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A photo of the the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moab, Utah. A construction project at the site recently damaged some of the tracks and trace fossils.

A construction project caused damage to 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah

3:24pm April 04, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

A project to replace the boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moah, Utah, cause minor damage to tracks and trace fossils at the site, a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist found.

Brachiosaurus dinosaur, a relative of the newly discovered species, seen in computer artwork.

Scientists Discover Not 1, But 2 New Dinosaur Species In China

4:46pm August 13, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Scientists analyzing fossils from the country's northwest regions say two specimens were from previously unknown species.

An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period.

A New Study Suggests Dinosaurs Might Not Have Been As Cold-Blooded As We Thought

7:01pm June 24, 2021

Researchers have found hundreds of baby dinosaur bones in the Alaskan Arctic, suggesting that dinosaurs may have lived at cold northern latitudes year-round.

Australotitan cooperensis is the new species confirmed by paleontologists in Australia. It's the biggest dinosaur discovered in Australia.

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Dinosaur Found In Australia Was 2 Stories Tall And The Length Of A Basketball Court

8:07pm June 08, 2021

by James Doubek

"Cooper," a gargantuan dinosaur that roamed the Outback, is the first of its kind found outside South America. The new species had a long neck and tail, as well as four legs, and ate plants.

A skeleton of an Allosaurus on display at Drouot auction house in Paris in October. A new theory says the dinosaurs were killed by a comet fragment that originally came from the edge of the solar system.

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Dinosaur-Killing Impact Came From Edge Of Solar System, New Theory Suggests

8:05am February 16, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Harvard researchers say a comet from deep space — not an asteroid from the belt past Mars — was responsible for the mass extinction. Others are skeptical.

A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex at the American Museum of Natural History in 2019 in New York City. All Things Considered is making amends for its lack of dinosaur coverage.

8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR For Lack Of Dinosaur Stories

7:23am February 10, 2021

by Mary Louise Kelly

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

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A new study of Deinosuchus or "terror crocodiles," led by Adam Cosette, offers a fuller picture of the ancient creature from head to tail. Cossette said Deinosuchus had large, robust teeth, ranging from six to eight inches long, as shown in the photo.

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'Teeth The Size Of Bananas'; New Study Paints Picture Of 'Terror Crocodiles'

11:24am August 12, 2020

by Gabriela Saldivia

A new study reveals there were multiple species of Deinosuchus, the giant crocodylians that lived 75 million years ago. They were among the largest predators in the ecosystem and ate dinosaurs.

Scientists in Canada have diagnosed malignant cancer for the first time in a dinosaur, a Centrosaurus apertus from 76 to 77 million years ago.

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New Research Shows Dinosaurs Suffered From Malignant Cancer, Too

10:00am August 05, 2020

by Elena Burnett

Scientists have identified an aggressive bone cancer — for the first time — in the fibula of a dinosaur that lived 76 to 77 million years ago. The diagnosis sheds new light on dinosaurs and disease.

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An artist's interpretation of a baby mosasaur hatching from an egg in the Antarctic sea.

Scientists Find The Biggest Soft-Shelled Egg Ever, Nicknamed 'The Thing'

5:36pm June 17, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A new study of dinosaur eggs, as well as a football-size egg from Antarctica, shows how some ancient creatures relied on soft shells rather than hard ones.

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Harrison Duran, 23, poses with Alice, the 65-million-year-old partial skull of a triceratops. The dinosaur-obsessed student helped find Alice on an expedition with the Fossil Excavators.

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College Student Discovers 65-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull

7:07pm July 26, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Harrison Duran, a 23-year-old college student at University of California, Merced, spent his summer internship hunting for dinosaur fossils.