Dinosaurs

New 'land and sea' velociraptor-like dinosaur discovered

<b>PARIS</b><b>.-</b> A new species of semi-aquatic dinosaurs that could kill prey on land and in water has been discovered by scientists, researchers said …

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Entertainment

Ancient Tombs With 3,500-Year-Old Mummy Unearthed By Archaeologists In Prehistoric Egyptian City [Watch]

Ancient Egyptian tombs were recently discovered and archaeologists said that they date back 3,500 years. The Antiquities Ministry hopes that the …

Egypt

Mojo Fun New Dinosaur Models for 2018

Mojo Fun New Dinosaur Models for 2018<p>Some exciting new additions to the Mojo Fun “Prehistoric & Extinct” range are announced by Everything Dinosaur …

Mountains

Sinister sound of Tyrannosaurus Rex heard for first time in 66 million years

The fearsome roar of Tyrannosaurus Rex as portrayed in film has left many a cinema-goer quaking in their seat.<p>But new research suggests the king of the dinosaurs made a far more sinister sound.<p>For a new BBC documentary, naturalist Chris Packham visited Julia Clarke, professor of Vertebrate …

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s trailer is bad, but the T. rex queen provides hope

Slay, queen<p>Unfortunately for Universal Pictures, the <i>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom</i> trailer didn’t leave people very impressed, but there’s one not-so-tiny hero who’s getting her due once more.<p>The ginormous Tyrannosaurus shows up just over halfway through the trailer, pulverizing a smaller dinosaur …

Movies

What Makes a Dinosaur, a Dinosaur?

The question may sound like a “duh”, but it gets to the heart of how we categorize and define nature<p>Comment on this Story

Jurassic Park

An extremely petty breakdown of everything dumb in the Jurassic World 2 trailer

There are two truths that must be acknowledged before we begin this exercise in pointlessly trivial sniping. First, it’s never fair to judge a film …

Movies

New species of extinct marsupial lion discovered in Australia

A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of marsupial lion which has been extinct for at least 19 million years. The findings, …

Mammals

155-million-year-old Jurassic underwater lizard fossil with a whip-like tail discovered

The fossil reveals how ancient animals evolved from land to sea creatures.<p>A newly-discovered fossil of a prehistoric underwater reptile that wandered …

American Museum of Natural History

Greenwich Peninsula - Dinosaurs in the Wild extended run til July 2018

<b>Blockbuster immersive experience, Dinosaurs in the Wild, is extending its run at London’s Greenwich Peninsula until 31st July 2018 due to popular</b> …

Greenwich, UK

New dinosaur discovery highlights fake fossil concerns

The distinction between authentic and fake dinosaur fossiles is similar to that of artwork: sometimes blatantly obvious, and other times apparent to …

Science

14-Inch 'Spear' Made of Tusk Found Inside Woolly Mammoth Skeleton in Siberia

Scientists in eastern Russia have found what they believe is a primitive weapon, lodged inside the skeleton fragments of a woolly mammoth, according …

Paleontology

This silent GIF is making the internet hear things

The internet has come together, calling a temporary ceasefire over the many differences that keeps it apart, to investigate a mystery that unites us …

Offbeat News

Volcanic new 'Jurassic World' trailer explodes onto the internet

​"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" opens June 7, 2018, in Australia, June 8 in the UK and June 22 in the US.

Jurassic World

How to make hiking with your Cub Scouts meaningful and fun

When Debbie Gulledge worked at the Philmont Training Center in the 1990s, she went hiking weekly with Webelos Scout to Philmont’s fossilized …

Kids

The Remarkable and Diverse Maniraptora (Halszkaraptor)

Raptor That Took to Water (<i>Halszkaraptor escuilliei</i>)<p>A fossil that had been removed illegally from Mongolia has revealed a remarkable twist in the …

Paleontology

Passion and priorities

As a kid, my answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, fluctuated wildly depending upon my interests. For a while, it was …

Inspiration

New dinosaur had duck legs, a swan neck and penguin flippers

This is a reconstruction of Halszkaraptor escuilliei. The small dinosaur was a close relative of Velociraptor, but in both body shape and inferred …

University of Alberta

Huge Cache of Pterosaur Eggs Discovered in China

Flight is a hard thing to master. The vast majority of vertebrates can walk, swim or do both. But in the history of life on this planet, only three …

Animals

The Hilarious Reason Scientists Thought This Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Fake

Scientists thought a newly discovered dinosaur fossil was a fake for the same reason scientists once rejected the existence of the platypus. It’s …

Conservative View

Photojournalist's Notebook: Uncovering and Covering A Dinosaur In My 'Backyard'

<b>By Photojournalist Mark Neitro</b><p><b>THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)</b> – “They think found a dinosaur up in Thornton.” Not the words I expected to hear coming from the …

Triceratops

Strong women did a lot of the heavy lifting in ancient farming societies

Forget about emotional labor. Women living 7000 years ago had to deal with another lopsided workload: farming. Prehistoric women shouldered a major …

Anthropology

Iron Age Royal city with temples, burial tombs of suspected ancient king discovered in Turkey

Archaeologists also unearthed a 50-meter-deep tunnel, likely an ancient civilisation's ingenious way to store water.<p>1 of 2<p>Archaelogists have …

Iron Age

Baby Turtles Have Been Wearing the Same Color for 50 Million Years | UNC

<b>Baby Turtles Have Been Wearing the Same Color for 50 Million Years<br>December 7, 2017</b><p>Preserved tissue found in a turtle fossil shows that sea turtle …

North Carolina State University

Hello! We are palaeontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum and are currently studying the best preserved armoured dinosaur in the world. Ask us anything!

Hello, we are scientists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Drumheller, Alberta Canada. The Royal Tyrrell Museum is Canada’s only …

Fort McMurray

This prehistoric ‘murder swan’ isn't the only terrifying dinosaur to haunt your nightmares

This new fossil joins a nightmare menagerie<p>A newly discovered fossil from Mongolia made headlines this week, as the nightmare version of modern-day swans: it has a bill — with teeth. It has feet — with claws. And it has flipper-like arms — with extra claws. This turkey-sized dinosaur, dubbed</i> …

Prehistory

How to Tell If a Dinosaur Is Fake

A new swan-headed species has reignited concerns about counterfeit fossils, which are getting more convincing all the time.<p>On Wednesday, a team of scientists unveiled a newly discovered dinosaur that had the body and sickle-clawed feet of <i>Velociraptor</i>, the head and snout of a swan, and weird arms …

Scientists find ancient crab that looks like Darth Vader, so they named it after him

Horseshoe crabs are pretty strange looking creatures, with large domed shells covering insect-like bodies, but as odd as they are they’ve actually …

Science

New Jurassic World VR Experience Promises Intense Dino Action

With <i>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom</i> making its way to theaters, many gamers might find themselves wanting to harness their inner Chris Pratt …

Virtual Reality