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An asteroid ended the age of the dinosaurs. But how did their reign begin? Mysterious early reptiles may hold the answer
A small but fierce jawbone sits in Argentina’s natural science museum in Buenos Aires. Six inches long and studded with backward-curving fangs that would have hooked into flesh to rip it open, the ...
About 66 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs succumbed to drought – tragically, just hours or days before heavy rains fell. We know this because they left some of the most incredibly ...
Learn about the rise, then fall, then rise again of dinosaur enthusiasm Darren Naish and Paul M. Barrett An illustration of a plate-backed herbivore Stegosaurus and ...
Ten big dinosaur discoveries stood out in 2023. Full credits with links at bottom of article Ever since the word “dinosaur” was coined in 1842, paleontologists have been revealing a wealth of ...
The notion of a dinosaur with Cher-like hair is entertaining. It's also outlandish, according to experts. Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago's Field ...
A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it died may be leading paleontologists astray.
The family-friendly Winter in Candyland event returns to Central Point this weekend. The free community event runs Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Padgham Pavilion at the ...
Scientists have discovered the oldest known skin fossils, dating back long before the dinosaurs. The samples, found in a cave in Oklahoma, USA, show that reptile scales haven’t changed much in the ...
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