Dinosaur Tracking

The tyrannosaur Gorgosaurus in a classic death pose (although note that the tail is almost entirely missing and speculatively reconstructed).

SVP Dispatch: Dinosaur Round-Up

At the close of the annual paleontology meeting, dinosaur science seems more vibrant than ever

The skull of Utahceratops, one of the unusual dinosaurs from southern Utah

SVP Dispatch: Life on the Lost Continent

At the annual SVP meeting, paleontologists review just how western North America got so many weird dinosaurs

A Protoceratops nest containing up to 15 baby dinosaurs

At Last, a True Protoceratops Nest

Plus, fossil evidence for a Cretaceous turducken: inside the guts of a feathered Microraptor dinosaur were the partial remains of a prehistoric bird

A Daspletosaurus skull at the Museum of the Rockies, where Jack Horner is the curator of paleontology.

SVP Dispatch: Dinosaurs and the Proofs of Evolution

In last night's lecture, paleontologist Jack Horner gave five proofs of evolution based on what we know about dinosaurs

A Triceratops jack-o'-lantern

Dinosaur Sighting: Jack-O’-Ceratops

When it comes to pumpkin popularity, it looks like Tyrannosaurus has some competition

For the past century, carnivorous dinosaurs like Allosaurus—seen here at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County—have been made-to-order movie monsters.

Cinema’s Spookiest Dinosaur Scenes

Dinosaurs have been movie monsters for a century. Here's a short countdown of some of their scariest moments in film.

A cast of the sauropod Diplodocus at the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah. Our current understanding of sauropods like this differs greatly from hypothetical restorations of "living dinosaurs" in Africa.

Living Sauropods? No Way

Dinosaurs have long been rumored to still survive in the Congo Basin, but is there any truth to the tall tales?

Pumpkin Tyrannosaurus at the Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze

Dinosaur Sighting: Pumpkinosaurs

Watch out! Get to close to these giant, jack o' lantern dinosaurs and they might squash you

The Thermopolis specimen of Archaeopteryx at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center

The Great Archaeopteryx Debates Continue

A statue of Spinosaurus outside Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. Spinosaurus got a major media boost after appearing in Jurassic Park III.

Why Do We Keep Going Back to Jurassic Park?

When I met Jurassic Park scientific adviser Jack Horner by chance last month, he dropped a clue as to what the next movie is going to be about

A composite reconstruction of Torosaurus utahensis, based upon the skull found by Gilmore, bones found in the Texas bonebed, and the form of Pentaceratops.

The Mysterious Torosaurus

Was Torosaurus just an adult Triceratops? A poorly understood species may hold the key to the answer

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Dinosaurs of the Unknown War

In a new game set behind German lines during WWI, players run from sickle-clawed dinosaurs in the trenches

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How Baryonyx Caused the Great Spinosaur Makeover

The discovery of a strange, crocodile-snouted dinosaur in England was the key to reconstructing one of the strangest groups of predatory dinosaurs ever

The 11th skeleton of Archaeopteryx

Paleontologists Unveil the 11th Archaeopteryx

Just in time for the 150th anniversary year of Archaeopteryx, paleontologists announce an 11th specimen of the dinosaur-like bird

Two-horned face: a reconstruction of Zuniceratops at the Arizona Museum of Natural History

New Mexico’s Peculiar Two-Horned Dinosaur

A peculiar horned dinosaur from New Mexico may help paleontologists understand how titans such as Triceratops evolved

The new, unnamed juvenile theropod under UV light

A Beautiful Baby Dinosaur

One of the most stunning theropod dinosaurs ever discovered may add to our understanding of how feathers evolved

Virtual, fleshed-out models of the Tyrannosaurus specimens "Sue" (left) and "Jane" (center) compared to a human.

How Little Tyrants Grew Up

A new study finds that Tyrannosaurus truly had "thunder thighs." Juveniles were likely more agile than adults

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Dinosaur Drive-In: Tammy and the T-Rex

A 1990s high school romance flick takes an odd turn when an animatronic dinosaur gets the Frankenstein treatment

The reconstructed skeletal cast of the juvenile Apatosaurus that will go on display at the Sam Noble Museum

A Juvenile Apatosaurus Makes Its Debut

Many newly hatched sauropods were so diminutive that they could have stood in the palm of your hand. A new reconstruction goes on display this month

The skulls of Late Cretaceous hadrosaurs from western North America

Goodbye, Anatotitan?

Just how many different dinosaurs existed in North America during the end of the Cretaceous? It's a matter of huge debate

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