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Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters
March 11, 2011 — Dinosaurs did not always enjoy mild climates. New findings show that during part of the Early Cretaceous, north-east China had a temperate climate with harsh winters. They explain the abundance of ... > full story -
Rare 89-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Fossil from Texas May Be World's Oldest Pteranodon
March 1, 2011 — Fossil bones discovered in Texas are from the left wing of an ancient flying reptile that died 89 million years ago, representing what may be the world's earliest occurrence of the prehistoric ... > full story -
'Thunder-Thighs' Dinosaur Discovered: Brontomerus May Have Used Powerful Thigh Muscles to Kick Predators
February 23, 2011 — A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah. Brontomerus may have used its powerful thighs as a weapon to ... > full story -
T. Rex More Hyena Than Lion: Tyrannosaurus Rex Was Opportunistic Feeder, Not Top Predator, Paleontologists Say
February 22, 2011 — Was T. rex really the king of the forest? A new census of dinosaurs in Montana's Hell Creek Formation shows that T. rex was far too abundant to be a top predator. Paleontologists argue that T. rex ... > full story -
3-D Digital Dinosaur Track Download: A Roadmap for Saving at-Risk Natural History Resources
February 11, 2011 — Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote a fossil discovery from field to lab in the form of digital data on a laptop. But standard formats to ensure data accessibility of these ... > full story -
Secrets of Dinosaur Footprints Revealed, Thanks to 'Goldilocks'
February 3, 2011 — Terrain thought to be ruled by only the largest dinosaurs to inhabit Earth could have in fact been home to dozens of other creatures, ground-breaking research has ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops
January 31, 2011 — Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants' family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species called ... > full story -
Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction by 700,000 Years, Fossil Find Suggests
January 27, 2011 — Researchers have determined that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million years ... > full story -
No Leftovers for Tyrannosaurus Rex: New Evidence That T. Rex Was Hunter, Not Scavenger
January 26, 2011 — Tyrannosaurus rex hunted like a lion, rather than regularly scavenging like a hyena, new research reveals. The findings end a long-running debate about the hunting behavior of this awesome ... > full story -
First Single-Fingered Dinosaur Discovered
January 24, 2011 — A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, ... > full story
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