Dinosaur Fleas Were Ten Times Bigger Than Fleas Today The discovery of large flea-like fossils, about ten times bigger than the fleas we see today, is enough to make your skin crawl. Imagine the poor dinosaur that had to endure a painful bite from such a paleo-pest crawling onto its soft under-belly. The only consolation […]
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New Smithsonian Dinosaur Hall Funded
$35 Million Funds New Smithsonian Dinosaur Hall $ 35 million. The single largest donation made to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in its 102-year history. And it is all in aid of building a new Smithsonian Dinosaur Hall. This exciting news was recently made public, and in response to this the Smithsonian Board […]
The Truth About Dinosaur Parenting
Researchers Say Dinosaur Parenting Involved Nesting Early dinosaur mothers cared for their young in nests, according to a recent research article published in the Journal of the National Academy of Science. This discovery was made in South Africa’s Golden Gate Highlands National Park, where numerous clutches of fossil eggs were found. Nesting behavior has previously […]
The Power of a Tyrannosaurus Rex Bite
The Tyrannosaurus Rex Bite was the Most Powerful Bite to Ever Exist It’s official. The most powerful bite that ever existed was the Tyrannosaurus rex bite. Generating a bite force of up to 13,000 Pounds (or 57 000 Newtons), it is three and a half times greater than the bite of the Great White Shark, […]
San Remo, Melbourne Dinosaur Discovery
Melbourne Dinosaur Discovery Creates a Lot of Buzz The coastal town of San Remo, is the unlikely site of a Melbourne dinosaur discovery that has Australian palaeontologists abuzz. Erich Fitzgerald, a palaeontologist from Museum Victoria, studied the fossilized remains of a 2.4 inch wide ankle bone that was discovered in 2006 by an amateur palaeontologist, […]
The Pre-Dinosaur Extinction Wiped Out Many Sea Species
The Pre-Dinosaur Extinction Happened 252 Million Years Ago The Great Dying. When an estimated 95% of marine species went extinct. It happened 252 million years ago and no, it was not the great dinosaur extinction of the Cretaceous period, but rather one with far greater catastrophic consequence: the Permian Extinction. Not only marine life suffered; […]