dinosaurs - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers | Mental Floss

8 Types of Imaginary Creatures 'Discovered' In Fossils

It’s easy to see how people could have confused this elephant skull for the remains of a giant Greek monster.

8 Types of Imaginary Creatures 'Discovered' In Fossils

Stomp Around the Neighborhood With Reebok’s New Jurassic Park Collection

Reebok

Stomp Around the Neighborhood With Reebok’s New Jurassic Park Collection

Meet 'Cooper,' a Recently Discovered Sauropod Believed to Be Australia’s Largest Dinosaur Species

An illustration of what Australotitan cooperensis may have looked like.

Meet 'Cooper,' a Recently Discovered Sauropod Believed to Be Australia’s Largest Dinosaur Species

Life, Uh, Finds a Way With Jurassic Park-Themed Monopoly

Amazon/Hasbro

Life, Uh, Finds a Way With Jurassic Park-Themed Monopoly

Utah Is Getting Two New State Parks

Utahraptor State Park will be located on land nearby Arches National Park, pictured here.

Fossilized Dinosaur Nest With Parent and Embryos Discovered in China

CoreyFord/iStock via Getty Images

Jurassic Park Starring Pee-wee Herman Is as Hilarious as It Is Terrifying

Shout! Factory

Rectum Mended Reading: Paleontologists Have Reconstructed a Dinosaur's Butthole to Understand Their Mating Habits

Psittacosaurus may have attracted mates using its fetching rear end.

Massachusetts Could Be Getting a State Dinosaur—And You Can Help Choose Which One

The Anchisaurus polyzelus is one of the dinosaur's duking it out for title of Massachusetts's state dino.

25 Fascinating Facts About Fossils

Image by Jill White from Pixabay

Filtration Software Censored the Word Bone at a Paleontology Conference

Lisa Yount, Unsplash

Amazing Interactive Map Shows You Which Dinosaurs Roamed Your Neighborhood Millions of Years Ago

Is this midtown Manhattan?

Jurassic Park Topped This Weekend's Box Office—27 Years After Its Release

Jurassic Park.

This Football-Sized Fossil Egg is the First Found in Antarctica, and It May Have Belonged to a Mosasaur

An artist’s interpretation of the birth of a baby mosasaur.

Stegosaurus Tracks Discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye

Warpaintcobra, iStock via Getty Images

Tiny, Bird-Like Skull Found in Amber Could Belong to the Mesozoic Era's Smallest Known Dinosaur

The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae preserved in 99-million-year-old amber.