Running would have broken a Tyrannosaurus Rex's legs, new research shows
Jurassic Park's most iconic scenes should have run a little slower, based on new research suggesting our favourite dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, couldn't manage more than a walk.Calculating the top...
View ArticleThese real-life animals share the same traits as the dragons from 'Game of...
The dragons from Game of Thrones may be fictitious, but some of these real-life animals aren't so different. The closest were the pterosaurs, whose name literally translates to "winged lizard". There...
View ArticleThe asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs might not have killed them all if...
About 66 million years ago, a 9-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed into Earth, creating the Chicxulub crater and triggering the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.Skies filled with soot and gas,...
View ArticleA newly discovered duck-like dinosaur had a neck like a goose's and claws...
A dinosaur newly discovered in Mongolia was most likely semiaquatic, a trait that hadn't been found in dinosaurs before.The finding helps establish a new subfamily of dinosaurs.The creature had a neck...
View ArticleScientists have found an enormous new dinosaur fossil in Egypt that sheds...
Scientists have found a fossil of a 'Mansourasaurus Shahinae' — a dinosaur similar in size to a modern school-bus. It was 33ft long and weighed 5.5 tons.The grasslands, savannas, and rain forests of...
View ArticleA stone with more than 70 dinosaur tracks is transforming what we know about...
The discovery of a dinosaur footprint at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2012 led to the discovery of one of the richest sets of prehistoric tracks from the Cretaceous Period ever seen.Among the...
View ArticleThis incredible animation shows how humans evolved from early life
Humans have had a long history. 3.8 million years in the making, to be precise. From the primordial puddle to the modern day, here's how humans have evolved. The following is a review of the life forms...
View ArticleMassive dinosaur footprints found in Scotland could shed light into a...
Massive dinosaur footprints were discovered by researchers in Scotland.The footprints, which belonged to a species of long-necked dinosaur called sauropods, were dated to 170 million years ago.There...
View ArticleWatch this woman explode with joy when a man dressed in a dinosaur outfit...
Chris Jones proposed to his girlfriend, Katie Parker, in the middle of the London Marathon on Sunday.He was wearing a dinosaur costume.A video of Parker joyously freaking out went viral.Jones said he...
View ArticleA Thai street stall sells fried doughnuts shaped like dinosaurs
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View Article13 dinosaur myths scientists wish we'd stop believing
If you think there's no chance you'll ever see a live dinosaur on the Earth — be prepared to have your mind blown.Paleontologists say that birds evolved from dinosaurs, which means dinosaurs are alive...
View ArticleThe tallest lifeforms of all time
Gravity's pull prevents most beings from growing tall. But there are some lifeforms that have challenged gravity and won. These lifeforms include varieties of trees, ancient dinosaurs, and creatures of...
View Article5 science facts that 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' totally ignored
"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" is full of incorrect dino-depictions. Everything from the colors of the dinosaurs to their roars, and even their lack of feathers, here's five things "Jurassic World:...
View ArticleScientists have discovered a new type of 'giant' dinosaur – and it could...
Scientists from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan in Argentina have discovered a new type of "giant" dinosaur.The dinosaur, named Ingentia Prima, is thought to be a "missing link" between small and...
View ArticleBehind the scenes of 'Walking With Dinosaurs', a show that features 18...
We went behind the scenes of the "Walking With Dinosaurs" show.It is the closest that you will get to a real-life Tyrannosaurus Rex.Each dinosaur cost around $1 million to make. Business Insider went...
View ArticleHow whales became the largest animals ever
Whales are the largest animals to ever exist on this Earth, outweighing even the dinosaurs. These titans roam the oceans in search of food, but that wasn't always the case. Millions of years ago they...
View ArticleA park worker discovered fossilized dinosaur footprints that were hundreds of...
A park worker who has a background in geology and paleontology noticed dinosaur footprints fossilized on a slab of rock on a hiking trail in Pennsylvania.The rock was purchased in 2011 from a nearby...
View ArticleThe real T. rex looked nothing like the monster in 'Jurassic Park.' These 13...
Tyrannosaurus rex has captivated the public imagination since the "king of the dinosaurs" ate its way onto the scene in "Jurassic Park."But when Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster was being made,...
View ArticleSomeone is selling the remains of a baby T.rex on eBay, and paleontologists...
An eBay listing for a young T. rex's 15-foot body and 21-inch skull is drawing attention.According to the Lawrence Journal-World, the T. rex belongs to Alan Detrich and had been on exhibit at the...
View ArticleThe 'only baby T. Rex skeleton in the world' has been listed on eBay for...
According to the Washington Post, a young Tyrannosaurus Rex has been put up for sale on eBay by a "professional fossil hunter".The decision to put it up for sale has been slammed by a number of...
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