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T. Rex's Big Tail Was Its Key to Speed and Hunting Prowess
November 15, 2010 Tyrannosaurus rex was far from a plodding Cretaceous era scavenger whose long tail only served to counterbalance the up-front weight of its freakishly big head. T. rex's athleticism (and its rear ... > full story -
Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Give Insights Into Infancy and Growth
November 11, 2010 After sitting in collections for nearly 30 years, some remarkably well-preserved dinosaur eggs and their contents are offering new insights into the infancy and growth of early dinosaurs. They ... > full story -
Tracks of a Running Bipedal Baby Brontosaur? Baby Sauropod Footprints Discovered in Colorado
November 1, 2010 Researchers have discovered infant dinosaur footprints in the foothills west of Denver, Colorado, near the town of Morrison. Dating from the Late Jurassic, some 148 million years ago, these tracks ... > full story -
What Did Tyrannosaurus Rex Eat? Each Other
October 15, 2010 It turns out that the undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, didn't just eat other dinosaurs but also each other. Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have found bite marks ... > full story -
Using Discards, Scientists Discover Different Dinosaurs' Stomping Grounds
October 14, 2010 By examining the type of rock in which dinosaur fossils were embedded, an often unappreciated part of the remains, scientists have determined that different species of North American dinosaurs from ... > full story -
One of France's Largest Dinosaur Fossil Deposits Found in the Charente Region
October 13, 2010 The first excavations at the Audoin quarries in the town of Angeac, in the Charente region of south-western France, have confirmed that the site is one of the richest dinosaur fossil deposits in the ... > full story -
Oldest Evidence of Dinosaurs in Footprints: Dinosaur Lineage Emerged Soon After Massive Permian Extinction
October 6, 2010 Scientists have found the oldest evidence of the dinosaur lineage -- fossilized tracks. Just one or two million years after the massive Permian-Triassic extinction, an animal smaller than a house cat ... > full story -
New Fossil Suggests Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All
October 6, 2010 A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species, but by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out ... > full story -
Dinosaurs Significantly Taller Than Previously Thought, Research Suggests
September 30, 2010 It might seem obvious that a dinosaur's leg bone connects to the hip bone, but what came between the bones has been less obvious. Now, researchers have found that dinosaurs had thick layers of ... > full story -
Amazing Horned Dinosaurs Unearthed on 'Lost Continent'; New Discoveries Include Bizarre Beast With 15 Horns
September 22, 2010 Discovery of two new horned dinosaurs in southern Utah are part of an entirely new assemblage of dinosaurs found in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument, and which confirm that dinosaurs living in ... > full story -
Tyrannosaurus Redux: T. Rex Was More Than Just a Large Carnivore at Top of Food Chain, New Findings Reveal
September 16, 2010 A new research paper highlights recent tyrannosaur discoveries and complex analyses of the biology of certain species. The paper includes a new family tree for T. rex and its ... > full story -
Evolution Rewritten, Again and Again
August 31, 2010 Palaeontologists are forever claiming that their latest fossil discovery will "rewrite evolutionary history." Is this just boasting or does our "knowledge" of evolution radically change every time we ... > full story
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