For the first time, scientists have estimated how many Tyrannosaurus rex, the so-called king of the dinosaurs, ever roamed the Earth. Because it is important: The number is staggering: 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus …
Read More »Dinosaur-killing asteroid gave birth to today’s rainforests
The rainforest of Colombia seemed very different 66 million years ago. Today, the humid and biodiverse ecosystem is teeming with plants and covered by a thick canopy of leaves and branches that …
Read More »Fierce new predatory dinosaur unearthed in Patagonia
An excavation in Argentina has unearthed a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur, and the tyrannosaurus-like predator has been given a name that fits what we know so far: Llukalkan aliocranianus, or ‘the …
Read More »The meteorite that killed the dinosaurs ended up creating the Amazon rainforest, study says
Dinosaur and fossil buffs are intimately familiar with a meteorite impact that drove Tyrannosaurus rex and all non-avian dinosaurs to extinction some 66 million years ago. But it is often overlooked that …
Read More »They find the world’s first dinosaur fossil sitting in an egg nest
The fossil of a dinosaur sitting in a nest of eggs with embryos inside was unearthed in a one-of-a-kind discovery that sheds light on how the creatures hatched their young. The skeletal …
Read More »Amazing fossil find contains dinosaur sitting on a whole handful of eggs
An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of an extraordinary fossilized nest in China, which preserves at least eight separate dinosaurs from 70 million years ago. The ancient egg clutch …
Read More »We finally know why dinosaurs were huge or tiny, unlike modern animals
A team of American scientists has shown that the offspring of huge carnivorous dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus RexGrowing from the size of house cats to towering monsters, they reshaped their ecosystems by …
Read More »Dinosaurs like T. Rex were more tyrannical than we think
Fossil of T. rex. Picture: UNM Department of Biology Large carnivorous dinosaurs assumed the role of multiple species as they grew, resulting in a shocking lack of ecological diversity during the Mesozoic, …
Read More »Some dinosaur migrations were delayed by weather, study shows
Herbivorous dinosaurs likely arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their carnivorous cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found. A new way of calculating the …
Read More »Baby atrocities were absolutely adorable, study finds – BGR
Tyrannosaurus are the most iconic of all dinosaurs, but what they were as if children have been the subject of debate and mystery. New research on rare tyrannosaur embryos first gives researchers …
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