What chicken feet say about dinosaurs
Decoding Dinosaurs: Insights from Chicken Feet Most breeds of hens move around barefoot, without feathers on their claws. But a new study has discovered a simple genetic method to reverse…
What can plant-eating dinosaurs teach us?
Plant-Eating Dinosaurs: Lessons in Dietary Habits and Adaptations ,Some dinosaurs ate smaller lizards, eggs, or even early mammals. Others hunted other dinosaurs as prey, or dig up the remains of…
A new dinosaur joins a famous but little-understood family
New Dinosaur Joins Famous and Enigmatic Family A new carnivore-like dinosaur discovered in Spain helps tell the story of a little-understood, semi-aquatic family of carnivores that probably originated in Europe,…
A palm-sized sea creature has been declared the world’s oldest animal
World’s Oldest Animal Discovered: Meet the Palm-Sized Sea Creature ,Scientists have long believed that the humble sea sponge, an animal that feeds by filtering water through itself, formed the oldest…
Dermestid beetles feast on dinosaur feathers
What’s more appetizing than a bite of fluffy feathers? Apparently not much about a rare species of arthropod from the planet’s distant past. That’s because about 105 million years ago,…
5 facts about Triceratops Horridus
Imagine living in a world with a bus-sized dinosaur with “three horns” fighting epic battles with a fearsome predator like T-Rex (or so the legend goes). From everything we’ve gathered…
What is paleontology and what does a paleontologist do?
Most people perceive paleontology as a frivolous science. For them, the study of fossils is nothing more than a study of the trivial, distant past of the planet, making it…
Why are fossils only found in sedimentary rocks?
The key to a successful fossil hunt is finding the right place. After all, paleontologists rarely choose their sites at random. Instead, they consider a range of areas – comparing…