Riley Black
Even before the dinosaur era, mammal characteristics had begun to emerge
Mammals are familiar beasts. From a squirrel on a power line to a blue whale swimming through the sea, we ...
‘A tyrannical clawhold’ on their world: How Tyrannosaurus Rex dominated the prehistoric ecosystem
The sheer size and apparent ferocity of T. rex has been apparent from the outset, but, paleontologists have learned, this ...
10 top dinosaur discoveries of 2020
As we anticipate what the fossil record might reveal in 2021, here’s a look back at ten dinosaur discoveries that ...
After prehistoric asteroid destroyed most life on Earth, why were birds able to survive?
With hindsight, birds can be categorized as avian dinosaurs and all the other sorts—from Stegosaurus to Brontosaurus—are non-avian dinosaurs. The ...
‘From pipsqueaks to titans’: The complicated evolution of dinosaurs
For tens of millions of years, even as other dinosaur species grew to huge sizes, 40-foot carnivores weren't around. How, ...
Dinosaur DNA discovered?
The tiny fossil is unassuming, as dinosaur remains go. ... But it may contain something never before seen from the ...
Searching for signs of Earth’s earliest life more than ‘a needle-in-the-haystack’ problem
The search for signs of Earth’s earliest forms of life isn’t quite like looking for dinosaur bones protruding out from ...
North Dakota fossil site may be ‘most sensational’ glimpse of final minutes of dinosaur reign
Sixty-six million years ago, an immense asteroid smacked into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, triggering global devastation ...