Dinosaurs
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New Cousin to the Velociraptor Discovered in China
Liaoning Province in China is known for the substantial amount of dinosaur fossils that’ve turned up in the dirt there. Over the years everything from insects to fish to plants have been discovered in such detail that even skin textures...
The Dream is Alive! We May be Able to Clone a Murderous T-Rex After All!!!
Two years ago a research paper about the longevity of DNA crushed the hopes and dreams of a generation who grew up believing we one day might be able to clone blood-thirsty, human-devouring dinosaurs. Scientists determined the half-life of...
Ancient Sea Creature Brain Discovered in China
Anomalocaridids. That’s the name for a bucket of strange insect-like creatures with terrifying pincers that crawled around on the ground billions of years ago and ate other, not-as-scary insect-like creatures with only semi-terrifying...
50 Prius-Sized Wombat Fossils Discovered in Australia
Wombats are like the koala’s derpy ground-dwelling brother. They’re harmless, adorable and just keep their noses to the ground without being a bother to anyone. They’re about the size of a small, fat, over-inflated dog/gopher hybrid that...
Awesome! Hear the Sounds of Dinosaurs!
In the movie, Jurassic Park, sound designer Ben Burtt tried to create what he thought prehistoric beasts might’ve sounded like when they walked the Earth. Using currently existing animals and a little exaggeration, no one will ever forget...
Asteroid that Killed Dinosaurs Also Seeded the Universe with Life
The big rock from the sky that crashed into Earth and proved an extinction level event for our dinosaur pals could also seed life on a far off planet. The meteorites launched into space by the impact carrying the ingredients for life...
Vampire Pterosaur?
In 2002, scientists published the discovery of a new pterosaur from Inner Mongolia named Jeholopterus ninchengensis. The wingspan was less than three feet and it probably weighed between 5 and 10 lbs. In 2003, David Peters published The...
Animatronic Dinosaurs Roam Australian Museum
If you don’t scare the children how will they learn? [Yahoo! News]
One Fingered Dinosaur Discovered
A new alvarezsauroid dinosaur (Linhenykus monodactylus) with a single finger has been discovered in Mongolia in about 80 million-year-old rock and was recently described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The earliest...
T-Rex Was Even More Terrifying Than Initially Thought
According to an new study, we might have underestimated a T.rex’s foot speed by up to 45%. New computer modeling shows the beast’s massive tail is indicative of more powerful leg muscles than we’d previously given him credit for. Also,...
Heavy Metal Dinosaurs Are Finland’s Newest Children’s Music Sensation
Ladies and gentleman, meet your new favorite band, Hevisaurus: The band was born when a flash of lightning and witches’ spells revealed, cracked and brought to life five metal dinosaur eggs buried deep in a mountain 65 million years ago —...