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Science / Dinosaurs

The AMNH skeleton of Styracosaurus, one of the dinosaurs from the upper zone of the Dinosaur Park Formation.

Dinosaur Turnover

Canada’s Dinosaur Park Formation is an exceptionally rich fossil boneyard, but what drove the evolution of the different dinosaurs found there?

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The Double Dinosaur Brain Myth

Contrary to a popular myth, dinosaurs didn’t have butt brains

Like this dinosaur, but not made of stone.

Australian Billionaire in Talks with Cloning Pioneers to Build Real Jurassic Park

With his billions of dollars, Clive Palmer is investigating cloning dinosaurs to build a real life Jurassic Park

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Reverse Jurassic Park

What if Jurassic Park were flipped, with raptors pondering the fate of prehistoric humans?

A fragment of the lower jaw of Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur to be scientifically named in 1824. Long before this, though, people puzzled about the nature of dinosaur bones.

A Brief History of Hidden Dinosaurs

Even though scientific interest in dinosaurs is relatively new, our species have been puzzling about the prehistoric creatures for centuries

A speculative restoration of the armored sauropod Agustinia

Armor for Sauropods

Will we ever find out what Augustinia looked like?

The reconstructed skeleton of a Deinonychus, a dromaeosaur, at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History.

“Tiny Paleontologist” Loves Dinosaurs

An enthusiastic dinosaur fan takes his passion to the web

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The Dinosaur Project Prepares for Launch

A forthcoming horror film imagines what would happen if a film crew really stumbled onto a dinosaur-filled lost world

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Vandals Smash Irreplaceable Dinosaur

In Alberta, unknown vandals smash a priceless dinosaur skeleton

The skull of Oviraptor. This fossil was found with fossil eggs, indicating that this parent was brooding over a nest.

Baby Dinosaur Mystery

The dinosaur paleontologists named Oviraptor, “egg thief,” ironically turned out to be a caring mother

The head of Diplodocus, on a reconstruction at the Utah Field House of Natural History.

How Did Diplodocus Eat?

Huge dinosaurs like Diplodocus couldn’t chew, so how did they eat?

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Dino Beatdown is Boring

Even though Dino Beatdown delivers on the jetpacks and Velociraptor, that’s not enough to make it a fun game

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Round 1 of the Dinosaurs vs Aliens Throwdown

Does the first issue of Dinosaurs vs Aliens live up to the hype?

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Will We Ever Find All the Dinosaurs?

There are probably hundreds of dinosaurs that paleontologists have yet to discover, but will we ever find all the dinosaurs?

Angela Milner on Dinosaurs

Almost 30 years after the program aired, DinosaurTheatre has shared part of an original interview with Natural History Museum paleontologist Angela Milner

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On the Trail of a Weird Dinosaur

A rare footprint places a strange group of dinosaurs in Cretaceous Alaska

The skeleton of Sciurumimus, seen under UV light. You can see traces of protofeathers alon the dinosaur’s tail.

Did All Dinosaurs Have Feathers?

A newly-discovered fossil raises the possibility that all dinosaur lineages were fuzzy

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A Sneak Peek at a New Dinosaur

Argentina unveils a new dinosaur to celebrate the country’s bicentennial

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Will We Ever Find Dinosaurs Caught in the Act?

Is there any chance that paleontologists will one day find mating dinosaurs?

A reconstructed Acrocanthosaurus at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

In the Steps of a Hungry Acrocanthosaurus

A special set of footprints may record a dinosaur attack in progress

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