The Allosaurus dinosaurs were the scourge of the Jurassic period some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex, but new research finds it may have engaged in cannibalism. Most ...

Forget those sluggish tail-draggers you’ve seen plodding through old cartoons—in the real world, many dinosaurs lived fast and died young. Meet Allosaurus, a fearsome hunter with a knack for war ...

The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more ...

For these Jurassic predators, cannibalism was 'definitely on the table' in desperate times, researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

If the head-axe theory sounds vanishingly implausible to you, fair enough. But this is a legitimate, if disputed, line of scientific inquiry, supported by some eminent paleontologists, and there are a ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain many years before T. Rex. Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain many years before T. Rex. Dinosaur Train is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

ATHENS, Ohio (May 21, 2013)—The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous ...

A COMPUTER reconstruction of a fearsome Allosaurus dinosaur has revealed that its butt was much worse than its bite, solving the mystery of how it hunted 150 million years ago. Big Al: Emily Rayfield ...

Ever wanted a dinosaur skeleton for your oversized living room? Here's your chance — but it won’t come cheap. A rare skeleton of a dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period will be auctioned ...

One night at dinner, 10-year-old dinosaur fan Kenyon Roberts asked a family guest — state Sen. Curt Bramble — why Utah had made the Allosaurus its official state fossil. “I didn’t know we had a state ...

I have an Allosaurus on my arm. Heart of Gold Tattoo artist Jon McAffee put it there a few weeks ago. I think the tattoo—designed for me by friend and artist Glendon Mellow—came out beautifully.