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T. rex dinosaurs are real assassins
A new study shows that Tyrannosaurus rex must rely on a quick nose to detect victims as well as defeat live prey at night.
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Dinosaurs dominated the earth completely by luck
Dinosaurs have dominated the Earth for over 160 million years, evolving into a variety of sizes and bodies suitable for different ecosystems.
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Discover small dinosaurs like chickens in the United States
A University of Calgary researcher who analyzed dinosaur bones obtained after ancient bone excavations discovered a dinosaur the size of a chicken.
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Ingredients in the gut reveal the diet of dinosaurs
An analysis of the fossil's inner composition of an unusually well-preserved small dinosaur showed that the last meal included a lot of thoroughly chewed and digested le…
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The dinosaur is as big as a bird-like respiratory bus
A huge carnivorous dinosaur that lived 85 million years ago has a respiratory system very similar to today's birds, according to an archaeological analysis revealed, thi…
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Winged dinosaurs can't fly
In movies, they flutter in the air with tremendous speed. But in fact, flying dinosaurs can hardly escape the ground because it is too heavy.
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New dinosaur species have horns in Alberta, Canada
The newly unearthed fossil reveals a group of dinosaurs killed in the disaster that happened 72.5 million years ago.
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Detecting complete bone fossils of a dinosaur
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully restored the fossilized skeleton of an immature dinosaur from 70 million years ago.
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Follow dinosaurs from above ... aircraft
Scientists are trying to understand more about dinosaurs by taking pictures of the footprints they left millions of years ago, from helicopters.
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Dinosaurs stopped evolving before being extinct
Scientists have discovered that dinosaurs have stopped evolving 50 million years before being extinct. This animal has taken advantage of the habitat change of its last…
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Can soft tissue of dinosaurs really exist?
Paleontologists have done a study in 2005 proving that soft tissue can be recovered from dinosaur bones that have been decomposed. This is a big discovery that will expa…
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Diversity of dinosaurs has a long pedigree
The belief that dinosaurs underwent species diversification booming just before being wiped out was essentially an illusion, because the major evolution of the beasts oc…
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The bite of the ancient shark is even more powerful than the T. rex dinosaur
The most powerful bite of all time is the possession of the prehistoric giant shark Megalodon. Its biting makes T. T. Rex dreadful.
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Eating dinosaurs defends themselves by growing fast
Without a hard shell like iron to protect the body, plant-eating dinosaurs are forced to increase their body sizes to survive. In adulthood, they grow faster than carniv…
Archeology
Traces of dinosaurs are rare in the Arabian Peninsula
More than hundreds of dinosaur footprints have been discovered on the Arabian Peninsula, where similar fossils are extremely rare.