Science News for Kids » paleontology http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Dino-sized poop http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/dino-sized-poop/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/dino-sized-poop/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:04:00 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15507 T-Rex_feature

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

Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/dino-sized-poop/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Delving into dung http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:56:09 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15401 Wood’s colleague, Janet Wilmshurst, studies a piece of moa poop. Credit: Jamie Wood

Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces ]]> Wood’s colleague, Janet Wilmshurst, studies a piece of moa poop. Credit: Jamie Wood

Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/cool-jobs-delving-into-dung/feed/ 0 Shoulder bones fuel debate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14895 This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/feed/ 0 A fishy mammal ID http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/for-more-than-a-century-the-fossilized-skull-of-an-ancient-fish-was-misidentified-as-a-primate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/for-more-than-a-century-the-fossilized-skull-of-an-ancient-fish-was-misidentified-as-a-primate/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:59:24 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14856 fossil_skull

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

For more than a century, the fossilized skull of an ancient fish was misidentified as a primate ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/for-more-than-a-century-the-fossilized-skull-of-an-ancient-fish-was-misidentified-as-a-primate/feed/ 0 Dino find ruffles feathers http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/more-dinosaurs-were-feathered-than-previously-thought/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/more-dinosaurs-were-feathered-than-previously-thought/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:00:16 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13379 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 ]]> 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 ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/more-dinosaurs-were-feathered-than-previously-thought/feed/ 0