With Stone Age Graveyard Discovery in “Green Sahara,” the Age of Exploration ContinuesAugust 14, 2008 – Paul Sereno knows his way around dirt: the National Geographic explorer-in-residence has unearthed dinosaurs on five continents over the past 20 years. Today, National Geographic announced his latest discovery. While looking for dinosaur bones in Sahara in northern Niger, Sereno’s team stumbled across a Stone Age graveyard dating back to a time when the desert…
SuperCroc's Jaws Were Superstrong, Study ShowsApril 04, 2002 – In a study based on measurements of the bite force of living crocodilians, researchers have concluded that the ancient Sarcosuchus imperator "SuperCroc" had jaws of steel that no prey not even small dinosaurs could pry open.
Snowasaurus rexFebruary 02, 2009 – It’s snowing pretty heavily in London. I have therefore built a snow tyrannosaur. That is all. Also credit to Julia the Ethical Palaeontologist for her mighty effort. And yes, I know the posture’s all wrong, but it wouldn’t stand up otherwise.
DromeosaurFebruary 16, 2008 – Cleek writes: “Here’s my dromaeosaur (unfeathered) but, i’m a programmer, not a paleontologist, so i guess it’s not exactly my science. maybe i’ll get some C++ for the next one.” Click here to go to the full Science Tattoo Emporium.
Jurassic Fight Club Open ThreadJuly 29, 2008 – Tonight the first episode of the History channel program Jurassic Fight Club will air (I reviewed it here) and I definitely want to know what you think about it. Have at it in the comments.
StegosaurusFebruary 17, 2008 – “Here’s my science tattoo.”–Vincent Iadevaia Click here to go to the full Science Tattoo Emporium.
So long! (For now…)August 13, 2009 – Alright folks, I’ve got a few more things to pack and some last-minute blog posts to finish, but otherwise I’m all set for the big trip to Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho. Fossil Butte, Dinosaur National Monument, Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park, Craters of the Moon… it’s going to be one hell of a vacation. At […]
T. rex TroubleAugust 25, 2008 – A couple weeks ago I blogged on a debate over the discovery of soft tissue in a dinosaur. Over at Nature, Rex Dalton has a spicy article about a fresh assault on the findings. I wrote about how the alleged blood vessels and cells in a T. rex fossil might be bacterial biofilms. The scientists […]
A wee little elephantimorph from EritreaJuly 06, 2009 – A restoration of Eritreum compared to the larger Gomphotherium. From Shoshani et al. (2009). Before I loved dinosaurs, I loved elephants. I would run around the backyard with my little pith helmet on, firing my “elephant mover” to herd the imaginary pachyderms. (At the time I did not understand what guns did. When they went […]
