Eras
Eras are periods of time defined by geologic or historic events
Saudis to Send Women to London Olympics After All
The 2012 London summer Olympics will be the first time Saudi women athletes will be able to compete. According to the Associated Press, The discussions on sending women to the games have been wrapped in secrecy for fear of a backlash from the powerful religious establishment and deeply traditional society in which women are severely [...]
June 26, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
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
How Easter Island Statues ‘Walked’ To Their Stations
How were those gigantic Easter Island statues—the moai—moved from the quarry to their final stations? One going theory, popularized by Guns, Germs and Steel author Jared Diamond, has it that they were put on wooden sledges and pulled over a system of log rails. But here’s another theory: the statues, ranging from four to 33 [...]
June 21, 2012 |
By Sarah Laskow
What’s the Difference Between Clinically Dead, Figuratively Dead and Just Plain Dead?
Hosni Mubarak’s heart has stopped beating and he’s not responding to defibrillation. Mubarak is clinically dead. Wait, no—Mubarak is in a coma and now he’s on life support. Just kidding, Mubarak is almost stable. Uncertainty shrouds the 84-year-old former Egyptian president’s condition like smoke from so many hookahs. But confusion also accompanies the various medical [...]
June 20, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
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
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
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
New Dinosaur Signifies Dawn of Stubby-Armed Predators
A newly described abelisaurid pushes back the history of the blunt-skulled, stubby-armed predators
May 24, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Utahceratops Debut
There was a full artistic reconstruction in the 2010 paper that described the dinosaur, but it's another thing altogether to see the dinosaur's reconstructed skeleton
May 21, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Media Blows Hot Air About Dinosaur Flatulence
A new study claims dinosaur farts contributed to prehistoric climate change, but don't believe reports that they gassed themselves to death
May 09, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Ankylosaur Reef
Even though dinosaurs never lived in the sea, a few unfortunate specimens created temporary reefs in ancient oceans
May 07, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Fossil Testifies to Pachycephalosaur Pain
A damaged skull throws support to the idea that some dome-headed dinosaurs butted heads
May 03, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
New Wrinkle to the Story of the Last Dinosaurs
Were the last dinosaurs thriving or declining just before Tyrannosaurus and kin disappeared?
May 01, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Document Deep Dive: How the Homestead Act Transformed America
Compare documents filed by the first and last homesteaders in the United States
May 2012 |
By T.A. Frail and Megan Gambino
The Mysterious Teeth of Ostafrikasaurus
A pair of enigmatic teeth might hint that croc-snouted spinosaurs had a deeper history than we presently understand
April 30, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Pachysuchus Actually a Hidden Dinosaur
A strange jaw fragment, once thought to belong to a crocodile-like predator, turned out to be a dinosaur
April 26, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Tarbosaurus Leftovers Explain Dinosaur Mystery
Peculiar bite marks suggest why paleontologists have found so little of the enigmatic, long-armed dinosaur Deinocheirus
April 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Ichthyovenator: The Sail-Backed Fish Hunter of Laos
The newfound spinosaur, apparently the first confirmed in Asia, had a wavy sail that dipped downwards at the hips, creating the appearance of two smaller sails
April 24, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
How Eggs Shaped Dinosaur Evolution
Eggs may have been the secret to dinosaur success, but did they also lead to the dinosaurs' doom?
April 18, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Wading With Sauropods
Even before the Dinosaur Renaissance moved sauropods out of the swamps, paleontologists recognized that some of these dinosaurs were better suited to life on land
April 17, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
