Dinosaurs

Chipmunk-sized critter with hedgehog-like spines lived 125 million years ago, leaving behind complete skeleton and soft tissues

Hiding out in what is now New Mexico, beaver-like animal used specialized dentition to live on plants

Our September SciArt Blitz is bringing you new science-inspired art every day this month, and of course we always enjoy featuring work from the rich ecosystem of paleoartists. When Emily Willoughby returned to class in the past couple of weeks, she did want most visual thinkers do: she doodled in her notebook. And what a doodle!

Dinosaurs are as electrifying to the public as they have ever been, and the revival of the the Jurassic Park movies with director Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World is a lightning rod. 

People love 'em - and hopefully museums around the world will see a surge in attendence following the Jurassic World's release. But where else can you channel your excitement?

Researchers have found what appear to be collagen fibers and blood cells in unremarkable-looking fossils

Hint: it took chain saws, feathers and lots of latex, says vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Brusatte

Sometimes, the pathway to a new idea becoming universally accepted requires a steady stream of little nudges, small pebbles thrown into the lake.

A couple of weeks ago I hatched a plan to write about all the neat new dinosaur-themed studies that had just appeared in print; I began by penning my thoughts on the Brontosaurus issue.

Recent fossil discoveries fill in long-standing holes in Tyrannosaurus rex’s family tree

Differences in the size and shape of tailbones offer a way to tell male and female fossils apart

Decades after scientists decided that the famed dinosaur never actually existed, new research says the opposite

A new out-of-this-world theory links mass extinctions with exotic astrophysics and galactic architecture