-like dinosaur is so wacky scientists thought it was fake

By Rachel Feltman

More evidence that the dinosaurs were super unlucky with regards to that whole asteroid thing

More evidence that the dinosaurs were super unlucky with regards to that whole asteroid thing

By Mary Beth Griggs

The coloring of a raccoon-eyed dinosaur could reveal its habitat

The coloring of a raccoon-eyed dinosaur could reveal its habitat

By Mary Beth Griggs

Dinosaur poops show that even herbivores ate shellfish

Dinosaur poops show that even herbivores ate shellfish

By Sara Chodosh

beelzebufo illustration

Giant ancient frogs might have snacked on baby dinosaurs

By Rachel Feltman

Gigantic dinosaur finally has a name of its own

Gigantic dinosaur finally has a name of its own

By Sara Kiley Watson

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint

By Sara Chodosh

This ancient one-ton crocodile had steak knives for teeth

This ancient one-ton crocodile had steak knives for teeth

By Marissa Shieh

Dinosaurs got an evolutionary assist from huge volcanic eruptions

Dinosaurs got an evolutionary assist from huge volcanic eruptions

By Mary Beth Griggs

This adorable lil baby bird was perfectly preserved in amber for 99 million years

By Rachel Feltman

A fluke dinosaur tooth find could help us understand the history of North America

A fluke dinosaur tooth find could help us understand the history of North America

By Mary Beth Griggs

Hopping parrotlets could teach robots how to fly

By Mary Beth Griggs

Tyrannosaurus rex had a bone-crushing bite with a force of 8,000 pounds

Tyrannosaurus rex had a bone-crushing bite with a force of 8,000 pounds

By Mary Beth Griggs