Ancient armored crocodile cousin is a brand new species

A newly identified aetosuar, a heavily armored ancestor of today's crocodiles, is a brand new species.

Monica Kortsha-UT Austin • futurity
March 20, 2024 ~7 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


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

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

How a favorite dinosaur food survived mass extinction

A few groups of palm-like plants that were a favored food of grazing dinosaurs still exist today. Now researchers have discovered how.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
Nov. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Did Willo the dinosaur hang out underground?

An often-overlooked dino had a unique combo of traits linked with animals that spend at least part of their time underground, a study finds.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Nov. 7, 2023 ~6 min

This dinosaur may have been the last of its kind

A newly discovered dinosaur, Iani smithi, named for the Roman god Janus, lived when Earth's warming climate forced huge changes in global dino populations.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
June 8, 2023 ~6 min

Sauropod neck was 10 feet longer than a school bus

A newly discovered kind of sauropod dinosaur had a neck six times longer than a giraffe's, researchers say.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
March 15, 2023 ~8 min


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

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

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