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?
Tag: Dinosaur Mysteries
We still don’t know how animals evolved to fly
Think Archaeopteryx was the first animal to fly? Think again. Scientists have uncovered multiple points of evolution in flight in dinosaur and avian fossils.
Dinosaurs survived one mass extinction, but then their luck ran out
Before the K-T extinction, dinosaurs had to endure another mass extinction in the early Triassic. And they did so brilliantly.
Were dinosaurs hot or not?
Dinosaurs were probably more active and behaviorally complex than we assume. So, should they be categorized as warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
The ghosts of the dinosaurs we may never discover
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.
Why dinosaurs were terrible swimmers
Swimming dinosaurs are rare in the fossil record, and the main reason might be their buoyant skeletal structures.
Scientists are still banging out theories about how dinosaurs had sex
Soft tissues don’t preserve well in the fossil record, making it hard for paleontologists to find evidence of dinosaur sex acts.