Does Tanis reveal the last day of the dinosaurs? An expert explores the evidence

A palaeontologist explains why the site at North Dakota probably does reveal the day the asteroid ended the rule of the dinosaurs.

Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol • conversation
April 27, 2022 • ~8 min

How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs?

Cockroaches have been on Earth far longer than humans and may outlast us. Here are a few reasons why.

Brian Lovett, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University • conversation
March 28, 2022 • ~6 min

We discovered how the largest dinosaurs walked – and it was more like hippos than elephants

Thanks to our new technique using fossilised tracks, we have been able to learn more about the locomotion of the largest creatures ever to have roamed this planet.

Jens N. Lallensack, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Palaeontology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
March 9, 2022 • ~6 min

We discovered how the largest dinosaurs walked – and it was more like rhinos than elephants

Thanks to our new technique using fossilised tracks, we have been able to learn more about the locomotion of the largest creatures ever to have roamed this planet.

Jens N. Lallensack, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Palaeontology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
March 9, 2022 • ~6 min

An asteroid impact could wipe out an entire city – a space security expert explains NASA's plans to prevent a potential catastrophe

NASA has only mapped 40% of the potentially dangerous asteroids that could crash into Earth. New projects will boost that number, and upcoming missions will test tech that could prevent collisions.

Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, West Space Seminar, Air War College, Air University • conversation
March 1, 2022 • ~10 min

Did male and female dinosaurs differ? A new statistical technique is helping answer the question

The lack of large numbers of fossils makes it hard to study sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. But a new statistical approach offers insight into this question and others across science.

Evan Thomas Saitta, Postdoctoral Scholar in Paleontology, University of Chicago • conversation
Feb. 1, 2022 • ~10 min

Fish bones and water lilies help pin down the month the dinosaurs died

A recent study provides additional evidence that the dinosaurs died in June.

Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 • ~6 min

Dinosaur embryo discovery: rare fossil suggests dinosaurs had similar pre-hatching posture to modern birds

The little dinosaur is curled up inside its shell the same way birds do before hatching, shedding new light on the link between the behaviour of dinosaurs and modern birds.

Fion Waisum Ma, PhD Student, Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 • ~5 min

Baby giant pterosaurs may have driven smaller species extinct, fossil discovery shows

We examined pterosaur jaw fragments from the Moroccan desert to understand more about how these creatures evolved.

David Martill, Professor of ​Palaeobiology, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Nov. 11, 2021 • ~7 min

A social species? Newly discovered fossils show early dinosaurs lived in herds

The complex social behaviour in early dinosaurs observed in a new study lines up with other fossil evidence that dinosaurs were more bird-like than crocodilian-like.

Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol • conversation
Oct. 21, 2021 • ~7 min

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