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The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal

Published: 21 December 2022

Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient...

Extinct swordfish-shaped marine reptile discovered

Published: 29 November 2021

A team of international researchers from Canada, Colombia, and Germany has discovered a new marine reptile. The specimen, a stunningly preserved metre-long skull, is one of the last surviving...

Crocodile evolution rebooted by Ice Age glaciations

Published: 16 February 2021

Crocodiles are resilient animals from a lineage that has survived for over 200 million years. Skilled swimmers, crocodiles can travel long distances and live in freshwater or marine environments....

Bat-winged dinosaurs that could glide

Published: 22 October 2020

Despite having bat-like wings, two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, struggled to fly, only managing to glide clumsily between the trees where they lived, according to a new study led by an...

CTV NEWS | Some dinosaurs were flying before there were birds, new research suggests

Published: 13 August 2020

Biologists now have a better idea of the origin of birds and the evolution of flight, two iconic events in the history of life on earth, thanks to work by a group of international scientists...

Some dinosaurs could fly before they were birds

Published: 11 August 2020

New research using the most comprehensive study of feathered dinosaurs and early birds has revised the evolutionary relationships of dinosaurs at the origin of birds.

New species of Ichthyosaur discovered in museum collection

Published: 2 July 2020

Hauffiopteryx altera (Latin for different from) has been identified as a new species of Ichthyosaurs by researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in...

T. rex was a champion walker, super-efficient at lower speeds

Published: 13 May 2020

While smaller dinosaurs needed speed, huge predators like T. rex were optimized for energy-efficient walking, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

TORONTO STAR | Research says Tyrannosaurus rex was built for distance, not speed

Published: 14 May 2020

Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, may have been built for endurance, not speed. A paper published Wednesday takes recent research on how mammals move and...

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