News Feature Channel: Dinosaurs

Big birds like emus are technical innovators, according to University of Bristol researchers

University of Bristol — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:00:00 EST

Large birds - our closest relations to dinosaurs - are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

How Dinosaur Extinctions Created an Environment That Contributed to Our Fruit-Eating Primate Ancestors

Northern Arizona University — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:00:00 EST

New research from Northern Arizona University shows that the evolution of fruit--and the evolution of fruit-eating primates, the early ancestors of humans--was influenced by the "ecosystem engineering" of large sauropods.

Dinosaurs Roamed the Northern Hemisphere Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, According to New Analysis of the Oldest North American Fossils

University of Wisconsin-Madison — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:10:57 EST

A newly described dinosaur whose fossils were uncovered by University of Wisconsin-Madison paleontologists is challenging the existing narrative, with evidence that the reptiles were present in the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously known.

New Research Unlocks Jaw-Dropping Evolution of Lizards and Snakes

University of Bristol — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:05:00 EST

A groundbreaking University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species - have evolved remarkably varied jaw shapes, driving their extraordinary ecological success.

The Parasaurolophus' Pipes: Modeling the Dinosaur's Crest To Study Its Sound #ASA187

Acoustical Society of America (ASA) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:30:00 EST

Hongjun Lin from New York University will present results on the acoustic characteristics of a physical model of the Parasaurolophus' crest as part of the virtual 187th ASA Meeting. Lin created a physical setup made of tubes to represent a mathematical model that will allow researchers to discover what was happening acoustically inside the crest.

Cambrian Fossil From Utah Illuminates Origins of Vertebrate Life

University of Utah — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:25:57 EST

Fossils recovered from Utah's West Desert and held in the Natural History Museum of Utah offer new insights into the origins of vertebrate life during the Cambrian Period.

Why dinosaur collagen might have staying power

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:00:00 EST

Now, scientists report in ACS Central Science that the unique tenacity of collagen in dinosaur skeletons may result from a molecular structure that shields these vulnerable bonds from attack by water that's present in the environment.

Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

Southern Methodist University — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:55:00 EST

An international team led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents. In terms of their geological and tectonic plates contexts, these dinosaur fossils were found to be almost identical.

Research reveals the most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in a Century

University of Portsmouth — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:05:06 EST

The most complete dinosaur discovered in this country in the last 100 years, with a pubic hip bone the size of a 'dinner plate', has been described in a new paper published today.

Life Underground Suited New Dinosaur Fine

North Carolina State University — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:05:17 EST

The age of dinosaurs wasn't conducted solely above ground. A newly discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows evidence that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a fuller understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous - both above and below ground.

Loki's horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades

University of Utah — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:05:23 EST

The Natural History Museum of Utah announced Lokiceratops rangiformis, the largest and most ornate horned dino ever found. Its distinctive horn pattern inspired its name, "Loki's horned face that looks like a caribou."

New study finds dinosaur fossils did not inspire the mythological griffin

University of Portsmouth — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 04:05:07 EST

For centuries, scientists thought they knew where the griffin legend came from. A new study takes a closer look at the data and folklore's influence on science.

New Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered

Stony Brook University — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:05:27 EST

Long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs, known as sauropodomorphs, a group of mainly bipedal dinosaurs that lived some 210 million years ago in the Late Triassic, provide a common image of the age of dinosaurs in the minds of people.

Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros' extinction

University of Adelaide — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:05:05 EST

Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the Last Ice Age.

Origins of Welsh dragons finally exposed by experts

University of Bristol — Thu, 30 May 2024 03:05:52 EST

A large fossil discovery has helped shed light on the history of dinosaurs in Wales.

Paul Sereno's Fossil Lab moves to Washington Park

University of Chicago Medical Center — Thu, 02 May 2024 11:05:54 EST

The 6,000 square foot facility will feature fossil preparation space, multipurpose areas for community programs, and tons of specimens collected from Sereno's worldwide expeditions.

T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find

University of Bristol — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EST

Dinosaurs were as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys, as former research suggests.

Tiny Titans of the Permian: New anatomical description of the 'dwarf' pareiasaur Nanoparia luckhoffi from the Karoo Basin

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:05:15 EST

New description of a 'dwarf' pareiasaur from the Karoo Basin

In paleontology, correct names are keys to accurate study

Ohio State University — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:05:53 EST

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history.

New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France

University of Lausanne — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:05:42 EST

Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered in the south of France by two amateur paleontologists.