The first dinosaur brain reveals something experts never expected to see
For the first time, fossilized remains of a dinosaur's brain tissue have been discovered on a pebble in England. But there's something about this fossil that paleontologists never expected to...
View ArticleNo one can figure out why the T. rex had tiny arms — but these are the most...
Scientists have wondered for years why the Tyrannosaurus Rex has the tiny 3 1/3 foot arms. Recent discoveries suggest that they evolved them to counterbalance their huge heads.Follow Tech Insider: On...
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A brand new dinosaur called the 'Mud Dragon' was just unearthed accidentally...
A new bird-like dinosaur was just discovered in south China. The specimen was uncovered in the Ganzhou area, during construction work at a school, and it narrowly missed being destroyed by a dynamite...
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Remarkable feathered dinosaur tail found in chunk of amber
Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered...
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A scientist snuck into a disputed region of Myanmar to discover the first...
Scientists recently found a feathered, 99 million-year-old dinosaur tail preserved in a chunk of amber from a mine in Myanmar.Researchers have known for about two decades that many dinosaurs (not just...
View ArticleScientists uncovered a bloody, feathered dinosaur tail that got stuck in tree...
Scientists made an unprecedented discovery that sheds light on our understanding of dinosaurs.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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A dinosaur skeleton just sold for nearly £1 million at an auction in France
The skeleton of a ferocious dinosaur called Kan was sold at a French auction this week for 1.1 million euros (£900,000), AFP reports.The bones belonged to an Allosaurus, which was a carnivorous...
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A just discovered, 90-million-year-old bird could help predict the future of...
A new type of large, prehistoric bird has just been unearthed in the Canadian arctic.A team of geologists from the University of Rochester discovered the new species, which is approximately 90 million...
View ArticleHow humans compare to the actual size of dinosaurs
Most of us imagine dinosaurs as the huge, towering prehistoric beings that once walked the Earth. But it turns out that dinosaurs were actually a wide range of sizes— and some of them weren't much...
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A surprising factor in the extinction of the dinosaurs may have been how long...
Approximately 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid or comet smashed into the Earth near what we now think of as the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. On the other side of the world, in India, at a place...
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Dark, cold days may have been what actually drove the dinosaurs extinct
Dinosaurs went extinct around 66 million years ago, and it is widely believed that a giant asteroid was the reason. However, the exact turn of events has been a bit of a mystery, as a single strike —...
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The remains of a new, small 'horn-faced' dinosaur have just been uncovered in...
A giant asteroid struck the Earth 65 million years ago, an event which is largely believed to have driven the dinosaurs extinct. Today, paleontologists are still digging up remains from the days when...
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A new theory could overturn one of the most central 'facts' about dinosaurs
Much of what we "know" about dinosaurs has changed in recent years.We've learned that many of them were covered in feathers, that part of what drove them extinct was how long it took for their eggs to...
View ArticleA shocking new study just disproved the 130-year-old theory about where...
A study, recently published in Nature, is the first to seriously question dinosaur evolution. Where and when did the first dinosaurs appear on Earth? For the last 130 years, scientists thought...
View Article5 dinosaur eggs were just discovered at a construction site in China
Five dinosaur eggs were found in the Guangdong province of China. The eggs are believed to be 70 million years old. Three of the five eggs were destroyed but were still visible in the fossil. They...
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Scientists discovered a new 'shin-destroying' armored dinosaur — and named it...
When researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) pieced together the fossilized 75-million-year-old bones of the ankylosaurid specimen they acquired last year, they noticed something strange.The...
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A reptile that decapitates birds and can live until 100 is the sole survivor...
Have you ever heard of the tuatara? It’s a reptile that decapitates birds with its saw-like jaws, lives to about 100 years old, and can remain active in near-freezing temperatures.It’s also the sole...
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The largest dinosaur ever used secret air sacs to stay super light
The largest dinosaurs to have ever lived were surprisingly light. I know that might sound strange when we’re talking about animals stretching over 100 feet long and weighing upwards of 45 tons, but...
View ArticleThis man played Barney the dinosaur for 10 years — here's what it was like
Everyone recognizes the large purple dinosaur, but not many people know the man inside the costume. David Joyner played Barney for 10 years on TV and in live performances, and dancing around in that...
View ArticleThe T. Rex couldn’t actually sprint like it does in ‘Jurassic Park’ — but it...
Scientists at the University of Manchester have new proof that T. rex wasn't nearly as terrifying as we thought. The animal's tremendous size and weight prevented it from running at top speeds of 45...
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