The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormous
Dinosaurs like sauropods and theropods kept growing bigger. We sort of know how thanks to fossils, but why?
Dinosaurs like sauropods and theropods kept growing bigger. We sort of know how thanks to fossils, but why?
Think Archaeopteryx was the first animal to fly? Think again. Scientists have uncovered multiple points of evolution in flight in dinosaur and avian fossils.
Before the K-T extinction, dinosaurs had to endure another mass extinction in the early Triassic. And they did so brilliantly.
Dinosaurs were probably more active and behaviorally complex than we assume. So, should they be categorized as warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Not every dinosaur fossil can be dug up and identified easily. Different landscapes, paleontological biases, and the Earth’s uneven geology has left plenty of gaps in the fossil record.
Swimming dinosaurs are rare in the fossil record, and the main reason might be their buoyant skeletal structures.
Soft tissues don’t preserve well in the fossil record, making it hard for paleontologists to find evidence of dinosaur sex acts.