Tag: dinosaurs

Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the rubble. More than 2,700 people were killed in the 7.7-magnitude...
Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a study published in PLOS One by Tone Blakesley...

Triassic Life: An overview of ancient amphibians, crocodile relatives, early dinosaurs and mammalian ancestors

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass extinctions 252...

Discovery of collagen in fossil bone could unlock new insights into dinosaurs

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization process was thought to destroy...

A new twist in an old origin story: Earliest dinosaurs may have emerged in the Amazon

The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new...

Dinosaurs may have roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously thought

How and when did dinosaurs first emerge and spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago? That question has for decades been...

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, say climate scientists

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of...

Feces, vomit offer clues to how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth

Feces, vomit and fossilized food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on...

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of...

Did the world’s best-preserved dinosaurs really die in ‘Pompeii-type’ events?

Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ecosystem in what...

Dinosaurs thrived after ice, not fire, says a new study of ancient volcanism

201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth's five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living species suddenly disappeared. The wipeout...

Large theropod dinosaurs thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show

A discovery of dinosaur tracks on Australia's southern coast—dating back to the Early Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica—indicates that large theropod...

Tiny glass beads suggest the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought...

Scientists assess how large dinosaurs could really get

A new study by Dr. Jordan Mallon of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada and Dr. David Hone of Queen Mary University...

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