Beetles first appeared on Earth at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs but turned out to be much better survivors, a new evolutionary study has shown. Today, there are an estimated 350,000 known species of beetle on Earth, and probably several million more yet to be discovered, say scientists. The insects account for about a quarter of all life forms on the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The vice presidential candidate of a major political party in America apparently believes dinosaurs and men once walked the earth at the same time. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers. The team used a technique known as radiometric dating to show the Grand Canyon may have formed more than 55 million years ago, pushing back its assumed origins by 40 million to 50 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A dinosaur skeleton found 24 years ago in Montana has finally been identified as a new species that links North American dinosaurs with Asian dinosaurs. The dinosaur would have weighed 30 to 40 pounds, walked on two feet and stood about three feet tall. The fossil came from sediment that's about 80 million years old. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Far from becoming extinct 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs actually co-existed with early humans and even helped in the construction of the pyramids. This is the word of Vince Fenech, Evangelist pastor and director of a fully licensed, State-approved Creationist institution which admits children aged between four and 18. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

Scientists have discovered what they believe is an eight-armed creature, which colonised a large section of the world's oceans over 300 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new analysis of the dental fossils of human ancestors suggests that Asian populations played a larger role than Africans in colonizing Europe millions of years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Extinction is bad enough but now nearly a third of existing dinosaur species may have never existed in the first place. New analysis shows that baby dinosaurs may not have been physically similar just smaller version of adults. They may have looked quite different as they got older. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Paleontologists have long known that dinosaurs had tiny brains, but they had no idea the beasts were such airheads.

A new study by Ohio University researchers Lawrence Witmer and Ryan Ridgely found that dinosaurs had more air cavities in their heads than expected. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A crow-sized reptile sporting a lengthy tail likely soared through the skies some 160 million years ago, snatching feathered dinosaurs and tiny flying mammals from the air, suggest fossils of a newly identified pterosaur. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

The famous sequence that shows the evolution of man from knuckle-dragging ape to an upright human may be flawed, a new study has revealed. Researchers who examined the wrist bones of several primate species believe our early human ancestors never used their knuckles to walk like gorillas. Instead they evolved from other apes who spent most of their time in trees and descended to the ground uprig... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Scientists thought they’d never know what colors the dinosaurs were. It's been discovered that melanin granules survived in their original shapes and patterns, which can be compared with existing feathers to determine their original color.

This may allow us to predict the colors of many dinosaurs. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Asteroid impacts or massive volcanic flows might have occurred around the time dinosaurs became extinct, but a new book argues that the mightiest creatures the world has ever known may have been brought down by a tiny, much less dramatic force - biting, disease-carrying insects. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A showcase where artists and comedians can come together and make pictures of... dinosaurs f**king robots... with inspirational phrases.

Ahhhh, the wonders of the Interwebs picked by DoggyLives 9 months ago

Fossilized dinosaurs often have wide-open mouths, heads thrown back and tails that curve toward the head. Paleontologists have long assumed the dinosaurs died in water and the currents drifted the bones into that position. This doesn't make any sense to veterinarian, Cynthia Marshall Faux. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Teen sex, it turns out, is an issue at least as old as the dinosaurs. Scientists have found inside the fossilized bones of three different types of dinosaurs the remains of a special type of calcium-rich bone tissue that forms just before egg-laying to enable pregnant female to produce eggshells. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This image is from Ta Prohm Temple, located in what is now the Cambodian jungle, and built in 1186. Carvings on it seem to suggest that dinosaurs were a part of the locals' life. picked by cactushair 9 months ago

A student has identified a new species of flying grasshopper which lived 115m years ago. Sam Heads, a PhD research student, was examining fossils from a German museum labelled as 'stick insects'. But he knew immediately he was in fact looking at an ancient ancestor of the modern grasshopper. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The suddenness with which so many species vanished after the 65-million-year mark always suggested a single cataclysmic event, and the 1978 discovery of a 112-mi., 65-million-year-old crater off the Yucatán peninsula near the town of Chicxulub seemed to seal the deal. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago