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Paleontology

Carlos Jaramillo (top row, third from the right), a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, co-organized the team that discovered the largest snake in world history.

Discovering the Titanoboa

As part of a multi-organizational team, Smithsonian scientist Carlos Jaramillo uncovered the fossils of a gigantic snake

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Commercial Collectors and the Plight of Paleontology

In paleontology, “amateur” can be a dirty word

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Tianyulong: An Unexpectedly Fuzzy Dinosaur

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Book Review: How to Build a Dinosaur

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Hesperonychus: A Tiny Killer

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Getting a Handle on Theropod Arms

Dinosaur National Monument

Blog Carnival Edition #5 — Unbelievable Organisms, Titanoboa, Animatronics and More!

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Miragaia, the Long-Necked Stegosaur

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Building a Better Dinosaur

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Abel’s Tyrannosaurus

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Triceratops v. Triceratops

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Austroraptor: a Giant, Sickle-Clawed Killer

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Dinosaur Blog Carnival Edition #2, Part I

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Annual Dinosaur Dissection Day

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What Good are Dinosaurs?

Candidates and Constituents Visualize Science in 2008

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T. rex Protein Was Mere Bacterial Goop?

Hat tip to Bad Astronomy, who is currently on something of a lunar bender owing to Apollo 11′s 40th anniversary and an actual time-lapse, color video of the moon crossing in front of the Earth.

Fly Me to the Moon

Micro-Fossils Reveal Dinosaur Colors and Ancient Sea Life

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Dinosaur Dispatch: Day 1

Michelle Coffey moves from biology class to the Bighorn Basin and prepares for her first dinosaur dig

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