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Jurassic Park Meets Birdemic?
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
Peloroplites: That’s One Big Ankylosaur
The "monstrous heavy one" was stout, armored and may have supported huge spikes on its neck and shoulders
June 17, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Tyrant King of the Crustaceans
Have you seen a prehistoric creature in an unusual place? Send us a photo
June 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Interview With Ryan North, Creator of Dinosaur Comics
To get a better understanding of where Dinosaur Comics fits in the Venn diagram intersection of dinosaur blogs and web comics, I talked with its creator
June 14, 2011 |
By Brian Wolly
Jack Horner Explains How to Build a Dinosaur
By fiddling with the genetic toggles of birds, scientists might be able to reverse-engineer a dinosaurian creature
June 13, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Hidden Dinosaurs and Confusing Teeth
After many false starts, scientists finally understood the first fossils of horned dinosaurs
June 10, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Triceratops: An A+ Dinosaur
Paleontologists have recently learned how these three-horned dinosaurs fought, grew up and socialized
June 09, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Waking the T. Rex Brings Sue to Life
The film showcases some of the new techniques paleontologists are using to investigate dinosaur lives
June 08, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Was Spinosaurus a Bison-Backed Dinosaur?
Spinosaurus and Ouranosaurus were fundamentally different, and they remain among the most bizarre dinosaurs yet discovered
June 06, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Blog Carnival #32: Scientist Stereotypes, Sauropod Necks, Dinosaur Facts and More
The best of what's being written about dinosaurs in the blogosphere
June 02, 2011 |
By Mark Strauss
Dinosaur Diamond: Moab’s Potash Road
The area is piled high with sedimentary rock from the heyday of the dinosaurs. At a few spots, it's easy to see the animals' tracks
June 01, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Two Views on How to Make a Baby Sauropod
It took a long time—and a new understanding of sauropod lifestyles—to figure out whether they laid eggs or gave birth to live young
May 31, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
When Triceratops Was a Giant Bison
The giant with the "three-horned face" was originally mistaken for a very different creature
May 27, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Pen and Ink Dinosaurs: Tommysaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus rex is the antithesis of everything a good pet should be. “Literally awful and almost certainly needing a special insurance policy” to keep
May 26, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Slurp! The Marine Reptile Shastasaurus Was a Suction Feeder
Thanks to new specimens found in China, paleontologists have discovered that Shastasaurus ate very much like a beaked whale does today
May 25, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
One Dinosaur Too Many?
Are there too many dinosaurs? Paleontologist Jack Horner thinks so, and he explained his reasoning in a short TED talk last month
May 24, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Spinosaurus Scoop
Spinosaurus may not be as popular as Tyrannosaurus, but sculptures and models of the sail-backed predatory dinosaur are fairly common along America's roadsides
May 23, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Skin Scraps Are a Jurassic Mystery
Though not nearly as common as the bone fragments and bits of tooth found at dinosaur fossil sites, remnants and impressions of dinosaur skin are not as rare as you might think
May 20, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Tarbosaurus Gangs: What Do We Know?
The proposal of pack-hunting dinosaurs is old news in paleontological circles, and the hard evidence to support the claims about Tarbosaurus has not yet been released
May 19, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Boneheads: A Paleontological Mid-Life Crisis
Richard Polsky writes in the introduction to his travelogue memoir Boneheads, it was time "to experience life all over again," and a search for the most famous predator of all time seemed like just the thing
May 18, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
