That’s because today’s birds are the last remaining twig on an otherwise demolished dinosaur family tree, grown from fierce predators and sculpted by evolution into an array of flapping ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct. Triceratops’ enormous ...

Drawing a cute velociraptor is a fun way to reimagine this fierce dinosaur. Artists can soften its features and add playful ...

By the 1870s, interest in dinosaurs was growing rapidly. A fierce rivalry emerged during the late 1800s between two palaeontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. Both men fought ...

Discover facts, figures and images for more than 300 dinosaurs. From slow, plant-eating giants to fierce scavengers and hunters, dinosaurs once dominated the land. Search our alphabetical list, or ...

What comes to mind when you think of the prehistoric world? For many, it is dinosaurs, the fierce and powerful stars of the Mesozoic era, which spanned from about 251 to 66 million years ago.

But a dinosaur fossil deposit in Alberta is revealing an even scarier picture: this huge and fearsome animal probably hunted in packs. “It would have been a horrifying sight,” says Philip ...

Despite its fierce appearance, Triceratops was a plant-eater, using its sharp beak to munch on tough cycads, ferns, and palms. Triceratops remains one of the most famous dinosaurs, inspiring ...

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