Paleontology
A New Sickle-Clawed Predator from Inner Mongolia
Linhevenator may not have used its arms to capture prey in the same way as its kin, even if it did have a specialized killing claw
September 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Best Dinosaur Films Never Made
What do you think—which of these films most deserved to make it to the big screen?
September 13, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Fermented Stegosaurus
The Apatosaurus drags its tail, the Tyrannosaurus takes up a Godzilla-like posture and poor Velociraptor couldn't hold a glass of wine even if it wanted to
September 12, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Maryland’s Adorable Baby Ankylosaur
A tiny, 112-million-year-old impression of a baby armored dinosaur shows the head and the underside of its body
September 09, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Dinosaurs We Used to Know
Depictions of dinosaurs in movies, documentaries, books and museum displays are going to lag behind the latest science, and the dinosaurs we adore during childhood tend to stick with us
September 08, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Tracking the Fate of an Unseen Dinosaur Drama
Tippett's "Prehistoric Beast" remains one of the best dinosaur films ever made. What could he have accomplished with "Dinosaur"?
September 07, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Bookzilla
The monster got its start as a science experiment that escaped to Decatur, Georgia—although, technically, I am not sure if Bookzilla counts
September 06, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Dinosaur Revolution Will Be Televised
A new miniseries is more dinosaur tribute than scientific documentary
September 02, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
What the Goofy “More Dinosaurs” Got Right
A new DVD release of an old program is something of a dinosaur mixtape, with science and pop culture blended together
September 02, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Blog Carnival #34: Dino Petting Zoo, Tyrannosaurus v. Triceratops and More
In this month's roundup of the best of dino blogs, read about a dinosaur petting zoo, the 10 commandments of paleoart and much more
September 01, 2011 |
By Brian Wolly
An Homage to Grant’s Raptors
Why fear Velociraptor? A plastic dinosaur recreation of a classic Jurassic Park scene explains
August 31, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Parry-sloffy
An affinity for lambeosaurine dinosaurs seems to run in the family
August 30, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
David Resto and his Superhero Dinosaurs
Iron Man, the Hulk, Wolverine and other superheroes are enduring favorites, but do you know what would make them even more awesome? If they were dinosaurs
August 29, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
An Ode to Archaeopteryx
The many fuzzy and feathery dinosaurs that have been discovered reveal one of the most magnificent evolutionary transformations in the history of life
August 26, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Pixar Rewrites Dinosaur History
What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet and giant dinosaurs never went extinct?
August 25, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Dinosaur That Wasn’t
Even so, a terrestrial, 16-foot, carnivorous crocodile-like predator is not something I would like to meet in a dark alley (or anywhere else, really)
August 24, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #8: Polecat Bench Badlands
Can the team drill past an ancient river channel?
August 24, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Dinosaur Sighting: Portugal’s Sandy Dinosaurs
The beach sculpture shows a group of carnivorous dinosaurs chowing down on a sauropod, much like the dinosaurs of the country's Lourinhã Formation must have done
August 23, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Without this film, we might never have seen a giant gorilla hang from the Empire State Building
August 18, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #7: The Excitement—and Dread—of Coring
Looking ridiculous, we rush around like inexperienced wait-staff in a busy restaurant
August 18, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
