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Paleontologists uncover a new look for one of Cretaceous Utah's most common dinosaurs, Eolambia
November 08, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Paleobiologists are still trying to figure out how large sauropods prevented themselves from overheating
November 07, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Jaws once thought to be from Megalosaurus belong instead to this little-known species
November 06, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A hidden ankylosaur species changes how paleontologists understand the evolution of North America's Late Cretaceous dinosaurs
November 05, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A bizarre skull fragment hints at a new species of giant predatory dinosaur from Morocco
November 02, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs undoubtedly slipped and fell. But did they leave any evidence of their mishaps in the fossil record?
November 01, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Deinosuchus, an enormous alliagtoroid, undoubtedly gave dinosaurs much to fear
October 31, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Thanks to some historical detectivework, a pair of researchers has relocated one of the earliest recognized dinosaur sites in the American west
October 30, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Sauropods are iconic dinosaurs, but the first of their kind ever found was initially thought to be a huge crocodile
October 29, 2012
| By Brian Switek
We love to imagine Tyrannosaurus fighting Triceratops to the death, but did such battles ever happen?
October 26, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A trio of feathered dinosaurs tests a longstanding hypothesis and hint that there may be more feathered dinosaur fossils than anyone ever expected
October 25, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Paleontologists have known about Heterodontosaurus for decades, but a new restoration of the dinosaur shows just how freaky it was
October 24, 2012
| By Brian Switek
This year's SVP conference in Raleigh, North Carolina showcased a wealth of new dinosaur science
October 23, 2012
| By Brian Switek
For over a century and a half, paleontologists have been confounded by the sail-backed carnivore Becklespinax. What did this dinosaur really look like?
October 22, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Earlier this week, federal officials arrested a man charged with selling numerous illegal dinosaur specimens
October 19, 2012
| By Brian Switek
What caused Australia's dinosaur stampede? A short musical performance suggests an answer
October 18, 2012
| By Brian Switek
The weird alvarezsaurs look perfectly-adapted to eating termites, but how can we find out what they really ate?
October 17, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Mountain of Dinosaurs, from 1967, uses extinction as a metaphor for Soviet oppression
October 16, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Though little-known to the public, Agujaceratops plays an important role in tracing one particular episode in dinosaur evolution
October 15, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Some scrapped Jurassic Park 4 designs show the movie's insane ideas for dinosaur soldiers
October 12, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Just when naturalists began to suspect that birds might be dinosaurs, one researcher put forward a truly strange idea of what early bird ancestors would have looked like
October 11, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Did T. rex use its tiny arms to do push-ups?
October 10, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A lovely little fossil shows how some dinosaurs said goodnight
October 09, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A delicately-balanced domino setup replays the end of the Age of Dinosaurs
October 05, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Without a skull, determining the dinosaur's relationships is difficult
October 04, 2012
| By Brian Switek
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