Stories from Riley Black
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Should Mamenchisaurus go by the nickname Neckita? Mei Mei? Tiny? Vote now
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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
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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
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When Triceratops Was a Giant Bison
The giant with the “three-horned face” was originally mistaken for a very different creature
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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
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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
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Are there too many dinosaurs? Paleontologist Jack Horner thinks so, and he explained his reasoning in a short TED talk last month
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Dinosaur Sighting: Spinosaurus Scoop
Spinosaurus may not be as popular as Tyrannosaurus, but sculptures and models of the sail-backed predatory dinosaur are common along America’s roadsides
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Tarbosaurus Gangs: What Do We Know?
The proposal of pack-hunting dinosaurs is old news in paleontological circles, and the evidence to support the claims about Tarbosaurus hasnt been released
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Tiny Tarbosaurus Shows How Tyrants Grew Up
The new Tarbosaurus juvenile is a truly remarkable specimen
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Wyoming Workshop Offers Teachers a Week With Dinosaurs
Based out of Shell, Wyoming, the workshops can be taken for college credit and are led by Smithsonian paleontologist Michael Brett-Surman
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