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Mini-Dinosaurs From The Harz Mountains: Bones Are Of Dwarf Sauropods
June 8, 2006 The unusually small dinosaur fossils found 1998 in Germany were not the remains of a group of young dinosaurs, but of adults -- a scientific sensation: at a maximum estimated weight of one tonne they ... > full story -
'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked To Rare Sound-Producing Skill
April 26, 2006 Paleontologists at the Duke Lemur Center have assembled a new picture of a 35-million-year-old fossil mammal -- and they even have added a hint of sound. By painstakingly measuring hundreds of ... > full story -
The World's Deepest Dinosaur Finding -- 2256 Metres Below The Seabed
April 25, 2006 The somewhat rough uncovering of Norway's first dinosaur happened in the North Sea, at an entire 2256 metres below the seabed. While most nations excavate their skeletons using a toothbrush, the ... > full story -
Gigantic Meat-Eating Dinosaur Discovered
April 18, 2006 At a news conference in the western Patagonian city where the news species was found, paleontologists have unveiled what may be one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known -- Mapusaurus roseae. ... > full story -
Lost Photos Confirm Fossil Find
April 5, 2006 The researcher who discovered Paralititan stromeri, one of the most massive animals ever to walk the Earth, now is "picture-positive" about another dinosaur fossil find by a famous German researcher, ... > full story -
Mass Extinctions: A Threat From Outer Space Or Our Own Planet's Detox?
March 12, 2006 University of Leicester geologists, Professor Andy Saunders and Dr. Marc Reichow, are taking a fresh look at what may actually have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and caused other ... > full story -
Smallest Triceratops Skull Ever Found Provides Clues To Dinosaur's Growth
March 6, 2006 The nearly complete skull of a baby Triceratops -- a three-horned, tank-like dinosaur from the Cretaceous -- is now giving paleontologists insights into how these creatures grew. Described in this ... > full story -
Study Of Dinosaurs Part Of Pitt Medical School Plan To Graduate Better Doctors
February 28, 2006 The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is partnering with Carnegie Museum of Natural History in a first-of-its-kind program that will educate medical students on the evolutionary history of ... > full story -
Oceans May Soon Be More Corrosive Than When The Dinosaurs Died
February 20, 2006 Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly acidifying the world's oceans and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life similar to one that occurred when the dinosaurs ... > full story -
New Fossil Find In New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
February 20, 2006 Two Columbia scientists have discovered the fossil of a toothless crocodile relative that looks like a six-foot-long, two-legged dinosaur, but is actually a distant cousin of today's alligators and ... > full story
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