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Do you ever peek at the end of a book?

Are Spoilers Misnamed?

Giving away surprises, surprisingly, makes readers like stories better

Visitors walk in the shadow of a reconstructed Tyrannosaurus at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Dinosaurs for Experts, or for Everyone?

Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science

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The Animaniacs’ Take On Science

A look into the intelligent humor of this 1990s-era cartoon

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Exclusive: A First Look at Dinosaur Revolution

An exclusive look at Discovery’s upcoming miniseries Dinosaur Revolution

A male houbara bustard displays his feathers to get a female

Macho Birds Age Faster

Male houbara bustards pay a steep price for wooing the ladies

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Dinosaurs and Soliders Skirmish in Dino D-Day

Hitler has somehow resurrected dinosaurs and is using them in his plans for world domination

Kanzi the bonobo is quite the musician

Six Talking Apes

“Talking” apes are not just the stuff of science fiction; scientists have taught many apes to use some semblance of language

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Victoria’s First Dinosaur Trackway

After moving a few track slabs myself this summer, I can tell you that it’s not easy work!

The Dark Tyrannosaurus - a dinosaur dressed up to celebrate the filming of the third Batman movie in Pittsburgh

The Dark Tyrannosaurus Rises

I can’t imagine a crime-fighting theropod would follow Batman’s strict moral code against killing criminals

The key moment of the Don Quijote mission: the impact as Hidalgo smashes into the asteroid and Sancho observes from a safe distance

Don Quijote May Tilt at an Asteroid

Deflection could be our best bet if an asteroid is headed towards Earth

The truck-mounted coring rig set up at the Basin Substation site.

Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #6: Bringing Up a Core

One thing everyone has told us is that you never know what you will find underground

A vampire bat feeds on a pig

Halloween

How Vampire Bats Find A Vein

They may not be Dracula in disguise, but vampire bats are still creepy nocturnal critters that need blood to survive

A reconstruction of Protoceratops at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, WY

Eaters of the Dinosaur Dead

Over the past few years, paleontologists have reported a growing number of cases of scavenging by insects

California Academy of Sciences botanist and moss expert Jim Shevoc inspects a collected specimen on Mt. Isarog.

A New Species Bonanza in the Philippines

Sharks, starfish, ferns and sci-fi-worthy sea creatures have been discovered in a new massive survey

Cowboys and dinosaurs, spotted in Natural Bridge, Virginia.

Dinosaur Sighting: Cowboys & Raptors

If you find yourself riding a Deinonychus, you’d better make sure you keep riding it lest you find out how effective those recurved claws can be

Gold bullion from the National Bank of Poland

What Is Rarer Than Gold?

Other than the human tendency for imitating magpies, gold really isn’t all that special

Still from Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Chimp Movies

Project Nim and Rise of the Planet of the Apes are very different movies, but both question the ethics of chimpanzee research

A Protoceratops skeleton with an associated track (outlined in a box near the hips).

Protoceratops: The Cinderella of Dinosaurs

Have scientists found “the holy grail of vertebrate ichnology”—a dinosaur dead in its tracks?

If these bones have been gnawed on, scientists can tell if it was an herbivore or a carnivore doing the chewing

Archaeologists May Have A Bone To Pick With Herbivores

Carnivores aren’t the only creatures munching on bones, and herbivores are not the strict vegans we think they are

Jurassic Park poster

An Open Letter to Steven Spielberg

Something has been troubling me, Steve. I worry what your recent news means for us dinosaur fans

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