Paleontology
The Dainty Dinosaur That’s Rewriting Evolutionary History
New alvarezsaur fossil offers a Cretaceous missing link
When Scientists Are Dinosaurs
At the paleontology conference, her new theory was shouted down
Paleontologists Solve the Mystery of a Twisted Jawbone With Sideways Teeth
The Tanyka was a little like a platypus
How the Triceratops Used Its Giant Nose
Its outsized nasal cavities helped it maintain body temperature
“Hell Heron”: New Dinosaur Species with a Head-mounted Sword Discovered in Africa
The dramatic find sheds new light on the diversity of spinosaurs
Newly Discovered Prehistoric Crocodilian Had Legs That Went All the Way Up
This stilt-legged reptile stalked the grasslands of Triassic Britain
The Spy Who Found T. Rex
Pioneering paleontologist Barnum Brown took on some curious gigs outside of his digs
This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater
The newly discovered specimen shows how early herbivory evolved
Inside the Mouth of Earth’s Oldest Bird
A new look at an <i>Archaeopteryx</i> skull reveals some familiar and fascinating structures
Baby Sauropods Were the Potato Chips of the Jurassic Era
“Life was cheap in this ecosystem”
Straight-Tusk Elephants Once Roamed Europe. And We Used Their Bones as Hammers
A 480,000-year-old battered bone is the earliest known flintstone hammer in Europe
