Tag: "dinosaur"
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints

New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints

World 15:29 07/02/2026

WASHINGTON -- Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying which dinosaur left which track has been notoriously difficult.

New Mexico fossils show dinosaurs thriving just before annihilation

New Mexico fossils show dinosaurs thriving just before annihilation

World 17:16 25/10/2025

A fossil site in New Mexico with numerous dinosaurs, including the gargantuan Alamosaurus, dates to shortly before the asteroid strike that abruptly ended the age of dinosaurs, according to research that underscores that these creatures were still thriving on the eve of destruction.

'Strangest' dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists

'Strangest' dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists

World 10:44 29/08/2025

A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever boasted an elaborate armoury of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature.