Dinosaurs

Mineralized skin samples suggest that the plant-eating hadrosaur may have been larger and faster than thought

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A Westinghouse finalist's childhood fascination with fossils turns into a career in paleontology

A game recalled due to excessive lead in a monkey figure pits humans and monkeys against dinosaurs, which violates, well, so many things. Steve Mirsky explains, with additional reporting by Karen Hopkin and John Rennie

A skeptic engages three types of creationists who claim science supports their beliefs, yet they contradict one another

Two discoveries reveal new details about small birdlike dinosaurs

Largest near-Earth objects are already well characterized, but smaller ones could surprise

A study in the journal Science looked at bones from dinosaurs found with clutches of eggs, and found that the caretakers appear to be male. Karen Hopkin reports

Dinosaurs stomped all over the planet for millions of years. Now some researchers think it was more a matter of luck than vigor