This new six-part series will take viewers on a one-of-a-kind journey back in time, showcasing the remarkable life stories of these long-extinct giants.
New first-look images from the upcoming Walking with Dinosaurs series.
Tag: dinosaurs
Why, yes, Virginia, the earliest ancestors of humans did indeed live alongside the dinosaurs.
Well, this is a surprise! The fossil record has revealed that placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs, and bats, originated in the Cretaceous period and did indeed co-exist with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs became extinct.
Scientists believe they know how dinosaurs evolved wings to become modern-day birds. The question is, why?
Researchers have looked to dinosaurs to explain many of the unique features of birds, including feathers, bone structure, and more. However, the wings of birds have proven to be particularly interesting to researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Department of Earth and Planetary Science.
4-year-old girl walking on beach discovers UK’s most perfectly preserved dinosaur footprint.
“Daddy, what’s this?” 4-year-old Lily Wilder from Barry, South Wales, UK took her first step as a scientist this week when she spotted a perfectly preserved dinosaur footprint while walking on the beach.
Baby tyrannosaur fossil finally confirms what scientists thought all along – baby T. rex was about the size of a dog.
A team of scientists recently unearthed the fossilized remains of a tiny jaw bone and claw in the United States. 3D scans of the fragments revealed they belonged to tyrannosaurs – the cousins of T. rex.
New gear this week including a really nice hard-to-find Wonder Woman poster.
Tons of new geek gear this week including a cool BB-8 Keychain, Star Wars figures, and a Wonder Woman poster that distributors have already sold out.
Man says he filmed a Pterosaur filmed flying over Boise, Idaho.
Shot by an “amateur filmmaker”, the video shows a purported prehistoric Pterosaur flying over the skies of Boise, Idaho. In the bizarre footage below, a huge bird-like creature flies across the sky and even moves its head glancing toward. The huge wingspan is notable as is its distinct backward-pointing crest.
New dinosaur king – Spinosaurus towered over Tyrannosaurus rex and ate pretty much anything that got in its way
Spending most of its time swimming in water, the newly discovered Spinosaurus gobbled up sharks and alligators whole. It had paddle-like feet, dense leg bones, sealable nostrils that allowed it to swim underwater, backward-slanted cone-shaped teeth, and a huge 6-foot sail on its back that would have risen from the water like a shark’s fin.…
Record breaker – researchers discover world’s largest dinosaur in Argentina
Scientists have been digging at the site for over three years now and have finally hit pay dirt (pay dirt… digging… get it? I’ll show myself out now…). Researchers have unearthed what they believe is the largest dinosaur ever and the biggest animal ever known to have walked the earth. The creature is estimated to…
The mighty Diplodocus – a not so scary dinosaur.
The name of this dinosaur is Diplodocus. It is a plant eater and is part of the brontosaurus family. Diplodocus means “double beam”. It belongs to a group of dinosaurs called sauropods. It grew about 30 feet tall (that’s as tall as a 3-story building). Diplodocus had to watch out for allesaurus’ because Diplodocus might…
