Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome predator that once roamed what is now western North America, appears to have had an East Coast cousin. A new study…
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New research from Portland State University sheds light on the diets of the Late JurassicThe Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains) is a geologic period and…
Hypothesized distribution of nerves in the mandible of Tyrannosaurus (orange). Credit: Historical Biology – Complex neurovascular system in the dentary of Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus rex’s ‘bite…
Selective extinction of apex predators suggests a shift to more generalist diets. A global catastrophe 66 million years ago led to the extinction of all…
A transparent 3D model of the fossil bird skull and brain (in pink). Credit: Christopher Torres / The University of Texas at Austin Today, being…
Life reconstruction of Heterodontosaurus vocalizing on a cool Jurassic morning. Credit: Viktor Radermacher Using an exceptionally preserved fossil from South Africa, a particle accelerator, and…
The attached image shows a flock Pterodaustro guinazui. Credit: Dr. Mark Witton Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly but their flying abilities may…
Life reconstruction of Heterodontosaurus vocalizing on a cool Jurassic morning. Credit: Viktor Radermacher An international team of scientists has used high-powered X-rays at the European…
Artistic reconstruction of four representative alvarezsauroids, Haplocheirus sollers (left), Patagonykus puertai (upper middle), Linhenykus monodactylus (lower middle) and Bannykus wulatensis (lower right), illustrating the body…
If rocks from Earth containing microbial life entered Venus’s orbit in the past, this life may have adapted to Venus’s atmospheric conditions. The death of…
Digital reconstruction of the new Mesozoic bird fossil skeleton (scale bar: 10 mm). Credit: Min Wang Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology…
New research from UMD shows ecology changed for tyrannosaurs as they grew up. Slender, agile young tyrannosaurs (left) hunted different prey and did so in…
This is an artistic depiction of the tyrannosaur Nanuqsaurus with its young. Credit: James Havens In the 1950s, researchers made the first unexpected discoveries of…
Illustration showing a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period. Credit: James Havens Images of dinosaurs as…
Australotitan cooperensis, “Southern Titan of the Cooper.” Credit: Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull ©Eromanga Natural History Museum What’s as long a basketball court, taller than a…
Australotitan cooperensis, “Southern Titan of the Cooper.” Credit: Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull ©Eromanga Natural History Museum It is time to meet Australotitan cooperensis, a new species…
Juvenile tyrannosaurs tested their chops as they grew to become bone crushers like their parents. Jack Tseng loves bone-crunching animals — hyenas are his favorite…
Reconstruction of Massospondylus carinatus. Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who’s raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth…
With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi, discovered in New Mexico, lived 82 million years ago. It predated its better-known relative, Triceratops. Credit:…