Flip a genetic switch and turn a bird into a dino? Not quite, but not so far off either. James Williams gets the story from paleontologist Jack Horner.
Watch where you step! Prehistoric poop is easy to find if you know where to look. James Williams sniffs out the details on what it can tell us about who left it.
For the first time ever, paleontologists are chemically analyzing dinosaur fossils the same day they're excavated from the ground. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why this new technique is so important.
You may not NEED to be a cardiovascular machine with a giant brain and an insatiable curiosity to be a paleontologist ... but it sure helps (according to Mike Rowe, anyway).
As Tim White knows all too well, hunting fossils in the remote, trackless Afar region of Ethiopia is a daunting undertaking that pushes any scientific team to the limits.
Cornell University researchers have published a new study which shows how the toothy, lighting-fast barracuda attacks its prey -- it slices it in half, scissor-style.
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