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Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science
August 15, 2011
| By Brian Switek
An exclusive look at Discovery's upcoming miniseries Dinosaur Revolution
August 12, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Hitler has somehow resurrected dinosaurs and is using them in his plans for world domination
August 12, 2011
| By Brian Switek
After moving a few track slabs myself this summer, I can tell you that it's not easy work!
August 11, 2011
| By Brian Switek
One thing everyone has told us is that you never know what you will find underground
August 10, 2011
| By Scott Wing
I can't imagine a crime-fighting theropod would follow Batman's strict moral code against killing criminals
August 10, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Over the past few years, paleontologists have reported a growing number of cases of scavenging by insects
August 09, 2011
| By Brian Switek
If you find yourself riding a Deinonychus, you'd better make sure you keep riding it lest you find out how effective those recurved claws can be
August 08, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Have scientists found "the holy grail of vertebrate ichnology"—a dinosaur dead in its tracks?
August 05, 2011
| By Brian Switek
A geologist, a geochemist and a paleontologist go into an (ancient sand) bar
August 04, 2011
| By Scott Wing
Something has been troubling me, Steve. I worry what your recent news means for us dinosaur fans
August 04, 2011
| By Brian Switek
As bad as your workplace is, at least you don't have to worry about your tyrannosaur boss eating you for lunch
August 03, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Mired in the mud? Need an emergency place to stay? The Churchill family has helped out for more than 80 years
August 02, 2011
| By Scott Wing
At least six individuals moved in the same direction, nearly parallel to each other—the tracks represent a herd
August 02, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs are handy video game monsters. They're famous, fearsome and nearly unstoppable
August 01, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Paleontologists have reexamined the paltry bones and affirmed that the creature is an important link to the early days of theropod dinosaurs
July 29, 2011
| By Brian Switek
The African fossil sites preserve dinosaur fossils that are strangely similar to their North American counterparts
July 28, 2011
| By Brian Switek
The ultimate roadside attraction features a T. rex that shakes its head, snaps its jaws and RAWRs
July 27, 2011
| By Laura Helmuth
Does "Mr. Bones" really deserve credit for inventing an essential field tool?
July 26, 2011
| By Brian Switek
The tail vertebra has gouges, divots and scores in five places from at least two different predators
July 25, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs with weird structures such as sails, crests and arrays of horns often make the news, but in this case, the lack of specialized structures is more important
July 22, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Tracks now readily recognizable as belonging to dinosaurs were once attributed to prodigious birds and other creatures
July 21, 2011
| By Brian Switek
The Bighorn Basin’s colorful stripes reveal an ancient riverbed
July 20, 2011
| By Scott Wing
It looks more like an alligator doing a dinosaur impression, but there is something unmistakably dinosaurian about it
July 20, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Buzz about the new displays, particularly a trio of Tyrannosaurus growth stages, has been growing for months
July 19, 2011
| By Brian Switek
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