DINOSAURS

These eight states have designated official state dinosaurs, honoring the living, breathing, occasionally flesh-ravaging creatures that once roamed their land.

Did dinosaurs really roar? Artists Courtney Brow and Cezary Gajewski challenge this idea with 3D-printed skulls that bring prehistoric sounds to life.

A rock slab displayed at Biloela State High School contains some of the most densely packed dinosaur footprints ever discovered in Australia.

Contrary to what that kid told Sam Neill in Jurassic Park, an overgrown turkey is still terrifying.

New Zealand’s open-access fossil database makes it easier for scientists to collaborate.

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from them.

It’s common for many little kids to go through a “dinosaur phase.” Here’s why.

Chemical signatures from the Chicxulub asteroid’s impact—which caused a mass extinction on Earth 66 million years ago—match those of carbonaceous meteorites formed beyond Jupiter.

“Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised,” he later wrote.

From tardigrades to T. Rex, this visualization puts the sizes of 150 animals into perspective.

Like his most famous discovery, fossil hunter Barnum Brown was larger than life.

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