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The return of a king

By Stephen Ornes / February 14, 2013

This skeleton found beneath a parking lot in England belonged to Richard III, who ruled England in the 15th century. The bones show his curved spine and reveal the injuries that killed him. Credit: Univ. of Leicester

Skeleton of King Richard III, unearthed from an English parking lot, tells a grisly tale

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged getinvolved, Skeleton of King Richard III, tells a grisly tale, unearthed from an English parking lot

Dino-sized poop

By Sid Perkins / January 31, 2013

Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Argentinosaurus, Arizona; Karen Chin, Boulder; James Farlow, coprolite, dinosaur, dung, feces, forensic science, getinvolved, Indiana University, Mountain Sky Middle School, paleontology, Purdue University, sauropod; Karl Flessa, scat, T. rex, teacher, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, University of Arizona; Amber Struthers, University of Colorado

A fishy mammal ID

By Sid Perkins / November 13, 2012

For more than a century, the fossilized skull of an ancient fish was misidentified as a primate

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Argentina, Arrhinolemur scalabrinii, Brian Sidlauskas, dentition, Florentino Ameghino, fossils, genus, George Gaylord Simpson, getinvolved, Greek, John Lundberg; Academy of Natural Sciences, Latin, lemur, Oregon State University, paleontologist, paleontology, primate, South America, species, taxonomy, teeth

Four-winged dinosaur

By Stephen Ornes / November 12, 2012

Hind wings helped a small dino make tight turns in midair

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Adaptation, aerodynamics, biology, dinosaurs, drag, evolution, fossils, getinvolved, Justin Hall, Luis Chiappe, Michael Habib, Microraptor gui, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, physics, topstories, University of Southern California, wings

Tiny fossil tells big tale

By Stephen Ornes / September 21, 2012

A finger fossil about the size of a ladybug helped scientists learn more about ancient humans called Denisovans. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Scientists use a single finger bone from ancient, humanlike Denisovans to study their connection to modern people and Neandertals

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged getinvolved, humanlike Denisovans to study their connection to modern people and Neandertals, Scientists use a single finger bone from ancient

New Jurassic flier

By Janet Raloff / August 23, 2012

An artist’s depiction of what the new pterosaur might have looked like.
Credit: M. Van Rooijen

Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged 150 million, Bellubrunnus, Brunn, David Hone, dinosaur, flying, fossil, getinvolved, Jurassic, pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus, Solnhofen, topstories, University of Bristol

Dino find ruffles feathers

By Stephen Ornes / July 27, 2012

The skeleton of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, embedded in a limestone slab, suggests that feathers might have been the norm for dinosaurs. Credit: H. Tischlinger/Jura Museum Eichstatt

Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged carnivore, coelurosaur, dinosaur, evolution, feathers, fossil, getinvolved, Luis Chiappe, Mark Norell, meat-eating, megalosaur, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, paleontologist, paleontology, protofeather, topstories

Hot or cold dinos

By Stephen Ornes / July 12, 2012

Microscopic growth patterns are revealed in a slice of femur, or thighbone, from a deer. The black lines in the middle and top are similar to ones found in dinosaur bones. Credit: Meike Köhler

Patterns in dinosaur bones fuel a debate over whether they were warm- or cold-blooded

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged cold-blooded, dinosaurs, getinvolved, Martin Sander, Meike Köhler, rest lines, warm-blooded

Cool Jobs: Studying what you love

By Roberta Kwok / July 11, 2012

Researchers study the same animals that fascinated them as kids

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils, STEM Careers | Tagged Alberta, biology, boa constrictor, Borneo, Burmese python, cool jobs, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Deinosuchus riograndensis, dinosaurs, Ecuador, Edmontosaurus, Everglades National Park, feature, Florida, Greg Erickson, herpetology, invasive species, JASON Project, jumping spiders, Lapsias lorax, Malaysia, Michael Dorcas, paleobiology, Paul Gignac, snake, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, Wayne Maddison

End of big bug era

By Stephen Ornes / June 21, 2012

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Andromeda, getinvolved, Milky Way, Space Telescope Science Institute, supermassive black hole

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