DINOSAURS

Dinosaurs Had Dandruff Problems, Too

How embarrassing.

Why Are There No More Dinosaurs?

Scientists think a terrible event killed most of the dinosaurs off. But some remain—and they fly.

Prehistoric Ticks Once Drank Dinosaur Blood, Fossil Evidence Shows

This is the first direct evidence that the pesky arachnids once dined on feathered dinosaurs.

Lead author Karen Chin of the University of Colorado Boulder

Fossilized Poop Shows Some Herbivorous Dinosaurs Loved a Good Crab Dinner

What were thought to be exclusively plant-eating dinosaurs also sometimes munched on prehistoric crabs, a new study suggests.

What It’s Like to Write an Opera About Dinosaurs

The American Museum of Natural History’s newest offering is a roving opera inside the institution’s famous dinosaur wing.

Construction Workers in Colorado Discover 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skeleton

"As soon as (we) uncovered it and realized this was a horn of a triceratops and not just another leg bone or part of a hip, it made the site really exciting."

© Zachary James Johnston, The Field Museum

SUE the T. Rex Is Getting a Makeover

As The Field Museum welcomes a new titanosaur, SUE’s getting a new look and new digs.

10 Ways Artists Imagined Dinosaurs Before the 21st Century

Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past explores the first 160 years of illustrating extinct species.

Mokkie, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

Cephalopod Fossil Sketch in Australia Can Be Seen From Space

The tentacled behemoth last inhabited Australia 65 million years ago.

Courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Canada

The Exquisitely Preserved ‘Mona Lisa of Dinosaurs’ Has Been Named

The name Borealopelta markmitchelli honors the man who spent more than five years revealing, bit by bit, the amazing creature encased in stone.

What 6 Dinosaurs from Jurassic Park Really Looked Like

In the 24 years since the original 'Jurassic Park' was released, what we know about dinosaurs has changed a lot. Here's some of the new research that may change how you imagine these ancient animals.

Here's What Happens When a Dinosaur and a Dictionary Get Into a Twitter Fight

SUE the T. rex and the Merriam-Webster dictionary were both feeling feisty.

Dinosaur Fossils Don’t Get Much Better Than This

The as-yet-unnamed nodosaur was so well preserved that it “might have been walking around a couple of weeks ago.”

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Named After Monster From 'Ghostbusters'

There is no ankylosaurus, only Zuul.

How Filmmakers Decide How Their Movie Monsters Will Sound

Godzilla isn't real and dinos are long gone, so styling their vocal performance can be a tricky task.

Interactive Map Plots Where Every Known Fossil Was Discovered

See who your neighbors would have been 100 million years ago.

The Top 10 Science Stories of 2016

It's been a big year.

Nimesh M via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

The Field Museum Is Launching a Beer Based on Its T. rex, Sue

The pale ale is called psuedoSue.

Jurassic World Fans Can Expect More Animatronic Dinos in the Sequel

The practical effects that made the first film great are making a comeback.

Paleontologists Find a Nearly Complete T. Rex Skull in Montana

Finding a T. rex skull in such pristine condition is incredibly rare.

Meet the Man Who Owns Over 5000 Toy Dinosaurs

Like many of us, Randy Knol enjoyed playing with toy dinosaurs as a kid. He received a Flintstones playset from his grandfather as a Christmas present in the 1960s, and his collection of prehistoric figurines has been growing ever since.

T. Rex Chatbot Answers All of Your Pressing Dino Questions

Tina the T.rex can tell children all about her size, diet, and where she lived millions of years ago.

Prehistoric Mammals Didn’t Need Dinosaur Die-Off to Thrive, Say Scientists

A new study finds that mammals were thriving 10 to 20 million years before dinosaur extinction.

A rendering of Glacialisaurus hammeri. Image credit: Levi Bernardo Martinez via Wikimedia Commons

4 Dinosaurs Recently Discovered in the Antarctic

Dinosaurs once roamed every continent. By a wide margin, though, Antarctica’s are the most mysterious.

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