A raptorex, a much smaller yet equally terrifying version of T-Rex, was uncovered in China. Dr. Paul Sereno, the lead researcher, talks about this discovery.
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.
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.
In this clip from Assignment Discovery on Discovery Channel, we learn about the force of a T-rex bite. Scientists simulate the Dinosaur tooth piercing a bone.
The Denver area's most common dinosaur fossil is Triceratops who walked the 66-million-year-old Cretaceous forests that once flourished where Coors Field now stands.
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).
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