Paleontology
A Sneak Peek at a New Dinosaur
Argentina unveils a new dinosaur to celebrate the country's bicentennial.
July 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Will We Ever Find Dinosaurs Caught in the Act?
Is there any chance that paleontologists will one day find mating dinosaurs?
June 29, 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
How Hadrosaurs Chewed
Edmontosaurus has often been called the "cow of the Cretaceous", but did this dinosaur chew like a mammal?
June 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
When Mammals Ate Dinosaurs
Our ancestors and cousins didn't all live in the shadows of the Mesozoic world—some were burly carnivores
June 20, 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
Apatosaurus Was a Deceptive Dinosaur
Apatosaurus means "deceptive lizard," and a short cartoon offers a new interpretation of that name
June 13, 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
A Paleo Proposal
Paleontologists Lee Hall and Ashley Fragomeni show us what a perfect paleo-themed engagement looks like
June 11, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Sighting: Artsy Apatosaurus
wire Apatosaurus looms over a D.C.-area art festival
June 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Brontosaurus Returns
Paleontologists may have killed the dinosaur a century ago, but it was revitalized in the King Kong remake
June 05, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A Little Lost Tyrannosaur
Nothing is cuter than a troublemaking baby Tyrannosaurus
June 04, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Time for a Dinosaur Attack?
A dinosaur movie not fit for children could really run with the idea of what life would be like if packs of Deinonychus roamed the streets
June 01, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A New Opportunity at the Panama Canal
The ongoing expansion of the waterway has given Smithsonian researchers a chance to find new fossils
June 2012 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Fate of Auctioned Tarbosaurus Yet to be Determined
An almost complete skeleton was sold for more than a million dollars, but what will become of this rare specimen?
May 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
America's Monumental Dinosaur Site
For the first time in years, visitors can once again see the nation's most productive Jurassic park
May 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
The Fantastic Gliding Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus was as aerodynamic as a brick, but one writer thought the prickly dinosaur used its huge plates for gliding
May 30, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Birds Have Juvenile Dinosaur Skulls
The peculiar way birds grow up got its start among feathery non-avian dinosaurs
May 29, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Social Sauropods?
A bonebed in Argentina with three sauropods of different sizes adds new evidence that some of these dinosaurs were social creatures
May 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
