Various dimensions of how dinosaurs dealt with being too big to incubate their own eggs
Out of all the challenges a parent faces, at least we don’t have to worry about how to properly sit on our children.
Out of all the challenges a parent faces, at least we don’t have to worry about how to properly sit on our children.
It’s a weird situation when half of a femur can reshape what we know about a whole family of dinosaurs.
When the first Ichthyornis dispar fossils were discovered in the 1870s, paleontologists thought it was actually two animals buried in the same spot.
Few animals would likely enjoy watching a Tyrannosaurus rex eat its dinner, but from the safe distance of 65 million years, it’s easy to find the giant predators’ table manners fascinating.
Skeletal fossils help describe the shape of an ancient creature, as they were literally part of the animal’s anatomy.
Around 70 years ago, two sets of fossilized footprints were found in South Africa.
At first glance, the skull of a Saniwa ensidens doesn’t look terribly different than other monitor lizards.
As far as anatomy goes, pointy things are almost always used for poking other animals.
For over 100 years, the biggest point of fascination on Archaeopteryx fossils wasn’t the animal’s bones, but its feathers.
As dramatic as a good asteroid strike can be, giant falling space rocks aren’t the only thing that has wiped out life on Earth.