Posts Tagged ‘dinosaurs’
Rigid feathers suggest dinosaur could fly
BROWN (US) — Researchers say the winged dinosaurs Archaeopteryx had rigid black feathers, a finding that suggests that they could fly. Continue…
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 14:15 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Jan 9, 2012 11:21 - 2 Comments
Toy car gets stability from ‘lizard tail’
UC BERKELEY (US) — Inspired by the way lizards keep their balance, researchers have developed a robotic car named “Tailbot” that has a stabilizing tail. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 12, 2011 15:10 - 0 Comments
Worms early to surface after killer asteroid
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Worms may have been among the first animals to surface after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event linked to the demise of big dinosaurs. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 19, 2011 10:22 - 0 Comments
Big croc shared river with 42-foot snake
U. FLORIDA (US) — A new 20-foot extinct crocodile species discovered in the same Colombian coal mine may have given Titanoboa, the world’s largest snake, a run for its money. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Dino footprints discovered Down Under
EMORY (US) — Polar dinosaur tracks from about 105 million years ago are offering clues into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 13, 2011 16:36 - 3 Comments
Team finds last dino before extinction
YALE (US) — The youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago has been discovered in Montana. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 23, 2011 17:08 - 0 Comments
Dinosaurs were as warm as mammals
CALTECH (US) — The first direct measurements of the body temperature of dinosaurs show some were as warm as most modern mammals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 21, 2011 12:04 - 0 Comments
Eyes have it: Some dinos were night owls
UC DAVIS (US) — Velociraptors did their hunting at night, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil animals, while plant-eaters scrounged for food around the clock. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 23, 2011 10:51 - 0 Comments
Like hyena, T. rex wasn’t a picky eater
UC BERKELEY (US) — A new census of all dinosaur skeletons unearthed over a large area of eastern Montana suggests the Tyrannosaurus rex would take a meal wherever it could find one—freshly killed or not. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 1, 2011 15:12 - 0 Comments
Move over Triceratops
YALE (US) — The discovery of a new dinosaur extends the family tree of the well-known Triceratops, long considered the king of the horned dinosaurs. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 13, 2011 19:37 - 1 Comment
Pint-sized dino was forerunner to T-rex
U. CHICAGO (US) — The discovery of a lanky, meat-eating dinosaur that hunted prey in South America 230 million years ago offers a snapshot of the dawn of the dinosaur era. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 1, 2010 18:01 - 1 Comment
Moving iridium muddies dino debate
RUTGERS (US) — The case of New Jersey’s “missing” iridium—a metal that’s more common in asteroids than on Earth—turns out to be the case of the “moving” iridium. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 19, 2010 10:25 - 3 Comments
T. rex’s favorite meal? Other T. rex
YALE (US) — It turns out that the undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, didn’t just eat other dinosaurs. They also ate each other. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 13, 2010 11:49 - 0 Comments
Wasps: Nesting with the dinosaurs
EMORY (US) — Fossil evidence suggests wasps were nesting with dinosaurs as long as 75 million years ago, a new study reports. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 6, 2010 13:51 - 0 Comments
How did humble dinos dominate?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Dinosaurs may not have spread throughout the world by overpowering other creatures after all. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 8, 2010 15:50 - 1 Comment
New ‘mojo’ dinosaur named for ‘frill’
YALE (US)—When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur’s appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 18, 2010 12:46 - 0 Comments
Ancient bite marks reveal taste for bones
YALE (US)—Prehistoric mammals likely gnawed on bare bones for minerals, rather than meat, according to paleontologists who have discovered the oldest mammalian tooth marks yet on bones of ancient animals, including several large dinosaurs. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 17, 2010 10:50 - 0 Comments
Jurassic reptiles stayed warm in chilly seas
UC DAVIS (US)—Reptiles roaming the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs were able to maintain a constant body temperature well above that of the surrounding water. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 1, 2010 9:57 - 0 Comments
New ‘wrinkle eye’ dino species confirmed
PENN (US)—A team of paleontologists has described a new species of dinosaur based upon an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico. (more…)
