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Why did T. rex have such tiny arms?
By JoAnna Wendel published
Tyrannosaurus rex and many of its theropod cousins had large bodies but tiny arms. What gives?
Pterodactyl: Facts about pteranodon and other pterosaurs
By Joseph Castro last updated
Reference Pterodactyls soared in the skies during the age of the dinosaurs and include some of the largest flying reptiles ever.
Astonishing dinosaur mummy has 'glittering' skin that was punctured and ripped by ancient crocs
By Nicoletta Lanese last updated
Scientists uncovered a previously unknown way that dinosaur mummies form.
Tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid had mile-high waves and reached halfway across the world
By Laura Geggel published
The dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered mile-high monster waves and waters that reached the world over.
Spectacular T. rex skeleton may fetch $25 million at auction (the new owner gets to name it, too)
By Laura Geggel published
Paleontologists are unhappy that a T. rex specimen from Montana is hitting the auction block in Hong Kong in November.
Crystal-stuffed dinosaur eggs the size of cannonballs discovered in China
By Ben Turner published
East China’s volcanic terrain is ideal for fossil hunters, who discovered the unusual eggs
Ginormous Jurassic fossil in Portugal may be the biggest dinosaur ever found in Europe
By Joanna Thompson published
While researchers have not yet identified the species of an enormous newfound dinosaur, the sauropod is already breaking size records.
Rare fossils reveal basketball-like skin on duck-billed dinosaur
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The juvenile hadrosaur is impeccably well preserved.
Oldest African dinosaur ever found unearthed in Zimbabwe
By Joanna Thompson last updated
Meet Mbiresaurus raathi, the oldest African dinosaur (and one of the world's earliest) whose neighbors lived in Brazil.
Did the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs have a sibling? Crater in West Africa hints maybe.
By Stephanie Pappas published
A 66 million-year-old impact crater has been discovered off the coast of West Africa, raising questions about just how many deadly space rocks the dinosaurs had to deal with.
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