Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these plant-powered dinos combined reptile and mammal traits

Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals how they grew, what they ate and even their body temperature.

Kristi Curry Rogers, Professor of Biology and Geology, Macalester College • conversation
March 7, 2024 • ~9 min

A Nasa mission that collided with an asteroid didn’t just leave a dent – it reshaped the space rock

The mission provided details about how to deflect an asteroid should one threaten Earth in future.

Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Feb. 26, 2024 • ~7 min

Science Celebrating 200 Years of Dinosaur Research
VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 22, 2024 • ~6 min

New tricks show how a bird-like dinosaur actually walked

New tech reveals how the dinosaur walked, how it held its clawed toe off the ground, and how it used its "killing kick" to attack prey.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Feb. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Newly identified prehistoric pterosaur will help us understand evolution of flying reptiles

The Isle of Skye has a rich palaeontological heritage, so perhaps it’s no surprise scientists made an important discovery there.

Paul Barrett, Individual Merit Researcher, Natural History Museum • conversation
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~7 min

Cerebellum growth was key to how birds first took flight

Evolutionary biologists have answered an enduring question in biology: How did the brains of birds evolve to enable them to fly?

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Feb. 2, 2024 • ~7 min

A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit

Rather than a juvenile of a known species, several fossilized bones represent a new species – and shed light on the question of whether dinosaurs were already in decline before disaster struck.

Eric Snively, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2024 • ~10 min

Could dinosaurs be the reason humans can't live for 200 years?

Our mammal ancestors evolved to compete with dinosaurs but may have lost something in the process.

Joao Pedro de Magalhaes, Chair of Molecular Biogerontology, University of Birmingham • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 • ~7 min

Five things you probably have wrong about the T rex

Impress your niece or nephew with these T rex facts.

Abi Crane, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Southampton • conversation
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~6 min

Did ‘volcanic winters’ lead to dinosaur extinction?

Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions, and not a meteorite plummeting to Earth, may have led to dinosaurs' extinction.

Keila DePape-McGill • futurity
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~4 min

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