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'Extremely rare' fossilized dinosaur voice box suggests they sounded birdlike
By Ben Turner published
A fossilized ankylosaur voice box reveals that these beasts may have sported a far more sophisticated vocal range than scientists originally thought.

Longest dinosaur neck ever stretched further than a school bus at 49 feet long
By Laura Geggel published
By comparing the few known bones of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum with its relatives, experts have extrapolated its tremendous neck length.

Hollow bones in giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs show convergent evolution in action, fossil study suggests
By Sascha Pare published
Some of the oldest dinosaurs didn't have hollow bones, suggesting that skeletal air sacs evolved independently in three lineages: long-necked sauropodomorphs, meat-eating theropods and pterosaurs.

Jurassic World’s bizarre, scythe-clawed dinosaur couldn't have been a slasher, study confirms
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have confirmed that Therizinosaurus, the scythe-clawed dinosaur from Jurassic World, couldn't have used its 'useless' gigantic claws to fight because they were too flimsy.

'Staggering number' of titanosaur nests discovered in India reveals controversial findings about dino moms
By Joshua A. Krisch published
The discovery of a tightly packed nesting ground from the Cretaceous period in India suggests that titanosaurs laid eggs and left their offspring behind.

Velociraptors probably didn't use their 'wicked' claws for slashing, surprising new study suggests
By Stephanie Pappas published
Unlike their portrayal in Jurassic Park, curved-clawed dinos may have used their sharp appendages to pin and grasp, not slash.

Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China
By Harry Baker published
A 120 million-year-old bird fossil from China has some rather unusual dinosaur-like features in its otherwise standard avian skeleton, including a weirdly T. rex-like skull.

Scientists find the earliest evidence of a dinosaur eating a mammal
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Birdlike dinosaur "was not a picky eater," as evidenced by a rodent's foot found in its fossilized remains.
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