dinosaurs
Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise
With dinosaurs no longer eating them, mammals made quick evolutionary strides.
Some dinosaurs had exquisite eggs with colours, spots, speckles
Egg colour provided an evolutionary advantage to dinosaurs that had exposed nests for their eggs.
Two new Chinese dinosaurs have been discovered
The dinosaurs are both Alvarezsaurs, an enigmatic group of theropod dinosaurs, which have many similarities with birds.
Dinosaurs too liked perfumes that we enjoy it seems
The anther glands on the fossil acacia flower were especially attractive to bees, one of which was fossilized while visiting the stamens.
Dinosaurs loved perfumes way before you did
Flower-based compounds have been providing olfactory excitement to pollinating insects and other animals since the mid-Cretaceous Period.
T. rex could not stick out its tongue: study
In most extinct dinosaurs their tongue bones are very short.
One-two punch may have wiped out dinosaurs: Study
University of Oregon researchers conducted the study.
Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found
Diluvicursor’s remains were found amongst a jumbled collection of large fossilised tree trunks, also swept down the river during a flood.
Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles
Scientist have unearthed more than 215 fossilised eggs belonging to species that soared during the age of dinosaurs.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid cooled Earth more than thought
The research makes a more refined estimate of how much sulphur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earths atmosphere after the event.