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There were five spherical eggs in the 70-something-million-year-old clutch. One egg was cracked in half and filled with cocoons
July 18, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Dinosaurs are famous for the gargantuan sizes some attained, and that's why these minuscule skeleton sculptures are so charming
July 15, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Before digging, the paleobiologists must go through the arduous process of setting up camp
July 13, 2011 | By Scott Wing

What did the earth look like during the Paleocene Epoch? A Smithsonian researcher investigates
July 13, 2011 | By Scott Wing

Cope did not know it at the time, but he had described an especially large representative of a species his rival had named just a year before
July 14, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The main drag of Dinosaur, Colorado is festooned with a number of goofy-looking dinosaurs
July 13, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The researchers compared the skulls of Stegoceras and Prenocephale with head-butting mammals including elk, duiker and musk ox
July 12, 2011 | By Brian Switek

This enigmatic tyrannosauroid may have had the novel combination of short arms with big hands
July 11, 2011 | By Brian Switek

In one of my favorite bits of fossil terminology, the spiked tails of stegosaurs are known as "thagomizers." Get hit with a tail like that and you'd be turned into an instant shish kebab
July 08, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The town of Granger, Washington has a dinosaur sculpture park as well as dinosaurs adorning various vehicles around town
July 07, 2011 | By Brian Switek

A 2009 discovery of a new tiny tyrant has been called into question by a recently released study
July 06, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The humor and use of specimens to highlight fossil mysteries make this dinosaur museum an essential stop
July 05, 2011 | By Brian Switek

This month's blog carnival highlights one blogger's old toys, an odd street intersection, why sketchbooks still matter and more
July 01, 2011 | By Mark Strauss

Slasher is a turkey—give me Suchomimus, Acrocanthosaurus or Cryolophosaurus any day
June 30, 2011 | By Brian Switek

To me, it looks like the dinosaur is trying to do a Kool-Aid Man impression: Oh Yeah!
June 29, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The site became a must-see dinosaur landmark in 1957, and in a few months, visitors will once again be able to see the spectacular quarry wall
June 28, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Contrary to a snarky review, this monograph is one of the most important works ever published in the history of vertebrate paleontology
June 27, 2011 | By Brian Switek

If you like Westerns but wonder what it would be like to replace cattle with Triceratops and horses with Tyrannosaurs, give this book a look
June 24, 2011 | By Brian Switek

This short film is about dueling towns—on the backs of enormous dinosaurs
June 23, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Since I moved out West, I have been seeing dinosaurs everywhere
June 22, 2011 | By Brian Switek

See a gallery of images from a monument to a time when naturalists were only just beginning to understand prehistoric creatures
June 21, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Before the first shot of this fan-made dinosaur flick, a warning flashes on the screen: "Remember. We were young."
June 20, 2011 | By Brian Switek

The "monstrous heavy one" was stout, armored and may have supported huge spikes on its neck and shoulders
June 17, 2011 | By Brian Switek

At zoos all over the country, animatronic dinosaur exhibits featuring menageries of jerking, growling dinosaurs have made a comeback
June 16, 2011 | By Brian Switek

Have you seen a prehistoric creature in an unusual place? Send us a photo
June 15, 2011 | By Brian Switek

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