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View Article  Dinosaur Sounds

What sort of sounds did Dinosaurs Make?

No dinosaur film or TV documentary is complete without the roaring and bellowing sounds of the animals being portrayed.  However, the noises and calls added ...   more »

View Article  When is a Mass Extinction a Mass Extinction?

Defining a Mass Extinction

Mass extinctions by definition are substantial events, however just how are mass extinctions distinquished from other extinction events?   more »

View Article  Getting Stalked by a Flock of Quetzalcoatlus

New Theory Published on Ecological Niche Filled by Late Cretaceous Pterosaurs - Stalkers and Walkers

A new paper published by two British scientists has put forward the hypothesis that some Late Cretaceous Pterosaurs stalked prey like modern day storks and ground-hornbills.   more »

View Article  Rapid Climate Change - not for the First Time

Quick reflection on the Holocene

Here in the Holocene, the name given to epoch that represents the last 10,000 years or so our planet is experiencing  a period of relatively ...   more »

View Article  New Interpretation of Evidence from Cretaceous mass Extinction

New Zealand team apply different Interpretation to K-T Boundary Evidence

A New Zealand led team of researchers have challenged conventionally theory related to the Creatceous mass extinction.

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View Article  Dinosaur DNA Linked to our Feather Friends. Are you going to call T. rex a Chicken?

Dinosaur DNA linked to Aves - Are you going to call T. rex a Chicken?

Analysis of protein molecules recovered from the fossilised thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex indcates that T. rex was closely related to birds.   more »

View Article  Dinosaur Death Throes - Not what they Seem
Dinosaur Death Throes - Not what they Seem

Why do the fossilised skeletons of many dinosaurs show the same posture?   more »

View Article  Mass Extinctions - Putting the "Big Five" into Perspective

Extinction Events are happening all the Time

The mass extinction event that marked the end of the Cretaceous (end of the Mesozoic Era), is perhaps the best known of all ...   more »

View Article  In Memory of Mary - Mary Anning who died this day in 1847

In Memory of Mary

A breakthrough in our understanding of the world around us - a eureka moment in science is a rare thing.  More often than not scientific progress ...   more »

View Article  Long-limbed Albertosaurs - a Clue to Dinosaur Predation

Long-limbed Albertosaurs - possible hints at Dinosaur Hunting Habits

Scientists speculate that the graceful, agile Albertosaurus could have been a speedy killer specialising in certain prey animals.   more »

View Article  New Study Links Oxidation of Oceans with Speedy Evolution

Pulse of Oxygen may have given Evolution a bit of a Boost

The oxidation of deep oceans between 635 and 55) million years ago may have had an impact on the evolution of life, helping life to press the evolutionary "fast forward" button.   more »

View Article  Principles of Geology - The Law of Superposition

A Brief Tribute to Nicolaus Steno - The Law of Superposition

Team members at Everything Dinosaur are already working on a number of events to mark the 200th anniversary of ...   more »

View Article  The classification of Fossils - What's in a Name (please no more T. Rex)

The Classification and Naming of Fossils - Tyrannosaurus rex

Animals, fungi and plants are arranged by scientists into various groupings to assist with the classification of the vast amount of life ...   more »

View Article  The Potential for Preservation - Potential for Fossil Preservation of Species

What are the chances of an Organism becoming a Fossil?

The fossil record only represents a very small proportion of life in the past.  A number of types of animal ...   more »

View Article  Chirotherium "Hand Beast" - Tracks in the Mud

Before Dinosaurs - Bizarre Hand Prints Preserved

In the Triassic rocks of North America, Europe (including England) and Africa a number of trackways of strange footprints have uncovered, the first ...   more »