Paleontology
Dinosaur Classics: Leidy’s Dinosaur Inventory
Contrary to a snarky review, this monograph is one of the most important works ever published in the history of vertebrate paleontology
June 27, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Riding With Rex
If you like Westerns but wonder what it would be like to replace cattle with Triceratops and horses with Tyrannosaurs, give this book a look
June 24, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Battle Town
This short film is about dueling towns—on the backs of enormous dinosaurs
June 23, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Delicious Dinosaurs
Since I moved out West, I have been seeing dinosaurs everywhere
June 22, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
A Visit to Dinosaur Court
See a gallery of images from a monument to a time when naturalists were only just beginning to understand prehistoric creatures
June 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Jurassic Park Meets Birdemic?
Before the first shot of this fan-made dinosaur flick, a warning flashes on the screen: "Remember. We were young."
June 20, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Peloroplites: That’s One Big Ankylosaur
The "monstrous heavy one" was stout, armored and may have supported huge spikes on its neck and shoulders
June 17, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Tyrant King of the Crustaceans
Have you seen a prehistoric creature in an unusual place? Send us a photo
June 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Interview With Ryan North, Creator of Dinosaur Comics
To get a better understanding of where Dinosaur Comics fits in the Venn diagram intersection of dinosaur blogs and web comics, I talked with its creator
June 14, 2011 |
By Brian Wolly
Jack Horner Explains How to Build a Dinosaur
By fiddling with the genetic toggles of birds, scientists might be able to reverse-engineer a dinosaurian creature
June 13, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Hidden Dinosaurs and Confusing Teeth
After many false starts, scientists finally understood the first fossils of horned dinosaurs
June 10, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Triceratops: An A+ Dinosaur
Paleontologists have recently learned how these three-horned dinosaurs fought, grew up and socialized
June 09, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Waking the T. Rex Brings Sue to Life
The film showcases some of the new techniques paleontologists are using to investigate dinosaur lives
June 08, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Was Spinosaurus a Bison-Backed Dinosaur?
Spinosaurus and Ouranosaurus were fundamentally different, and they remain among the most bizarre dinosaurs yet discovered
June 06, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Blog Carnival #32: Scientist Stereotypes, Sauropod Necks, Dinosaur Facts and More
The best of what's being written about dinosaurs in the blogosphere
June 02, 2011 |
By Mark Strauss
Dinosaur Diamond: Moab’s Potash Road
The area is piled high with sedimentary rock from the heyday of the dinosaurs. At a few spots, it's easy to see the animals' tracks
June 01, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Two Views on How to Make a Baby Sauropod
It took a long time—and a new understanding of sauropod lifestyles—to figure out whether they laid eggs or gave birth to live young
May 31, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
When Triceratops Was a Giant Bison
The giant with the "three-horned face" was originally mistaken for a very different creature
May 27, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Pen and Ink Dinosaurs: Tommysaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus rex is the antithesis of everything a good pet should be. “Literally awful and almost certainly needing a special insurance policy” to keep
May 26, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Slurp! The Marine Reptile Shastasaurus Was a Suction Feeder
Thanks to new specimens found in China, paleontologists have discovered that Shastasaurus ate very much like a beaked whale does today
May 25, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
