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By analyzing oxygen isotopes in dinosaur teeth, scientists revealed Mesozoic CO₂ highs, plant growth surges, and volcanic ...
A previously unexploited source of information is now throwing new light on Earth's climate during the age of dinosaurs.
Dinosaur tooth enamel reveals distinct diets among species. Herbivores ate different plant parts. Carnivores ate different prey.
Convinced the true point of origin of dinosaurs is yet to be traced, paleontologists now suspect the starting point for all 'terrible lizards' could be hidden in some of Earth's most hard-to-get ...
Enter Qvarnström, who specializes in dinosaur droppings. A few years ago, he and his colleague Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki were analyzing a small number of the droppings, known as coprolites. They ...
Forget time travel. Time Warp Want to know what kind of dinosaur roamed your backyard eons ago? Short of hopping into a time machine, this fun interactive website features a 3D view of Earth and ...
Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracks found in Canada might have been made by different species walking together, but the evidence ...
Fact: Dinosaurs started as cute pipsqueaks. The oldest dinosaurs we know about are around 235 million years old, from the middle part of the Triassic Period. Those reptiles didn’t rule anything.
Exactly what factors are to blame for wiping out 75% of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs, and ushering the end of the Cretaceous period have long been debated. However, the most widely ...
Most dinosaurs suddenly went extinct about 66 million years ago after an asteroid struck Earth. You can see evidence of this impact at the Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico ...
Fact: Dinosaurs started as cute pipsqueaks. The oldest dinosaurs we know about are around 235 million years old, from the middle part of the Triassic Period. Those reptiles didn’t rule anything.