Medicine & TechnologyPaleontologists all over the world continue to search for dinosaur remains. Usually, the remains will be a discovery of tracks that were preserved on stones or on caves. However, remnants of soft tissues in the body like the skin or the muscles are very rare. Oftentimes, the ones they find are not well-preserved and couldn't distinguish whether it's from dinosaurs or not. In fact, only 1% of most of the discoveries show traces of the skin.
The footprints of a mysterious reptile that lived about 250 million years ago have been identified in fossils from the Pyrenees mountains. Scientists say the new species is a member of the group that gave rise to crocodiles and dinosaurs.
Researchers in Utah have discovered a new type of sauropod dinosaur. They named the plant-eating dino Moabosaurus Utahensis after the place that yielded its bones, Utah's Moab desert.
Maiasaura dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years yet paleontologists are still on the look out for possible clues about their life and their death. What could have caused the short life and early death of Maiasaura dinosaur babies?
Contrary to the current theory, dinosaurs may have originated in the northern hemisphere instead of the southern. The recent analysis also challenges the age-old notion of Dinosaur's family tree and suggests renaming and rearranging of the various dinosaur classifications.
A baby "sea monster" was unbelievably found in the belly of its fossil mother. The discovery contradicts the origin of the species for it is known as a reptile.
For years the accepted theory was that dinosaurs were cold blooded, much like modern reptiles today. However, a study then showed that they were neither cold blooded or warm blooded like animals today. However, a paleontologist revisited that study focusing on the metabolism and growth of the dinosaurs. The re-analysis then provided evidence that dinosaurs were actually warm blooded like many of today's modern animals.
In the long debate over whether dinosaurs were warm or cold blooded, a study published last year in Science was thought to have put the issue to rest. Dinosaurs were neither, according to the paper. Instead, they occupied an intermediate category. But a reanalysis of the same data has drawn new conclusions. And the verdict this time? Warm blooded.