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Light Shed on South Pole Dinosaurs
August 4, 2011 Bones of South Pole dinosaurs grew like the bones of other dinosaurs, helping explain why dinosaurs were able to dominate the planet for 160 million years, new research ... > full story -
New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Gives Scientists Clues to Evolution of Head Ornamentation and Provinciality
July 20, 2011 A new genus and species of hadrosaur (duck-billed) dinosaur -- the oldest duck-billed dinosaur known from North America -- has been named by scientists who expect the discovery to shed new light on ... > full story -
Fossil Forensics Reveals How Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs
July 15, 2011 Exceptionally preserved fossils of insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps played an important role in food webs devoted to consuming rotting dinosaur ... > full story -
Last Dinosaur Before Mass Extinction Discovered
July 12, 2011 A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go ... > full story -
Holes in Fossil Bones Reveal Dinosaur Activity
July 8, 2011 New research has added to the debate about whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded and sluggish or warm-blooded and ... > full story -
The Rise and Rise of the Flying Reptiles: Pterosaurs Not Driven Into Extinction by Birds, Study Reveals
July 6, 2011 Pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the time of the dinosaurs, were not driven to extinction by the birds, but in fact they continued to diversify and innovate for millions of years afterward, according ... > full story -
X-Rays Reveal Patterns in the Plumage of the First Birds
June 30, 2011 Researchers report in Science Express that they have taken a big step in determining what the first birds looked like more than 100 million years ago, when their relatives, the dinosaurs, still ruled ... > full story -
Domed Dinosaur Was King of the Head Butt
June 28, 2011 Researchers surveyed the heads of a large number of modern animals as well as one of the world's best dinosaur fossils and they found that the bony anatomy of some pachycephalosaur domes are better ... > full story -
Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time
June 28, 2011 When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists thought they were plodding beasts that relied on their environment to keep warm, like modern-day ... > full story -
Thermometer for Dinosaurs: Researchers Identify Body Temperature of These Long-Extinct Giant Saurians
June 23, 2011 Small heads, large bodies, and a slow metabolism -- these are the characteristics that make us think of dinosaurs as dull, lethargic and cold-blooded giants. However, this image seems to be ... > full story
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