Mammals like otters use their whiskers to orientate themselves – just like their pre-mammalian ancestors did.
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A tiny pit on mammal-like animals’ snouts has revealed a great deal about how mammalian hair originated.
Simo Q/Flickr
Think you know all about the dinosaurs? You might be surprised.
Early mammal Purgatorius unio
Nobu Tamura
New research reveals that mammals didn’t wait for the dinosaurs to die out before starting their rapid spread.
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The idea that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a giant asteroid was ridiculed – until the remains of a giant crater were found deep underground.
Timurlengia euotica.
Todd Marshall
Fossils discovered in Uzbekistan help tell the story of how T. Rex evolved to become the biggest predator ever to live on land.
On February 29, night suddenly becomes day.
Was it a UFO? Was it a high-tech plane? Here’s what lucky people really saw over Scotland on February 29.
Watch your step.
Lida Xing
New research reveals the case for swimming dinosaurs isn’t as clear cut as once thought.
Rebecca Gelerenter/QMUL
Researchers have found the first evidence that dinosaurs grew unusual features like crests and horns as a way of attracting a mate.
Doomed dinos, but these Psittacosaurs weren’t killed by volcanic ash.
John Sibbick
Was there a ‘dinosaur Pompeii’ in China? New research questions the claim.
Tyrannosaurus tango.
Xing Lida and Yujiang Han
Researchers believe newly uncovered fossils suggest some dinosaurs had similar courtship practices to modern birds. But can ancient footprints really reveal so much?
ESO/Y. Beletsky
A cosmological event could have unleased the huge comet or asteroid that led to the demise of the dinosaurs.
The first horned dinosaur from eastern North America during the Cretaceous.
We don’t know much about dinosaurs from the east coast of the USA. But the discovery of a new sheep-sized dinosaur helps shed light on their mysterious evolution.
Taking flight? Deinonychus
Robert Nicholls. Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge
Just count your lucky stars that they’re not patrolling your garden now – although their descendants might be…
Even Tyrannosaurus rex had to deal with the smaller irritations in life.
Pixabay/AnoviJoe
They might have ruled the world for millions of years but even dinosaurs can play host to parasites.
Oviraptor Nesting.
Doyle Trankina and Gerald Grellet-Tinner
Scientists have come up with a way to tell how hot dinosaurs were by studying the remains of their eggs.
Image:
Sarah Shelley
When the asteroid struck the dinosaurs departed, leaving the planter
Examining a model of the ancient fish Mandageria fairfaxi , the new fossil emblem for NSW are (l-r) NSW MP Anthony Roberts, director and CEO of the Australian Museum Kim McKay, NSW MPs Andrew Gee and Troy Grant, and Dr Ian Percival from the Geological Survey of NSW.
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Every state and territory in Australia should have one: a fossil emblem. Not only can they be good for tourism but they can also help teach people about the ancient history of the regions.
Zhao Chuang
A new fossil has reminded us that the real velociraptors were a world away from the huge scaly lizards seen in Juarssic World.
What’s in a name? Plenty, if it is a dinosaur such as the Changyuraptor, a genus of the ‘four-winged’ predatory dinosaur.
S. Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute
A dinosaur’s name says something about the dinosaur itself. They are grouped together according to similarities they share, which also indicates their ancestral relationships to one another.
One of Kitching’s original find of eggs, after being prepared by Diane Scott.
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The secrets of the embryonic dinosaurs whose parents roamed South Africa 200 million years ago are finally in the process of being hatched.