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
Mar 20 Newly-discovered bipedal crocodile ancestor terrorized pre-dinosaur world By Justin Scuiletti Before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the region we now know as North Carolina was ruled by a fearsome, bipedal, 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor known as Carnufex carolinensis, or the "Carolina Butcher."… Continue reading
Jan 12 Re-examined fossils reveal motorboat-sized marine reptile once swam in Scotland’s seas By Lorna Baldwin No, it's not the mythical Loch Ness monster, but 170 million years ago Dearcmhara shawcrossi prowled the warm coastal waters of Scotland in pursuit of fish and other reptiles. Scientists announced the discovery of the previously unknown prehistoric marine reptile in… 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
Jul 09 Walk this way: Scientists recreate 410 million-year-old spider crawl By Justin Scuiletti Fossil records have allowed scientists to unlock a 410 million-year-old secret: the way an ancient arachnid crawled around. Continue reading
Jun 16 Dinosaurs were neither cold-blooded nor warm-blooded, study says By Justin Scuiletti New research published Friday by the University of New Mexico postulates that dinosaurs were not cold-blooded creatures as previously believed, yet not warm-blooded like mammals either. Instead, the study claims that dinosaurs were mesothermic -- an intermediate stage… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch Scientists Find Stone Age Burial Ground From Once-green Sahara A team of paleontologists inadvertently discovered the remains of a Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert, revealing clues about the lives of the hunter-gatherers who lived in the once-temperate region. A lead researcher details the finds. Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Pittsburgh Museum Reinvents Model of Dinosaur Exhibit The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh renovated its dinosaur exhibit to provide a more realistic picture of how dinosaurs lived and interacted with one another more than 100 million years ago. Continue watching