Imagine being a paleontologist exploring Utah’s Jurassic-aged rocks. Imagine discovering the bones of a 20-meter-long, 20-ton herbivorous dinosaur. Then consider: How could any beast become so big?

Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Among the most famous depictions of ...

The meteor that killed off the likes of Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus missed a few animals. While the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs made room for other species of birds and mammals to evolve ...

Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous sea predators with jaws that ...