Paleontologists
What Prehistoric Reptile Do These Three-foot Claws Belong To?
Claws once thought to belong to a giant turtle turned out to be from one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever found
December 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
What is Genyodectes?
A set of partial jaws hold an important place in the history of South American paleontology, but what sort of dinosaur do they represent?
November 27, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Stegosaurus Plate Debate
Stegosaurus is immediately recognizable for its prominent plates, but why did these structures actually evolve?
November 23, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Finding Duriavenator
Jaws once thought to be from Megalosaurus belong instead to this little-known species
November 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Finding Hayden’s Dinosaurs
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
C is for Cetiosaurus
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
B is for Becklespinax
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
The Bat-Winged Dinosaur That Never Was
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
Doing the T. rex Stretch
Did T. rex use its tiny arms to do push-ups?
October 10, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Long Live the King
Paleontologists have named scores of dinosaurs, but why is T. rex our favorite?
October 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Did Dinosaurs Swim?
Carnivorous theropod dinosaurs were once thought to be hydrophobic, but rare swim tracks show that these predators at least sometimes took a dip in lakes and rivers
September 24, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Tussling Over Thecodontosaurus
The history of Thecodontosaurus, the fourth dinosaur ever named, is a tangled tale of paleontologist politics
September 19, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Birmingham’s Smoking Dinosaurs
In 1938, awful dinosaurs roamed Birmingham, England
August 24, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
New Wrinkle in Tarbosaurus Kerfuffle
The man who prepared an illicit tyrannosaur specimen claims that the dinosaur is rightly his
August 09, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Double Dinosaur Brain Myth
Contrary to a popular myth, dinosaurs didn't have butt brains
August 02, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A Brief History of Hidden Dinosaurs
Even though scientific interest in dinosaurs is relatively new, our species have been puzzling about the prehistoric creatures for centuries.
July 30, 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
Disease and the Demise of the Dinosaurs
Cataracts, slipped discs, epidemics, glandular problems and even a loss of sex drive have all been proposed as the reason non-avian dinosaurs perished
June 15, 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
