Collaborate Disseminate
Scientists have found a massive area the size of 1.5 football fields, now dubbed “The Coliseum,” which was once a popular thoroughfare to water for multiple species of prehistoric beasts over many generations some 70 million years ago.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Dinosaur ‘Coliseum’ reveals prehistoric pedestrian pathway
The most intriguing fossils tell a story about the animal’s life, or where and how it lived, and paleontologists have now uncovered a doozy. The fossils of a dinosaur and a small mammal have been discovered locked in combat when they apparently died to… Continue reading Fossilized fight scene found, featuring mammal vs. dinosaur
With evolution there’s always a trade-off – long necks may help you find food but they’re also a massive weak spot. Now, paleontologists have found direct fossil evidence of prehistoric, long-necked marine reptiles being decapitated by predators.Contin… Continue reading Fossils tell gory story of marine reptiles getting their heads bitten off
Scientists have been able to name a new species of dinosaur that roamed the river plains of Chile’s Patagonia some 72 million years ago.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: University of Chile, Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Fossils, Chile Continue reading New duck-billed dinosaur baffles scientists with its epic world travel
Scientists have observed the first known “virgin birth” in crocodiles. A female crocodile, kept alone in captivity for 16 years, laid a clutch of eggs that included a fully formed fetus which was genetically identical to its mother. The find reveals th… Continue reading “Virgin birth” seen in a crocodile suggests dinosaurs could also go solo
Dome-skulled dinosaurs may have looked less like Friar Tuck and more like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. New fossil finds suggest they may have had big bristly ornaments on their heads, and might not have butted heads like they do in the movies.Continue … Continue reading ‘Head-butting’ dinosaurs may have flaunted Fresh Prince flat-tops instead
Paleontologists have discovered fossils from a gigantic marine predator that stalked the Jurassic seas. According to the team, the creature could have grown to twice the size of an orca, and likely fed on pretty much anything else unlucky enough to be … Continue reading Fossil find reveals monstrous marine predator that stalked Jurassic seas
With a revelation that threatens to ruin some childhood toys or a Jurassic Park rewatch, paleontologists have given one of the most famous dinosaurs a facelift, proposing that the Tyrannosaurus did not sport ferocious, protruding chompers, but proporti… Continue reading Sorry, but the T. rex doesn’t look anything like you think it does
It’s no secret that sauropods – a clade of giant dinosaurs that includes the famous Brachiosaurus – had really long necks, but now paleontologists claim to have identified the species that takes the crown. According to the team, Mamenchisaurus has the longest neck of any known animal ever, measuring almost 50 ft (over 15 m).
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Back in 2021, we heard about a pterosaur that had a mouth full of big, sharp teeth. Well, scientists have now discovered a pterosaur that went to the other extreme, as it used over 400 small, hooked teeth to catch its prey.Continue ReadingCategory: Bio… Continue reading Newly discovered pterosaur used tiny teeth to feed like a wading whale