There’s a constant push and pull in paleontology when it comes to dinosaur weaponry. The wonderful array of spikes, horns, claws and clubs that many species were gifted wi... ...read more
Carnage of one kind or another has long been a staple of our fascination with dinosaurs. Give a child two dinosaur toys and you can be reasonably certain that within a few minut... ...read more
No single issue haunts popular ecology and meteorology more than the specter of global warming. Documentaries, television specials, op-eds and magazine articles, there is a cea... ...read more
Those who pay attention to the world of dinosaur art know the name of Gregory S. Paul. Exploding onto the scene in the 1970′s, his dynamic imagery and distinctive technica... ...read more
A few days ago, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Utah was announced to the nation. Called Brontomerus, or “Thunder Thighs,” it’s notable for a few ... ...read more
The origins of dinosaurs have always been a little bit mysterious–they seem to spring onto the Triassic stage fully formed, carnivores and herbivores, all of them recogniz... ...read more
2009 was a pretty good year for dinosaur paleontology. But 2010 has been a fantastic one. To make up for my lamentable lack of activity in the past two months, I’m doing a... ...read more
News recently emerged from Korea concerning a fairly interesting new dinosaur. Called by the imaginative name of Koreanosaurus, it at first glance appears to be a very typical ... ...read more
A sandstone quarry in New Jersey, long abandoned, has been the scene of a desperate and unsung fight for quite a while. It’s a low grade, apparently low stakes kind of bat... ...read more
How did dinosaurs behave?
It’s a tough question, considering that the family contains a staggeringly diverse amount of forms (try generalizing the behavior of a shrew from a... ...read more