A replica fossil of the titanosaur Patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered. It would have weighed about 70 tons (63.5 metric tons.) Spencer Platt/Getty Images News via Getty Images March 7, 2024 Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these plant-powered dinos combined reptile and mammal traits Kristi Curry Rogers, Macalester College Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals how they grew, what they ate and even their body temperature.
Carl Court/Getty Images September 11, 2023 What caused Morocco’s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, Universidad de Granada The earthquake was caused by the collision of two tectonic plates.
A specimen of the newly discovered species of ichthyosaur had teeth that showed it was capable of consuming large prey. (Cortés, Maxwell, Larsson) January 24, 2022 When two ecosystems collided, ichthyosaurs re-evolved the ability to consume large prey Dirley Cortés, McGill University and Hans Larsson, McGill University A fossil record in central Colombia reveals how marine animals evolved during a period of environmental change.