Eggshells indicate dinosaurs were warm-blooded

Were dinosaurs warm- or cold-blooded? New research may end the debate with an answer from dinosaur eggshells.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Feb. 18, 2020 ~4 min

Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? This team says nope

Volcanoes had nothing to do with K-Pg, the mass extinction event in which dinosaurs perished, researchers say. That was all an asteroid's doing.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Jan. 23, 2020 ~3 min


Shells reveal mercury, warming when dinosaurs died out

New research indicates climate warming and mercury contamination at the time of the Deccan Traps volcanism.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 16, 2019 ~6 min

Fossils show life’s recovery after dino-killing asteroid strike

"These fossils tell us for the first time how exactly our planet recovered from this global cataclysm."

U. Washington • futurity
Oct. 31, 2019 ~6 min

How T. rex’s 6-ton bite didn’t break its own skull

"The T. rex had a skull that's 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and bites with the force of about 6 tons."

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Sept. 25, 2019 ~4 min

Asteroid crater sheds light on first day of dinosaur extinction

"It was a momentous day in the history of life, and this is a very clear documentation of what happened at ground zero..."

Monica Kortsha-Texas • futurity
Sept. 17, 2019 ~6 min

Watch: T-Rex had an ‘air conditioner’ in its head

Alligator skulls suggest how the Tyrannosaurus rex kept itself from overheating with two holes in its head.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Sept. 4, 2019 ~4 min

Small Triceratops relative walked on two feet

"When I first saw this animal back in 2004, I knew instantly it was a new kind that had never been seen before and was very excited about it."

Katherine Unger Baillie-Penn • futurity
July 17, 2019 ~5 min


Fossils bust myth about mammals in dinosaur age

New fossil evidence of mammals from the time of the dinosaurs "overturns a classical interpretation of how mammals evolved."

James Urton-Washington • futurity
June 24, 2019 ~7 min

This new T. rex relative weighed under 100 pounds

A new dinosaur "gives us a glimpse into the evolution of tyrannosaurs just before they take over the planet."

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
May 7, 2019 ~4 min

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