Fossils
Banjo Gets a Hand
Recently-discovered fossils fill out the arms of one of Australia's formidable predatory dinosaurs
August 14, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Turnover
Canada's Dinosaur Park Formation is an exceptionally rich fossil boneyard, but what drove the evolution of the different dinosaurs found there?
August 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Armor for Sauropods
Will we ever find out what Augustinia looked like?
July 27, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Baby Dinosaur Mystery
The dinosaur paleontologists named Oviraptor, “egg thief,” ironically turned out to be a caring mother
July 20, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
How Did Diplodocus Eat?
Huge dinosaurs like Diplodocus couldn't chew, so how did they eat?
July 18, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Will We Ever Find All the Dinosaurs?
There are probably hundreds of dinosaurs that paleontologists have yet to discover, but will we ever find all the dinosaurs?
July 11, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
On the Trail of a Weird Dinosaur
A rare footprint places a strange group of dinosaurs in Cretaceous Alaska.
July 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Did All Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
A newly-discovered fossil raises the possibility that all dinosaur lineages were fuzzy.
July 05, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A Sneak Peek at a New Dinosaur
Argentina unveils a new dinosaur to celebrate the country's bicentennial.
July 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Will We Ever Find Dinosaurs Caught in the Act?
Is there any chance that paleontologists will one day find mating dinosaurs?
June 29, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
In the Steps of a Hungry Acrocanthosaurus
A special set of footprints may record a dinosaur attack in progress
June 28, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
When Mammals Ate Dinosaurs
Our ancestors and cousins didn't all live in the shadows of the Mesozoic world—some were burly carnivores
June 20, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Shovel-Beaked, Not Duck-Billed
A rare fossil shows that duck-billed dinosaurs were not so duck-like after all
June 14, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Dinosaurs They are a-Changin’
Paleontologists are describing new dinosaurs at an unprecedented pace, but there's much we still don't know about the biology of these animals
June 12, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A New Opportunity at the Panama Canal
The ongoing expansion of the waterway has given Smithsonian researchers a chance to find new fossils
June 2012 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
America's Monumental Dinosaur Site
For the first time in years, visitors can once again see the nation's most productive Jurassic park
May 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Birds Have Juvenile Dinosaur Skulls
The peculiar way birds grow up got its start among feathery non-avian dinosaurs
May 29, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Social Sauropods?
A bonebed in Argentina with three sauropods of different sizes adds new evidence that some of these dinosaurs were social creatures
May 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
New Dinosaur Signifies Dawn of Stubby-Armed Predators
A newly described abelisaurid pushes back the history of the blunt-skulled, stubby-armed predators
May 24, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Fragmentary Clue Reveals Australia’s First Ceratosaur
An isolated bone shows that Cretaceous Australia had an even richer mix of predatory dinosaurs
May 17, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
