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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Construction site turned dinosaur dig: Workers unearth 68-million-year-old Triceratops fossil

What started out as a simple construction job turned into a mission to find, document and retrieve the remains of a prehistoric giant. Builders tasked with excavating a site near a retirement community in Denver, Colorado, stumbled upon a partial skeleton, which was later identified by paleontologists as that of a large adult Triceratops. According […]

02/04/2020 / By Michael Alexander

A glimpse of the past: Photographer “reanimates” dinosaur skeletons through photographs

They may have died out 66 million years ago, but thanks to a photographer’s new series, dinosaurs such as the fearsome predator Tyrannosaurus rex and the imposing behemoth Triceratops are coming back to life. “I sought to really bring these animals to life,” Christian Voigt said about his project, which he has dubbed “Evolution.” According to Voigt, the project all […]

12/28/2019 / By Michael Alexander

“Thai”-rannosaurus rex? Fossils unearthed in Thailand reveal link to fearsome therapod

Two distant relatives of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex have been identified in Thailand, according to a new report. In an article published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, paleontologists Adun Samathi and Martin Sander of the University of Bonn in Germany identified previously unrecognized fossils as those of megaraptors – cousins to the famed Jurassic Park predator. “We were […]

11/30/2019 / By Tracey Watson

“Thai”–rannosaurus rex? Fossils unearthed in Thailand reveal link to fearsome therapod

Dinosaur fans everywhere have a new reason to rejoice: the discovery of two brand new dinosaur species in Thailand. And the best part? They’re both distant cousins of that favorite of all dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossils of the two new species lay forgotten for decades after being discovered back in 1988 and 1993, respectively. […]

09/20/2019 / By Stephanie Diaz

Mammals started developing arms way before the dinosaurs, study reveals

The ancestors of modern mammals may have developed their unique forelimbs long before the first dinosaurs walked on this planet. This is according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers from The Field Museum of Natural History found evidence that early mammals evolved to have different forelimbs […]

09/06/2019 / By Edsel Cook

It turns out, dinosaurs also had great hearing – which made them even better hunters than previously thought

Birds possess sharp hearing, all the better to catch their prey. A new study on alligators suggests that the crocodilians share the same ability. And both groups of animals might have shared the same keen sense of hearing with dinosaurs. Birds are often described as feathery dinosaurs. Crocodilians are also considered to be the closest living relations […]

07/10/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Dino-discovery: Small T-Rex ancestor found in Utah

Researchers recently discovered the fossil remnants of an ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex. Unlike the star of Jurassic Park, this so-called “harbinger of doom” measures less than a third of the “king of tyrant lizards.” Moros intrepidus lived in Utah 97 million years ago. It only weighed 180 pounds and stood as tall as a […]

08/23/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Lasting gift from the dinosaurs: They fertilized our ecosystem

Dinosaurs helped nourish the global ecosystem with their dung, and the effects continue to be felt to this day. This was the conclusion that Northern Arizona University faculty member Christopher Doughty came to in his compelling new study. With over a decade of experience in studying large animals and their impact on the planet’s fertility, […]

04/25/2018 / By David Williams

Zoos for extinct animals could become a reality in the near future

Many animal species have already gone extinct, which means that there are none like them out in the world anymore. But traces of them could still exist, particularly in fossils and DNA remains, making it possible to bring them back to life, so to speak, and enable people to see them in the flesh at […]

08/01/2017 / By Russel Davis

Australia used to be home to giant flying turkeys the size of kangaroos

Australian researchers have recently discovered five species of giant birds, towering as tall as kangaroos, that once roamed the continent. As part of research, a team of paleontologists from Flinders University in South Australia examined megapode fossils from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia and concurred that the specimens belong to five different […]

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