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Velociraptors probably didn't use their 'wicked' claws for slashing, surprising new study suggests
Unlike their portrayal in Jurassic Park, curved-clawed dinos may have used their sharp appendages to pin and grasp, not slash.
Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China
A 120 million-year-old bird fossil from China has some rather unusual dinosaur-like features in its otherwise standard avian skeleton, including a weirdly T. rex-like skull.
Scientists find the earliest evidence of a dinosaur eating a mammal
Birdlike dinosaur "was not a picky eater," as evidenced by a rodent's foot found in its fossilized remains.
Ancestors of 'veggie' dinosaurs actually feasted on meat
Researchers analyzed the teeth of the earliest dinosaurs to determine what they ate.
Did long-necked dinosaurs' whip-like tails really break the sound barrier? Not so fast.
New research contradicts the claim that diplodocids could whip their tails at supersonic speeds. Instead, it was a (still impressive) 62 mph.
'Jousting ankylosaurs' whacked their peers with their 'sledgehammer-like tails'
Not only did ankylosaurs like "Zuul" use their tails as weapons against potential predators, but they also used them to battle their peers.
Mammals were already poised to take over the world before the dino-killing asteroid struck
Ancient mammals were better adapted than nonavian dinosaurs to survive the Chicxulub asteroid impact.
Noodle-necked swimming dinosaur may have been a diving predator like a penguin
Scientists recently discovered the first non-avian theropod dinosaur with a streamlined body similar to that of penguins, auks and other modern diving birds.
