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A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
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Scientists are searching for dinosaur sex differences in features like size, ornamentation and bone structure—not the bits actually used during mating
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Having trouble finding a gift that matches the brilliance of your Valentine? We've got the solutions
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Did competition for mates drive the evolution of the enormous, long-necked sauropods?
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The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
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Of all the dinosaur mysteries, how dinosaurs like the 23-ton Apatosaurus mated is one of the most perplexing
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Despite an immense wave of publicity heralding the discovery of dinosaur eggs in 1923, French paleontologists had discovered them decades earlier
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The giant oceanic birds are producing more and plumper chicks, at least for now
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Volcanologists thought that the buildup to an eruption would take centuries. But this report adds to a suspicion that it can happen faster than expected
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A new study suggests that you can distinguish different hadrosaur species by their pebbly hides alone
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Scientists use X-rays to classify different species, but when viewed outside the lab, the images provide stunning art
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The native people knew what orcas ate, how they hunted prey, how the prey responded to the whales and when and where predation occurred
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An animated short suggests dinosaurs died out for want of winter coats
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Did Velociraptor hunt under the cover of darkness?
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Studies show that coaches often make poor choices in crucial situations. But one coach may have a secret advantage
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The technology developed for telescopes, it turns out, can harness solar power
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Did egg-eating lizards and snakes contribute to the dinosaurs' extinction?
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A study in birds confirms that protective caps on chromosomes predict a longer lifespan
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Instead of a long, low duck bill, the beak of Tethyshadros was shaped like a snowplow and serrated. Why it had such a strange beak is a mystery
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Why can some--but only some--bluetongue skinks eat a toad that is poisonous to eat or even lick?
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