A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that the dinosaurs were struck down in their prime and were not in decline, at the time…
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Diplodocus was a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. Diplodocids – large herbivorous dinosaurs with…
Whatcheeria was a prehistoric superpredator. It was a six-foot-long lake-dwelling creature with a salamander-like body and a long, narrow head. Credit: Adrienne Stroup, Field Museum…
An artistic digital rendition of the recently identified dinosaur. Credit: Dr. Anthony Romilio Prehistoric footprints thought to be made by a vicious dinosaur predator were…
Life reconstruction of Edmontosaurus. Credit: Natee Puttapipat, CC-BY 4.0 Data from fossils and modern carcasses indicates a simple path to preserving dinosaur skin. Dinosaur “mummies”…
Artistic reconstruction of Mbiresaurus raathi (in the foreground) with the rest of the Zimbabwean animal assemblage in the background. It includes two rhynchosaurs (at front…
Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth’s history. The image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous…
3D paleo-reconstruction of a sauropod dinosaur. Credit: Dr. Andreas Jannel A study reveals how dinosaurs carried their massive weight. Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery…
Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth’s history. Image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous erythrosuchid…
Discovery of a large impact crater beneath the North Atlantic Ocean reveals that more than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs. A…
New research shows that large dinosaur predators evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces. According to new research, large…
Artist’s impression of spinosaurus and plesiosaur in a river. Credit: Dr. Nick Longrich/University of Bath Plesiosaur fossils discovered in an ancient riverbed suggests some species,…
As part of the Museum’s temporary exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, which was on view from 2019-2021, visitors encountered a massive life-sized model of…
An international team that includes a University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher has discovered a new big, meat-eating dinosaur, dubbed Meraxes gigas (illustrated above), that…
Meraxes gigas, a newly discovered species of dinosaur with disproportionally short arms just like T. rex. Credit: Jorge A Gonzalez Meraxes gigas — a new…
Artist’s illustration of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth’s atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination. When the asteroid now known…
With a lava flow in the distance, a primitively feathered theropod dinosaur carries off a mammalian victim during a snowy volcanic winter caused by massive…
Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid by Anthony Hutchings. Credit: UoS/A Hutchings Despite a land area of just 148 square miles (384 km2), the Isle of…
Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid by Anthony Hutchings. Credit: UoS/A Hutchings Paleontologists have identified the remains of one of Europe’s largest ever land hunters. Spinosaurids,…
Schematic drawing of a subset of the animals that were investigated as part of the research. Metabolic rates and resulting thermophysiological strategies are color-coded, orange…