May 31 Dinosaurs are back with a climate change warning at the Smithsonian By Vicky Stein Sneak a peek at the Smithsonian's new Hall of Fossils. After a four-year renovation, the hall brings back old favorites and introduces lessons for humanity's future. Continue reading
Jan 16 300 million years ago, our ancestors walked tall. This robot shows you how By Vicky Stein The fictional Sherlock Holmes could read footprints — in soil, snow, carpet, dust and even blood. Researchers today are similarly using tracks caught in stone — plus a robot — to recreate a creature that lived 300 million years ago. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 4:32 How a self-taught fossil hunter made his biggest discovery By Pamela Kirkland In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field. Then, outside a NASA… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 2:17 This artist brings dinosaurs back to life By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a childhood love of prehistoric creatures inspired a unique and prolific career for artist Julius Csotonyi, who uses his skills to bring fossilized bones back to life. Continue watching
Mar 14 Before T-rex became humongous, it learned to hear footsteps By Nsikan Akpan Tyrannosaurus rex, the behemoth king of the late ages of the dinosaurs, grew its brain before its noteworthy body. That’s according to scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, who today unveiled the fossils for a new species… Continue reading
Jan 16 Massive titanosaur, biggest dinosaur ever found, squeezes into Museum of Natural History By Andrew Mach The biggest creature to ever walk the surface of the earth invaded New York City’s American Museum of Natural History on Friday—a dinosaur species so new that it hasn’t even been named, with a skeleton so big that it doesn’t… Continue reading
Jul 17 Velociraptor cousin looked like 'big fluffy bird from hell' By Justin Scuiletti This summer’s blockbuster “Jurassic World” ruffled the feathers of many a paleontologist when the movie’s depiction of several dinosaurs, namely the ferocious Velociraptor, lacked, well, feathers. Continue reading
Apr 22 43 dinosaur eggs discovered at construction site in China By Colleen Shalby On Sunday, 43 fossilized dinosaur eggs were discovered in the city of Heyuan, located in the Guandong province of China. Continue reading
Apr 07 After 100 years, Brontosaurus name may be making a comeback By Justin Scuiletti After more than a century of extinction in the scientific community, the name Brontosaurus may be ready to return to the ranks of its dinosaur brethren. Continue reading
Jul 16 First steps of a baby Stegosaurus, captured in 3-D By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A baby stegosaurus' first steps 150 million years ago can now be modeled in 3D with a few clicks on a camera phone. The technology makes studying dinosaur footprints cheap and easy. Continue reading