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Temperature inside Chicxulub crater after dinosaur-killing asteroid hit revealed with 'paleothermometer'
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers measured the temperature of the Chicxulub crater 66 million years ago, unlocking mysteries of the dinosaur-dooming mass extinction event.
What was the typical life span of a dinosaur?
By Cameron Duke published
What was the typical life span of a dinosaur? It depends on the size and species, of course.
Scientists say their robot dinosaur could help explain the evolution of wings. But 1 expert says the study is flawed.
By Kiley Price published
The robot faced up against grasshopper prey. But did the dinosaur it mimics actually eat insects?
Gargantuan 'star lizard' was one of the last (and largest) dinosaurs of its kind
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists spent years retrieving fossils of the Cretaceous sauropod, which they've named Sidersaura, or "star lizard."
'I felt my heart skip a beat': Researcher discovers dinosaur 'chicken from hell' after buying fossil online
By Patrick Pester published
A "chicken from hell" dinosaur that lived just before the asteroid struck has been discovered in South Dakota.
Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests
By Harry Baker published
The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king.
Dinosaur finger bone from Lesotho rock shelter suggests Africans discovered fossils centuries before British did
By Julien Benoit, Cameron Penn-Clarke, Charles Helm published
Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'paleontology' existed
Nanotyrannus vs. T. rex saga continues: Controversial study 'doesn't settle the question at all'
By Sascha Pare published
A new study of long-debated dinosaur fossils has found growth patterns inconsistent with those of T. rex, suggesting the bones belong to a distinct species, but other experts aren't convinced.
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