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When Dinosaur Parties Go Bad
The key take-home lesson: Never anger anyone with a thagomizer
May 18, 2012
| By Brian Switek
An isolated bone shows that Cretaceous Australia had an even richer mix of predatory dinosaurs
May 17, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Dinosaurs probably wouldn't have been very good at mini-golf—imagine a Carnotaurus with a putter—but they make for excellent fairway decor
May 16, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Lazy journalists and unscrupulous documentary creators have demonstrated that they just can't play nice with Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and kin
May 15, 2012
| By Brian Switek
King Kong's fearsome Brontosaurus found a home in an out-of-the-way Utah museum
May 14, 2012
| By Brian Switek
The History Channel presents cranks, creationists and self-appointed challengers of science who take on the idea that aliens caused the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs
May 11, 2012
| By Brian Switek
An isolated Utah gas station created its own rendition of the iconic Sinclair dinosaur
May 10, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A new study claims dinosaur farts contributed to prehistoric climate change, but don't believe reports that they gassed themselves to death
May 09, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A Victorian-era naturalist thought he'd found a new kind of dinosaur, and he threw a fit when other naturalists disagreed
May 08, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Even though dinosaurs never lived in the sea, a few unfortunate specimens created temporary reefs in ancient oceans
May 07, 2012
| By Brian Switek
At a spooky abandoned theme park, once-regal dinosaurs are suffering a second extinction
May 04, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A damaged skull throws support to the idea that some dome-headed dinosaurs butted heads
May 03, 2012
| By Brian Switek
After a long lull, a stampede of dinosaur films is headed for theaters
May 02, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Were the last dinosaurs thriving or declining just before Tyrannosaurus and kin disappeared?
May 01, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A pair of enigmatic teeth might hint that croc-snouted spinosaurs had a deeper history than we presently understand
April 30, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Tyrannosaur traditionalists are registering their displeasure at the way paleontologists are altering our understanding of dinosaur lives
April 27, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A strange jaw fragment, once thought to belong to a crocodile-like predator, turned out to be a dinosaur
April 26, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Peculiar bite marks suggest why paleontologists have found so little of the enigmatic, long-armed dinosaur Deinocheirus
April 25, 2012
| By Brian Switek
The newfound spinosaur, apparently the first confirmed in Asia, had a wavy sail that dipped downwards at the hips, creating the appearance of two smaller sails
April 24, 2012
| By Brian Switek
The violent dinosaur documentary once known as Dinosaur Revolution gains new life in movie theaters
April 23, 2012
| By Brian Switek
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