Dinosaurs

Doing the T. rex Stretch

Did T. rex use its tiny arms to do push-ups?

October 10, 2012

How Did Dinosaurs Sleep?

A lovely little fossil shows how some dinosaurs said goodnight

October 9, 2012

The Fall of Domino Dinosaurs

A delicately-balanced domino setup replays the end of the Age of Dinosaurs

October 5, 2012

Haplocanthosaurus–A Morrison Mystery

Without a skull, determining the dinosaur’s relationships is difficult

October 4, 2012

Long Live the King

Paleontologists have named scores of dinosaurs, but why is T. rex our favorite?

October 3, 2012

Dilophosaurus – An Early Jurassic Icon

Tracks made by a 20-foot predatory dinosaur have been found in rock from Connecticut to Arizona, but who made the tracks?

October 2, 2012

Dinosaur Sighting: Recyclosaurus

A reader shows us a snapshot of a spare-parts dinosaur

October 1, 2012

Triceratops Wasn’t Toxic

Triceratops was an awesome dinosaur, but, despite one site’s claim, it wasn’t equipped with poisonous quills

September 28, 2012

Dino Time Botches Dino Feathers

Feathered dinosaurs are wonderful, but DinoTime 3D makes them look stupid

September 25, 2012

Did Dinosaurs Swim?

Carnivorous theropod dinosaurs were thought to be hydrophobic, but swim tracks show that these predators at least sometimes took a dip in lakes and rivers

September 24, 2012

What Kind of Dinosaur is Godzilla?

Everyone knows that Godzilla is a radioactive dinosaur, but just what sort of dinosaur is the famous monster?

September 21, 2012

The Awkwardness of Tyrant Teens

Adult T. rex had the most powerful bite of any creature to walk the earth, but they had to grow into that destructive power

September 20, 2012

Tussling Over Thecodontosaurus

The history of Thecodontosaurus, the fourth dinosaur ever named, is a tangled tale of paleontologist politics

September 19, 2012

The Unfortunate Life of Speckles the Tyrannosaur

Combining tropes from various other films, Speckles: The Tarbosaurus 3D shows just how tired dinosaur cinema is

September 18, 2012

The Worst Dinosaur Ever

There are plenty of awful movie dinosaurs, but the tyrannosaur in a 1990 rip-off of The Fly is the worst of all

September 17, 2012

Sinking a Sauropod

Paleontologists are naming new dinosaurs every week, but some names are eventually sent to the scientific wastebasket

September 14, 2012

Outlining Olorotitan

A new study reexamines the skeleton of Olorotitan, a lovely hadrosaur from Russia

September 13, 2012

Giddyup, Tricerajeep!

Meet “Adrianne”, the Triceratops-Jeep mashup

September 12, 2012

Dryptosaurus Needs a Hand

Artist Tyler Keillor wants to bring Dryptosaurus—an unsung tyrannosaur—back to life

September 11, 2012

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Doctor Who stirred buzz by presenting dinosaurs on a spaceship, but just how accurate were the show’s prehistoric creatures?

September 10, 2012