Paleontology
Was Tyrannosaurus a Big Turkey?
Tyrannosaurus has an image as the apex of the apex predators, and maybe that's why people get upset when paleontologists suggest it was at least partly covered in a coat of feathers
November 23, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Non-Avian Dinosaur Eats Avian Dinosaur
Paleontologists have found the bones of a bird inside a feathered dinosaur. What can this discovery tell us about how Microraptor lived?
November 22, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Paleontologists Track Dinosaurs Near Las Vegas
Very few skeletons have been found from this period, and much of what we know about the dinosaurs of the Early Jurassic Southwest comes from tracksites
November 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Telltale Games Returns to Jurassic Park
A new adventure game goes back to the scene of the crime that set the catastrophic events of the first film in motion
November 18, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Pampadromaeus: Brazil’s Triassic Plains Runner
A newly discovered dinosaur from Brazil may give paleontologists a better understanding of what the ancestral dinosaur looked like
November 17, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
What Caused the Dinosaur Stampede?
According to a recent study, the cause of Australia's "Dinosaur Stampede" may have been more comedic than nightmarish
November 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Leyesaurus and the Origins of Giants
A new dinosaur found in northwestern Argentina adds more detail to the big picture of how forerunners to Jurassic giants evolved
November 14, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Montana’s “Dueling Dinosaurs”
Did a recently discovered pair of dinosaurs die at each other's throats?
November 10, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
GRAWR! Dinosaurs As They Never Were
Frustrated by disappointing dinosaur facts, one blogger decides to create some of his own
November 09, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Origin of a Little Tyrant
Is "Nanotyrannus" a small-bodied tyrannosaur, a juvenile of some unknown species, or a young Tyrannosaurus rex?
November 08, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
SVP Dispatch: Life on the Lost Continent
At the annual SVP meeting, paleontologists review just how western North America got so many weird dinosaurs
November 04, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
At Last, a True Protoceratops Nest
Plus, fossil evidence for a Cretaceous turducken: inside the guts of a feathered Microraptor dinosaur were the partial remains of a prehistoric bird
November 03, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Jack-O’-Ceratops
When it comes to pumpkin popularity, it looks like Tyrannosaurus has some competition
November 01, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Cinema’s Spookiest Dinosaur Scenes
Dinosaurs have been movie monsters for a century. Here's a short countdown of some of their scariest moments in film.
October 31, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Living Sauropods? No Way
Dinosaurs have long been rumored to still survive in the Congo Basin, but is there any truth to the tall tales?
October 28, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Pumpkinosaurs
Watch out! Get to close to these giant, jack o' lantern dinosaurs and they might squash you
October 27, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Great Archaeopteryx Debates Continue
A new study claims to confirm Archaeopteryx as one of the earliest birds, but what does the ongoing debate about this feathered dinosaur mean for the way science works?
October 26, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Why Do We Keep Going Back to Jurassic Park?
When I met Jurassic Park scientific adviser Jack Horner by chance last month, he dropped a clue as to what the next movie is going to be about
October 25, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Mysterious Torosaurus
Was Torosaurus just an adult Triceratops? A poorly understood species may hold the key to the answer
October 24, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs of the Unknown War
In a new game set behind German lines during WWI, players run from sickle-clawed dinosaurs in the trenches
October 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
