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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...

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These 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...

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The 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,...

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A 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...

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Scientists 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...

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A 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...

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This 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...

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Massive 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...

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Watch 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...

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A Thai street stall sells fried doughnuts shaped like dinosaurs

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13 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...

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The 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...

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5 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:...

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Scientists 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...

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5 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...

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This 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...

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The 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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