Dinosaurs & Fossils Articles

Fluffysaurus

By Stephen Ornes / April 26, 2012
This artist’s drawing shows what the newly discovered feathered dinos — the larger species with yellow on their snouts — might have looked like. Credit: Brian Choo

Newfound fossils belong to giant feathered dinosaurs

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Old relative steps down

By Stephen Ornes / April 10, 2012
Caption: Scientists found eight toe bones in Ethiopia that belonged to a 3.4-million year-old human ancestor that could walk and climb trees. Credit: Y. Haile-Selassie/The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Ancient human ancestor climbed trees but also walked clumsily upright on the ground

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Dino drama

By Stephen Ornes / March 28, 2012
This Triceratops skull is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Credit: etee/Flickr

Scientists study skulls to determine whether Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different species

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Early toehold on land

By Stephen Ornes / March 20, 2012
An ancient five-toed fossil discovered in Scotland is the oldest and smallest foot ever discovered. Credit: J. Clack

A five-toed fossil now holds the record for smallest, oldest foot ever found

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Dino teeth tell a traveling tale

By Stephen Ornes / November 16, 2011
Camarasaurus was a long-necked, small-headed, plant-eating sauropod that roamed North America 150 million years ago. Credit: Mario Modesto/Wikipedia

Dental evidence from sauropods suggests the mighty beasts migrated for food

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Dangerous dinos in the dark

By Stephen Ornes / May 4, 2011
Ring around the clue: The purple circle on this fossilized dinosaur shows the location of the scleral ring. Part of the eye, the scleral ring helped researchers uncover at what time of day many kinds of dinosaurs were active. Credit: Lars Schmitz

Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night

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Prehistoric air travel

By Stephen Ornes / October 25, 2010

Flying reptiles might have crossed oceans, continents nonstop

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Message in a dinosaur’s teeth

By Stephen Ornes / March 2, 2010
Preserved in the fossilized teeth of spinosaurs is chemistry hinting that the creatures (shown in an artist’s reconstruction) spent much of their time in the water, as crocodiles and hippos do today. Credit: M. Simonetti/courtesy of CNRS

Giant dino that was T. rex rival may have spent most of its time in the water

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Dino-bite!

By Stephen Ornes / January 12, 2010

Study suggests dinosaur’s teeth packed poison

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The paleontologist and the three dinosaurs

By Stephen Ornes / November 25, 2009

Skulls thought to be from three different dinosaurs may actually be from the same dino type at three different ages

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