Eggs From Giant, Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Found
Huge meat-eating dinosaurs that stalked a vast floodplain some 150 million years ago in what is now Portugal left behind traces of their progeny: eggshells.Some of the eggshells, which belonged to two...
View ArticleNew Study Drives A Nail In The 'Jurassic Park' Coffin — Amber-Preserved...
A new study suggests the worst possible news for fans of Jurassic Park: it's not possible to isolate DNA from amber-preserved insects.Researchers from the University of Copenhagen tried to isolate DNA...
View ArticleNicolas Cage Might Have Bought An Illegal Dinosaur Skull
The dinosaur skull bought by actor Nicolas Cage after he outbid fellow A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio could now return to bite him where it hurts, after it is apparently part of a criminal inquiry into...
View ArticleNew Dinosaur Called 'The King Of Gore' Discovered
A newly discovered dinosaur has been identified as a cousin of the iconic Tyrannosaurus and is helping paleontologists flesh out the branches of the T. rex family tree.Lythronax argestes — the first...
View ArticleThis Giant Dinosaur Kept T-Rex From Dominating The World
An enormous carnivorous dinosaur that once roamed North America kept Tyrannosaurus rex from achieving its potential for millions of years, a new discovery suggests.The new dinosaur, dubbed Siats...
View ArticleIncredibly Rare Baby Dinosaur Skeleton Found In Canada
The tiny, intact skeleton of a baby rhinoceroslike dinosaur has been unearthed in Canada.The toddler was just 3 years old and 5 feet (1.5 meters) long when it wandered into a river near Alberta,...
View ArticleAustralian Billionaire's 'Palmersaurus' Dinosaur Park Is Now Open For Business
Clive Palmer has officially opened the “world’s largest dinosaur park”, Palmersaurus, at his Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast today.The park features 160 life-size, life-like dinosaurs, a dozen of...
View ArticleMeet The Ancient Armored 'Devil Frog' That Brawled With Dinosaurs
An ancient, predatory creature known as the devil frog may have looked even scarier than previously thought.The monster frog, Beelzebufo ampinga, lived during the Cretaceous Period in what is now...
View ArticleWill The Dinobots Save The ‘Transformers’ Franchise?
Perhaps casually tossing the word “extinction” into the subtitle of a blockbuster franchise that was once presumed dead (victorious in death, but still dead in theory!) is a bad idea.The (presumably)...
View Article'Jurassic Park' Sequel Will Film In Hawaii And Louisiana
Director Colin Trevorrow's sci-fi thriller Jurassic World is gearing up to star shooting in Hawaii and Louisiana. Production is scheduled to begin in Oahu for four weeks in April, followed by two weeks...
View ArticleResearchers Put Tails On Chickens To Make Them Walk Like Dinosaurs
Studying dinosaur bones and physiology can only teach us so much about how dinosaurs actually walked the Earth. Because dinosaurs called theropods are related to modern birds, a few researchers thought...
View ArticleScientists Discover Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur Ever Found In Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Europe 150 million years ago, this dude was the biggest, baddest bully in town.Two scientists in Portugal announced on Wednesday that they have identified the largest...
View ArticleWeird 'Chicken From Hell' Dinosaur Lived Alongside The T. Rex
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you're a dinosaur with a nickname as funky as "the chicken from hell," you had better be able to back it up.A dinosaur called Anzu wyliei that scientists identified on...
View ArticleThese Goofy-Looking Reptiles Ruled The Skies For Millions Of Years
The first non-insect animal to evolve powered flight wasn't the bird, but a fuzzy reptile called the pterosaur. These animals ruled Mesozoic skies for 150 million years, soaring above the dinosaurs....
View ArticleScientists Have Recreated A One-Of-A-Kind Set Of Dinosaur Hunting Tracks...
About a 107 million years ago a dinosaur from the family of the Tyrannosaurus Rex stalked or followed a long-necked herbivorous giant along what is now known as the Paluxy Riverbed, near Glen Rose,...
View ArticleA Giant T. Rex Skeleton Is About To Start A Cross-Country Road Trip
Like most of us, the Smithsonian has always wanted a T.Rex to call its own. Now it's finally getting one, and the museum is not taking any chances when it comes to protection.Forget FedEx Express, this...
View ArticleNew 'Hidden Dragon' Fossil Is The Oldest Flying Reptile
A Chinese fossil is the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid, part of a group of flying reptiles that ruled the skies some 163 million years ago, scientists report.Winged creatures called...
View ArticleAncient Giant Crocs Killed Dinosaurs With Terrifying 'Death Rolls'
Ancient giant crocodilians killed dinosaur prey by spinning their bodies in "death rolls," tearing off the beasts' flesh and limbs, researchers say.These new findings shed light on the way ancient...
View ArticleScientists Crown The World Heavyweight Champion Of Dinosaurs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This guy could really throw his weight around.Scientists on Tuesday unveiled body weight estimates for an astounding 426 different dinosaur species using a formula based on the...
View ArticleJurassic Park Was Wrong: T-Rex Would Be Able To See You Even If You Stood Still
In the immensely popular (despite the sins) movie Jurassic Park, there's the famous scene where the giant T-Rex is attacking a jeep during a thunder storm. As it attacks, Dr. Alan Grant, a...
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