Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid

The dinosaurs were possibly annihilated by two asteroids.

Veronica Bray, Research Scientist, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona • conversation
Aug. 17, 2022 • ~8 min

How sauropod feet carried all that weight

New findings indicate how the feet truly enormous sauropod dinosaurs could support their massive weight.

U. Queensland • futurity
Aug. 12, 2022 • ~5 min

Long-necked dino is a new branch on the sauropod family tree

A medium-sized sauropod dinosaur that lived in northern Columbia about 175 million years ago helps rewrite the history of sauropods in South America.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 12, 2022 • ~9 min

What did dinosaurs actually look like? Podcast

New discoveries keep changing our understanding of what dinosaurs looked like. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Daniel Merino, Assistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
June 16, 2022 • ~3 min

Jurassic World Dominion: a palaeontologist on what the film gets wrong about dinosaurs

The biggest crime of the film was exaggerating the size of dinosaurs.

Ben Igielman, PhD student palaeontology , University of Oxford • conversation
June 14, 2022 • ~7 min

Scientists Might Have Found Europe’s Biggest Meat-eating Dinosaur
VOA Learning English • voa
June 13, 2022 • ~4 min

First dinosaurs had a zippy metabolism

The first dinosaurs had metabolisms akin to today's birds. "Dinosaurs included remarkably swift and agile animals," says Derek Briggs.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
June 2, 2022 • ~6 min

Prehistoric Planet: TV show asked us to explore what weather the dinosaurs lived through

Yes, dinosaurs really did survive in snow – we simulated the Cretaceous climate to prove it.

Robert Spicer, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, The Open University • conversation
May 27, 2022 • ~8 min

Crystal Palace dinosaurs: how we rediscovered five missing sculptures from the famous park

New research on the Crystal Palace dinosaurs is uncovering truths about these famous Victorian sculptures

Ellinor Michel, Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum • conversation
May 20, 2022 • ~6 min

Farm vehicles now weigh almost as much as heaviest dinosaurs – here’s why that’s a problem

Whether a combine harvester or a Diplodocus is the cause, compacted soils are a big problem.

John Quinton, Professor of Soil Science, Lancaster University • conversation
May 16, 2022 • ~6 min

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