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If we struggle to work out what the whole animal looked like most of the time, how can we begin to piece together their lives and how they behaved?
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are small but fluctuating.
Some of the new finds are the first evidence of these types of dinosaurs from Australia.
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
Pterosaurs may help inspire future technology.
The dinosaurs went extinct on Christmas Day.
Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.
The Jurassic pterosaur’s size was estimated from only its finger bone.
Motion deep in the Earth called a mantle wave can lift up the toughest parts of our planet.
It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it through the extinction event 66 million years ago may surprise you.
This shows that hippos are one of the largest animals that still can get airborne at fast speeds and yet they are also adapted for an aquatic lifestyle.
Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur to be named from Zimbabwe.
Paleontologist Bill Ausich explains whether dinosaurs could ever roam the Earth again. Listen on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
Understanding more about feathers could change the way we think about dinosaurs.
Ever been made to feel small? Here’s why being petite is no bad thing.
Calcite, the material making up fossilized eggshells, may preserve amino acids better than bone.
By examining fossilized bone tissue, a new study finds rapid growth was an asset for survivors of the Great Dying 250 million years ago, Earth’s largest mass extinction event.
Oceanic dispersal of dinosaurs between Europe and Africa shows how low-probability, high-impact events drive evolution.
If you love learning about dinosaurs don’t let crowdpleasers like the T Rex distract you from the fascinating birdlife that once roamed the Earth.
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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