
Digital reduction: Newly described dinosaur had only one finger per stubby forelimb

Digital reduction: Newly described dinosaur had only one finger per stubby forelimb

Is Coal Fly Ash Responsible for Mass Extinction?
Forget CO2, the toxic aftermath of coal burning might be responsible for the worst mass extinction event the world has ever known. David Biello reports


How to name a dinosaur

Breaking our link to the "March of Progress"

Blood from Stone: How Fossils Can Preserve Soft Tissue
Mounting evidence from dinosaur bones shows that, contrary to common belief, organic materials can sometimes survive in fossils for millions of years

Ancient Rainforest Collapse Increased Reptile Diversity
Reptiles were trapped in equatorial rainforests' fragments following global warming 300 million years ago, leading to an explosion in diversity. Steve Mirsky reports

How land mammals evolved to be so massive

Don't leave it to the experts: Why scientists have a few people to thank!

The explosion of Iguanodon, part 3: Hypselospinus, Wadhurstia, Dakotadon, Proplanicoxa.... When will it all end?

Blood from Stone: Additional Resources
An annotated list of links to further reading about dinosaur soft tissues

The explosion of Iguanodon, part 2: Iguanodontians of the Hastings Group

The Iguanodon explosion: How scientists are rescuing the name of a "classic" ornithopod dinosaur, part 1