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Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Wiped out the 'Obamadon'
December 10, 2012 — The asteroid collision widely thought to have killed the dinosaurs also led to extreme devastation among snake and lizard species, according to new research -- including the extinction of a newly ... > full story -
Scientists Find Oldest Dinosaur -- Or Closest Relative Yet
December 5, 2012 — Researchers have discovered what may be the earliest dinosaur, a creature the size of a Labrador retriever, but with a five foot-long tail, that walked the Earth about 10 million years before more ... > full story -
For Some Feathered Dinosaurs, Bigger Not Always Better
November 28, 2012 — Researchers have started looking at why dinosaurs that abandoned meat in favor of vegetarian diets got so big, and their results may call conventional wisdom about plant-eaters and body size into ... > full story -
New Evidence on Dinosaurs' Role in Evolution of Bird Flight
November 21, 2012 — A new study looking at the structure of feathers in bird-like dinosaurs has shed light on one of nature's most remarkable inventions -- how flight might have ... > full story -
Meet Xenoceratops: Canada's Newest Horned Dinosaur
November 8, 2012 — Scientists have named a new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) from Alberta, Canada. Xenoceratops foremostensis was identified from fossils originally collected in 1958. Approximately 20 feet ... > full story -
Were Dinosaurs Destined to Be Big? Testing Cope's Rule
November 2, 2012 — In the evolutionary long run, small critters tend to evolve into bigger beasts -- at least according to the idea attributed to paleontologist Edward Cope, now known as Cope's Rule. Using the latest ... > full story -
Mass Extinction Study Provides Lessons for Modern World
October 29, 2012 — The Cretaceous Period of Earth history ended with a mass extinction that wiped out numerous species, most famously the dinosaurs. A new study now finds that the structure of North American ecosystems ... > full story -
Huge Deposit of Jurassic Turtle Remains Found in China
October 29, 2012 — "Bones upon bones, we couldn't believe our eyes," says one paleontologist. He was describing the spectacular find of some 1800 fossilized mesa chelonia turtles from the Jurassic era in China's ... > full story -
Fossils of First Feathered Dinosaurs from North America Discovered: Clues on Early Wing Uses
October 25, 2012 — The first ornithomimid specimens preserved with feathers, recovered from 75 million-year-old rocks in the badlands of Alberta, Canada has been ... > full story -
Analysis of Dinosaur Bone Cells Confirms Ancient Protein Preservation
October 23, 2012 — A team of researchers has found more evidence for the preservation of ancient dinosaur proteins, including reactivity to antibodies that target specific proteins normally found in bone cells of ... > full story
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