The North Carolina Museum of Natural History will be putting a pair of “Dueling Dinosaurs” on display in 2022. The two creatures — a Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops — appear to have killed >>
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Ancient sea monster choked on his own dinner, and both of them died
Scientists have discovered evidence of two ancient aquatic reptiles locked in a death struggle as one tried to eat the other. The larger of the two, an ichthyosaur, apparently choked on its prey >>
This dinosaur lived with cancer, then died in a flood
Researchers have discovered a dinosaur bone that shows evidence of an aggressive bone tumor. The disease would have made the dinosaur’s life hard, but it didn’t kill the animal. The creature is believed >>
An ancient species of crocodile walked on two feet
Researchers have discovered footprints of an ancient species from the crocodile family that walked upright on two legs. These creatures may have looked a bit like dinosaurs, but they weren’t. The tracks date >>
Ancient ‘Wonderchicken’ fossil is oldest of modern birds
Oldest-ever modern bird fossil found in Europe has been nicknamed the “Wonderchicken” due to its similarities between present-day chickens and ducks. It’s believed that the species roamed the region as far back as >>
This bird has been frozen for 46,000 years, and scientists just found it
Finding fossils of creatures that lived millions of years ago is one thing, but some parts of our planet offer scientists the unique opportunity to discover ancient creatures that are essentially frozen in >>
New ‘Reaper of Death’ dinosaur species found in Canada
Decades of science fiction has taught us that the Tyrannosaurus rex was the mighty king of the dinosaurs, but researchers now believe that the most iconic dino may have been more of a >>
Before an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs, a huge volcano poisoned nearly everything on Earth
Just over 66 million years ago, Earth’s fate changed dramatically with the arrival of a massive asteroid that slammed into what is the present-day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It was a devastating impact >>
