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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 -
Rare Insect Fossil Reveals 100 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis
February 3, 2011 — Researchers have discovered the 100 million-year-old ancestor of a group of large, carnivorous, cricket-like insects that still live today in southern Asia, northern Indochina and Africa. The new ... > 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 -
New Predator 'Dawn Runner' Discovered in Early Dinosaur Graveyard
January 13, 2011 — A team of paleontologists and geologists from Argentina and the United States have discovered a lanky dinosaur that roamed South America in search of prey as the age of dinosaurs began, approximately ... > full story -
Pterygotid Sea Scorpions: No Terror of the Ancient Seas?
December 22, 2010 — New experiments have generated evidence that questions the common belief that the pterygotid eurypterids ("sea scorpions") were high-level predators in the Paleozoic ... > full story -
Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All
December 20, 2010 — Scientists used statistical analyses to determine the diet of 90 species of theropod dinosaurs. Their results challenge the conventional view that nearly all theropods hunted prey, especially those ... > full story -
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 -
Colonoscopy Technique Increases Polyp Detection in Far Reaches of Right Colon
October 18, 2010 — An endoscopic technique known as retroflexion, when used in the right side of the colon, may increase the diagnostic yield of polyps, including large adenomas (larger than 10 millimeters) and ... > full story
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