1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (393+ words) The skeleton of a Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a herbivorous long-necked sauropod, is now on show at the Thainosaur Museum in Bangkok. At around 27 meters (88 feet) long and weighing 27 tons — as much as nine adult Asian elephants — it's considered the largest dinosaur…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1713+ words) If you've ever wondered whether humanity can adapt to a changing climate, the fossil record offers surprising reasons for hope. Paleontologist Evan Jevnikar, author of Surviving Climate and Chaos explores how dinosaurs endured millions of years of environmental upheaval, and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (256+ words) The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton surpassed its pre-sale estimate and set a new auction record for a dinosaur fossil. A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as "Gus" sold for $50.1 million (roughly €44 million) at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday, setting a new…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (534+ words) Scientists knew they had encountered something special when they first saw the tiny blue octopus in the depths of the Galapagos Islands. There's a new octopus on the ocean floors of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands that is tiny and blue (and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (565+ words) A handbag is promoted as the "world's first T. rex leather product." But scientists are questioning its authenticity. In early April, the Artis Zoo Museum in Amsterdam unveiled a handbag alongside a massive dinosaur skeleton — one made of "lab-grown T. rex…...