Dinosaurs

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dinosaur track
February 1941

A Dinosaur Walks into the Museum

What scientific "detectives" deduced from the biggest footprints ever found

sauropod illustration
May 1939

Thunder in His Footsteps

The ghost of the most gigantic animal that ever walked the earth is conjured to life when a lone fossil hunter tracks down the first true footprints left by this stupendous creature, and thrills to the romance of a great discovery.

eau de bird

Birds of a Feather

Read on about the lives of birds both past and present.

skimmer
December 2007–January 2008

Did Skimming Fit the Bill?

Pterosaurs were too heavy to feed by skimming prey from the water.

Tenontosaurus
April 2008

Teen-Eggers

Dinos grew fast and bred young.

Three-dimensional reconstruction of a primitive feather
May 2008

Preflight Packaging

Sophisticated X-rays reveal primitive feathers trapped in amber.

Mixed Greens
June 2008

Mixed Greens, Extra Large

How did colossal vegetarian dinos get by on low-cal prehistoric plants?

230-million-year-old ichthyosaur
October 2008

Wet Suit

Ancient ichthyosaurs were a lot like today's fast marine predators––right down to their skin.

Dermestid-beetle larvae
September 2008

Jurassic Undertakers

Bone-boring beetles attacked dino skeletons.

tyranosaurus teeth
May 2005

Dino Web Digs

An Internet guide to dinosaurs

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Recent Stories

Teeth that stab or crush to match their meal

To walk on walls and ceilings, your feet have to stick, but they have to get unstuck, too.

Ferns and fungi that explosively reproduce

The seemingly unwieldy shape of a fish is anything but a drag.

Recent Interview

Xiaoming Wang

Hear author Xiaoming Wang interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 17 minutes)