Riley Black

Riley Black

 

Riley Black is the author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs and many other books. She is a science correspondent for Smithsonian magazine covering fossils and natural history, and she writes about the prehistoric past for a variety of publications. 

The formidable hand claw of Dryptosaurus

Dryptosaurus’ Surprising Hands

This enigmatic tyrannosauroid may have had the novel combination of short arms with big hands

Kentrosaurus readies itself for an attack by an Allosaurus

Kentrosaurus Had a Formidable Swing

A Triceratops grill cover as seen in Granger, Washington

Dinosaur Sighting: Grilled Triceratops

The town of Granger, Washington has a dinosaur sculpture park as well as dinosaurs adorning various vehicles around town

A restoration of Raptorex by Nobu Tamura

Has a Tiny Tyrant Been Dethroned?

A 2009 discovery of a new tiny tyrant has been called into question by a recently released study

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Dinosaur Diamond: Utah Field House of Natural History

The humor and use of specimens to highlight fossil mysteries make this dinosaur museum an essential stop

A teaser poster for Terra Nova shows off an imaginary dinosaur called the "Slasher."

Terra Nova Previews “Slasher” Dinosaur

Slasher is a turkey—give me Suchomimus, Acrocanthosaurus or Cryolophosaurus any day

A Tyrannosaurus busting out of a fiberglass shop near Hindsville, Arkansas

Dinosaur Sighting: Bustin’ Out

To me, it looks like the dinosaur is trying to do a Kool-Aid Man impression: Oh Yeah!

A view of the Dinosaur National Monument quarry before it closed for renovations in 2006

A Visit to Douglass’ Dinosaur

The site became a must-see dinosaur landmark in 1957, and in a few months, visitors will once again be able to see the spectacular quarry wall

Part of Plate XII from Leidy's Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States, showing some vertebrae from Hadrosaurus.

Dinosaur Classics: Leidy’s Dinosaur Inventory

Contrary to a snarky review, this monograph is one of the most important works ever published in the history of vertebrate paleontology

Rex Riders, by J.P. Carlson

Riding With Rex

If you like Westerns but wonder what it would be like to replace cattle with Triceratops and horses with Tyrannosaurs, give this book a look

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Dinosaur Battle Town

This short film is about dueling towns—on the backs of enormous dinosaurs

Chocosaurs at Hatch Family Chocolates

Dinosaur Sighting: Delicious Dinosaurs

Since I moved out West, I have been seeing dinosaurs everywhere

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken.

The Giant Squid: Dragon of the Deep

After over 150 years since it was first sighted by the HMS Daedalus, the mysterious creature still eludes scientists

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A Visit to Dinosaur Court

See a gallery of images from a monument to a time when naturalists were only just beginning to understand prehistoric creatures

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Jurassic Park Meets Birdemic?

Before the first shot of this fan-made dinosaur flick, a warning flashes on the screen: "Remember. We were young."

The nearly-complete hindlimb of the armored dinosaur Peloroplites on display at the CEU Prehistoric Museum.

Peloroplites: That’s One Big Ankylosaur

The "monstrous heavy one" was stout, armored and may have supported huge spikes on its neck and shoulders

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A Visit to Zoorassic Park

At zoos all over the country, animatronic dinosaur exhibits featuring menageries of jerking, growling dinosaurs have made a comeback

A T-rex in Sri Lanka

Dinosaur Sighting: Tyrant King of the Crustaceans

Have you seen a prehistoric creature in an unusual place? Send us a photo

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Jack Horner Explains How to Build a Dinosaur

By fiddling with the genetic toggles of birds, scientists might be able to reverse-engineer a dinosaurian creature

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Hidden Dinosaurs and Confusing Teeth

After many false starts, scientists finally understood the first fossils of horned dinosaurs

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