Paleontology
Dinosaur Sighting: Polka-Dot Triceratops
This week we meet a dinosaur that looks as if a clown exploded all over it
February 22, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Biggest Dinosaur Ever, Or Not
There are two "semi-apocryphal" dinosaurs that may have been significantly bigger than the biggest whales
February 21, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Whose Tooth is That?
Smithsonian paleontologist Matthew Carrano explains how to identify dinosaurs from isolated teeth
February 17, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
When Beetles Ate Dinosaurs
Even the world's most formidable consumers eventually became food themselves
February 16, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Wrinkles
A reader spots what may be the wrinkliest dinosaur of all time
February 15, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Anatomy of Dinosaur Sex
Despite the rarity of direct evidence, paleontologists know quite a bit about dinosaur gonads
February 14, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Intimate Secrets of Dinosaur Lives
Scientists are searching for dinosaur sex differences in features like size, ornamentation and bone structure—not the fiddly bits actually used during mating
February 13, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Sex and Dinosaur Necks
Did competition for mates drive the evolution of the enormous, long-necked sauropods?
February 10, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
How Did the Biggest Dinosaurs Get it On?
Of all the dinosaur mysteries, how dinosaurs like the 23-ton Apatosaurus mated is one of the most perplexing
February 09, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Who Was the First to Discover Dinosaur Eggs?
Despite an immense wave of publicity heralding the discovery of dinosaur eggs in 1923, French paleontologists had discovered them decades earlier
February 08, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Judging a Dinosaur By its Cover
A new study suggests that you can distinguish different hadrosaur species by their pebbly hides alone
February 07, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Deep Freeze
An animated short suggests dinosaurs died out for want of winter coats
February 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Debate Over Dinosaur Sight
Did Velociraptor hunt under the cover of darkness?
February 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Scrambled Eggs and the Demise of the Dinosaurs
Did egg-eating lizards and snakes contribute to the dinosaurs' extinction?
February 02, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The “Duck-billed” Dinosaur That Wasn’t
Instead of a long, low duck bill, the beak of Tethyshadros was shaped like a snowplow and serrated. Why it had such a strange beak is a mystery
February 01, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
T. rex Trying…
A new cartoon series counts the many things tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus couldn't do: cross-country ski, eat from a buffet, count to five
January 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
How an Ankylosaur Went Out to Sea
How did a heavily armored dinosaur wind up at the bottom of Alberta's Cretaceous sea?
January 30, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Best of the Worst Roadside Dinosaurs
From New York to California, America's roads are haunted by bad dinosaurs
January 27, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Stephen Fry Inside the World of Dinosaurs
British actor Stephen Fry narrates a new interactive dinosaur encyclopedia.
January 26, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Paleontologists Uncover Oldest Known Dinosaur Nest Site
The "lay 'em and leave 'em" strategy might not have been the ancestral state for these dinosaurs
January 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
