Nyctosaurus Is The Strangest Creature Ever Found

On July 4, 2016 by Tim Newman
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The dinosaurs reigned on earth for around 66 million years before being unceremoniously extinguished. To put that into perspective, humans have been hanging about for just 200,000 years. That means that dinosaurs were the Lords...

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Qijianglong: New Dinosaur Species With Longest Neck Ever

On January 30, 2015 by Tim Newman
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There have been plenty of striking dinosaurs clambering over this planet throughout the years. A newly discovered species – Qijianglong – is a particularly impressive beast. Its neck makes up more than half of its body length. In 2006,...

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Life-Sized Chrome T-Rex In Paris

On January 4, 2015 by Tim Newman
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I don’t know why no one has bothered to tell me this before, but in 2013 a life-size model of Tyrannosaurus Rex was installed atop the platform of Compagnie des Bateaux-Mouches by the River...

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Morocco’s Kem Kem Beds: The Carnivore’s Lair

On October 4, 2014 by Tim Newman
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The Kem Kem Beds lie in the dusty, bone dry borders of South-East Morocco and Western Algeria. This region, now notable for its lack of life and moisture, was once a bustling riverine ecology...

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A Selection Of Amazing Dinosaur Reconstructions

On September 14, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Initially I wanted to present to you a collection of pictures of ropy artist’s impressions of dinosaurs; but when I started searching I came across so many pictures and stories that it sort of mutated...

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Mega Penguin: Tallest Penguin Unearthed

On August 17, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Paleontology doesn’t get reported in the media much unless they find the biggest or weirdest or most frightening thing EVER. And that’s what’s happened here. Recent discoveries in the frozen South have found the...

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Four-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China

On July 31, 2014 by Tim Newman
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I thought multi-winged body designs were the domain of insects alone. I was wrong. A four-winged species found in China recently is just the last in a long line of more than 300 four-winged...

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Dinovember – The Birth Of A Movement

On November 16, 2013 by Tim Newman
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Movember is now a word that most people now understand. Dinovember isn’t in the public’s shared consciousness just yet, but it’s well on its way. A couple from Kansas called Refe and Susan...

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Dinosaurs: Longest, Heaviest, Smallest, and Lightest

On April 12, 2013 by Tim Newman

As children, many of us are fascinated by dinosaurs; it’s almost the default setting of human children. We’re fascinated by them in the same way that we’re fascinated by a fire breathing dragon...

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