Dinosaurs
It isn't hard to imagine the world full of dinosaurs, even though these extinct animals haven't walked the earth for millions of years. Learn all about dinosaurs, including early dinosaur discoveries, dinosaur fossils, and dinosaur extinction.
What Was the Most Dangerous Dinosaur in Prehistory?
What Was the Biggest Dinosaur? Here Are the 4 Best Estimates
Who Owns the Rights to a Dinosaur Skeleton?
Barapasaurus
Meet Archaeopteryx, a Feathered Dino With Wings and Teeth
Stegosaurus: Body Like a Bus, Tiny Little Brain
Allosaurus Was a Massive 'Flesh Grazer' and Possible Cannibal
Utahraptor: The Salty Saga of a Killer Dinosaur
Nigersaurus: The 'Mesozoic Cow' With More Than 500 Teeth
How Deinonychus Upended the Way We Look at Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus Rex Was the Tyrant Lizard King
Ankylosaurus: A Tank-like Herbivore With a Killer Club Tail
Triceratops: Facts About the Life and Times of a Three-horned Dinosaur
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The Velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" were roughly the size of humans. In reality, they were about the size of an average turkey.
By Mark Mancini
Types of dinosaurs include the lizard-hipped dinosaurs and the bird-hipped divisions of dinosaurs. Both of these types of dinosaurs probably shared a common ancestor during the Middle Triassic. How else are these dinosaurs related?
By Mack Hayden
Barapasaurus is named for a word meaning "big leg" in a local dialect in central India. This large dinosaur was a herbivore with large flat teeth that are ideal for cutting or crushing vegetation. What did this dinosaur look like?
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Perhaps no other beast has been more wildly mischaracterized in popular culture than the crested predator Dilophosaurus.
By Mark Mancini