Fossils offer peek at Patagonia dino and bird diversity

New fossils provide a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous, researchers report.

Anton Caputo-UT Austin • futurity
Jan. 17, 2023 ~6 min

Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how 'flying dinosaurs' took flight

Prehistoric reptiles like pterodactyls took flight long before bats and birds, but we don’t know how it happened.

Ben Igielman, PhD Candidate, Palaeontology, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 17, 2023 ~6 min


Rare find: Dino fossil includes its last meal

The discovery of a dinosaur fossil included a rare find: evidence of the last meal it ever ate.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Dec. 21, 2022 ~4 min

Goose-necked Dinosaur Was Built Like a Diving Bird

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 11, 2022 ~5 min

Crabs have evolved five separate times – why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?

In different parts of the world evolution often comes up with the same or similar solutions to life’s problems.

Matthew Wills, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath • conversation
Dec. 6, 2022 ~8 min

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

It’s hard to imagine the world without Homo sapiens. But it’s unlikely we would be here if it wasn’t for a chance asteroid collision.

Nicholas R. Longrich, Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bath • conversation
Nov. 24, 2022 ~9 min

Thigh bone evolution got dinos up on two feet

Researchers have charted the evolution of the leggy alterations that allowed dinosaurs and birds to stand on their own two feet.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Nov. 23, 2022 ~5 min

AI says dino footprints don’t belong to a predator

Prehistoric footprints attributed to a vicious dinosaur predator are actually from a timid herbivore, artificial intelligence indicates.

U. Queensland • futurity
Nov. 15, 2022 ~4 min


Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices

AI-generated voice-alikes can be indistinguishable from the real person’s speech to the human ear. A computer model that gives voice to the dinosaurs turns out to be a good way to tell the difference.

Patrick Traynor, Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida • conversation
Sept. 20, 2022 ~6 min

Did more than one asteroid wipe out the dinosaurs?

A crater from an asteroid scientists think hit Earth around the same time as the one that killed the dinosaurs brings up the question, "Are there others?"

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Aug. 18, 2022 ~7 min

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