May 2, 2016 Mystery solved: Why large dinosaurs avoided the tropics for millions of years New research has revealed why it took more than 30 million years for large Triassic dinosaurs to populate the tropics after they first appeared on Earth, ending a mystery that has kept researchers baffled for decades.
May 2, 2016 Were dinosaurs warm-blooded? New study fuels debate Dinosaurs were once thought to be the cold-blooded kings of the Mesozoic era.
May 2, 2016 A look inside National Geographic's 'T. rex Autopsy' With “Jurassic World” hitting theaters next weekend, it seems like everyone’s got “dino fever” these days. This includes the folks at the National Geographic Channel, who are cashing in on the craze Sunday night with “T. rex Autopsy,” which features a dissection of the world’s first anatomically correct synthetic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Performing the autopsy are a veterinary surgeon and three leading paleontologists, including University of Edinburgh Chancellor’s Fellow Stephen Brusatte.
May 2, 2016 What a face! 'Hellboy' dino sported head crown, teeny eye horns About 70 million years ago, a bizarre-looking relative of Triceratops with a crownlike frill, tall nose horn and tiny eye horns tread over the ancient landscape of southeastern Alberta, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Bird with flashy tail was 1st of its kind on ancient supercontinent About 115 million years ago, a teenage bird with spotted, ribbonlike tail feathers flew around the trees of the supercontinent Gondwana, until it perished and fossilized in what is now northeastern Brazil, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Early snake had ankles and toes What a difference 128 million years can make. According to research published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, the original snake ancestor was a night hunter and came equipped with tiny hindlimbs complete with toes and ankles.
May 2, 2016 Mysterious humanlike species may have lived alongside 'Lucy' A newfound humanlike species may be another contender for the ancestor of the human lineage, researchers say
May 2, 2016 Huge dinosaur thighbone found on Washington beach A fragmented femur bone hidden underwater for millions of years has become the first evidence that a dinosaur once roamed Washington, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 425-million-year-old 'tongue worm' fossilized mid-invasion About 425 million years ago, a sneaky wormlike parasite invaded a crustacean before the two were fossilized together in the limestone of modern-day England, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 World's oldest stone tools predate humans The oldest handmade stone tools discovered yet predate any known humans and may have been wielded by an as-yet-unknown species, researchers say
