Terrible Teeth Reveal How Dinosaurs Chomped
Big or small, the teeth or carnivorous dinosaurs were adapted to a particular method of shredding flesh
Laelaps
Following the fossil trail through evolution, extinction, and survival
Paleo Profile: The Stardust Beast
A mammal from the age of dinosaurs is named after one of David Bowie's personas.
Paleo Profile: The Nonsense Beetle
A fossil beetle enclosed in amber carries an unusual name
A Bite out of Time
A dinosaur's rib shows evidence of a traumatic encounter with a carnivore
A Tiny Reason for Big Dinosaurs to Gather Together
Transmission of essential bacteria might have given herbivorous dinosaurs an additional reason to form herds
Is This Going to Be a Stand-Up Fight, Sir, or Another Sloth Hunt?
Ice age tracks show how humans harassed giant ground sloths
Paleontologists Investigate a Jurassic Bite
A damaged bone at Dinosaur National Monument reveals the feeding habits of a Jurassic carnivore
Sauropods in the Shallows
Tracks in Scotland record Jurassic strolls along a lagoon
Dinosaurs Didn't Die from Cretaceous Cramps
A strange paper offers an odd idea for why nonavian dinosaurs died out. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny
Paleo Profile: Martin's Sea Turtle
This Cretaceous chelonian is close to the origin of the hard-shelled sea turtles that still swim the oceans
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