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Was it a UFO? Was it a high-tech plane? Here’s what lucky people really saw over Scotland on February 29.
New research reveals the case for swimming dinosaurs isn’t as clear cut as once thought.
Researchers have found the first evidence that dinosaurs grew unusual features like crests and horns as a way of attracting a mate.
Was there a ‘dinosaur Pompeii’ in China? New research questions the claim.
Researchers believe newly uncovered fossils suggest some dinosaurs had similar courtship practices to modern birds. But can ancient footprints really reveal so much?
A cosmological event could have unleased the huge comet or asteroid that led to the demise of the dinosaurs.
We don’t know much about dinosaurs from the east coast of the USA. But the discovery of a new sheep-sized dinosaur helps shed light on their mysterious evolution.
Just count your lucky stars that they’re not patrolling your garden now – although their descendants might be…
They might have ruled the world for millions of years but even dinosaurs can play host to parasites.
Scientists have come up with a way to tell how hot dinosaurs were by studying the remains of their eggs.
When the asteroid struck the dinosaurs departed, leaving the planter
Every state and territory in Australia should have one: a fossil emblem. Not only can they be good for tourism but they can also help teach people about the ancient history of the regions.
A new fossil has reminded us that the real velociraptors were a world away from the huge scaly lizards seen in Juarssic World.
A dinosaur’s name says something about the dinosaur itself. They are grouped together according to similarities they share, which also indicates their ancestral relationships to one another.
The secrets of the embryonic dinosaurs whose parents roamed South Africa 200 million years ago are finally in the process of being hatched.
Philosophers and blockbusters There are at least three reasons why philosophers take an interest in hugely popular cultural products such Hollywood blockbuster action movies. First is a kind of (non-objectionable…
The latest Jurassic World movie has been criticised for its less than accurate portrayal of some of the dinosaurs. But how we imagine they looked and behaved has changed many times over the years.
Palaeontologists have been lining up to complain about the inaccuracies in the new blockbuster. They need to focus on the positives.
The Karoo provides not only a historical record of biological change over a period of Earth’s history but also a means to test theories of evolutionary processes over long periods of time.
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Chancellor's Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Edinburgh
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Senior lecturer, University of New England
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor, Palaeobiology, University College Cork
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Palaeontologist, Earth Science Faculty, University of New England
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PhD; Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Palaeontologist, University of Southampton
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
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Researcher and curator, Jurassica Museum