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<p>Research teams from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham uncovered nearly 200 dinosaur footprints during a week-long dig. From left to right: Kirsty Edgar, Richard Butler, Duncan Murdock, Alice Roberts, and Emma Nicholls. Picture: University of Birmingham/PA</p>

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Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry

The dig uncovered five extensive trackways, forming part of a ‘dinosaur highway’ – with evidence of more in the surrounding area

<p>Chloe Mai Napier puts finishing touches to a Spinosaurus at the Jurassic Kingdom exhibition in Leazes Park, Newcastle.</p>

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Jurassic Park: Why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on

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‘Giant dinosaur carcasses might have been important food for Jurassic predators’

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Proteins in modern-day feathers also found in dinosaur feathers, new research reveals

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Richard Collins: Baby giant pterosaurs had caring parents

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Triassic herbivores starved to death as diet took toll on teeth, study suggests

Spinosaurs inherited brainpower from ancestors to catch fish

Semi-aquatic dinosaurs which lived 125 million years ago inherited the brain capacity from their ancestors to catch the fish they survived on, according to new research

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study

Large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets so they could have stronger bites, a new study suggests.

Thu, 11 Aug, 2022

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Discoveries of a 'fuzzy raptor' and the missing link fossil, archaeopteryx, have given us ancestral links between birds and reptiles and birds and dinosaurs

Thu, 19 May, 2022

Bone from the wrist of a 68m-year-old Russian dinosaur discovered

Bone, discovered by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, is from an Amurosaurus, a four-legged dinosaur with a duckbill snout that would have been about 6m long

Wed, 02 Mar, 2022

Rise of dinosaurs helped by volcanic eruptions, research suggests

A series of major volcanic eruptions that took place more than 230 million years ago may have driven the rise of dinosaurs, scientists believe.

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

Study shows dinosaurs were in decline up to 10 million years before asteroid hit

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, concludes that this means the reptiles were already in decline before their death was caused by the impact of an asteroid 66m years ago

Tue, 29 Jun, 2021

What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from? Researchers may be close to the answer

Harvard University scientists say a significant fraction of long-period comets originating from the Oort cloud, an icy sphere of debris at the edge of the solar system, can be bumped off course by Jupiter’s gravitational field during orbit

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021

‘Duelling dinosaurs’ fossils donated to museum

The fossil skeletons of two dinosaurs intertwined in what looks like a final death match have been donated to a museum in the US.

Tue, 17 Nov, 2020

Not just splitting hairs: UCC study pushes origin of feathers back 70m years

UCC scientists have discovered that pterosaurs had feathers, pushing the origin of feathers back by 70 million years.

Mon, 17 Dec, 2018

WATCH: This Irish dancing duo adds a t-riffic twist to their routine

Dancing and Dinosaurs make for a surprisingly perfect match.

Mon, 30 Jul, 2018

UCC scientists make new discovery on colours of dinosaurs

Scientists will be forced to rethink their theories on what colours dinosaurs were following a discovery made by an Irish university-led team.

Mon, 23 Jul, 2018

Fire, brimstone, and billions of tons of soot killed the dinosaurs

Dinosaurs met a hellish end as fiery brimstone rained down from the sky and broiled the Earth’s surface after a massive asteroid struck the planet.

Tue, 22 Aug, 2017

Dinosaurs ‘on way out’ 50m years before meteor

Dinosaurs were plodding down the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, say scientists.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2016

Rare footprints of sauropod dinosaurs found in Isle of Skye

Rare footprints of giants that once roamed Scotland have been discovered on the Isle of Skye. They were left around 170m years ago by sauropods, huge plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2015

Dinosaurs ‘wiped out by double disasters’

Dinosaurs were wiped out by a double-whammy disaster caused by a meteor impact followed by a volcanic storm, new evidence has shown.

Fri, 02 Oct, 2015

A ‘lost world of Dinosaurs’ has been discovered in Alaska

Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say US researchers.

Wed, 23 Sep, 2015

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Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry

Jurassic Park: Why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on

‘Giant dinosaur carcasses might have been important food for Jurassic predators’

Proteins in modern-day feathers also found in dinosaur feathers, new research reveals

Richard Collins: Baby giant pterosaurs had caring parents

Triassic herbivores starved to death as diet took toll on teeth, study suggests

Spinosaurs inherited brainpower from ancestors to catch fish

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Bone from the wrist of a 68m-year-old Russian dinosaur discovered

Rise of dinosaurs helped by volcanic eruptions, research suggests

Study shows dinosaurs were in decline up to 10 million years before asteroid hit

What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from? Researchers may be close to the answer

‘Duelling dinosaurs’ fossils donated to museum

Not just splitting hairs: UCC study pushes origin of feathers back 70m years

WATCH: This Irish dancing duo adds a t-riffic twist to their routine

UCC scientists make new discovery on colours of dinosaurs

Fire, brimstone, and billions of tons of soot killed the dinosaurs

Dinosaurs ‘on way out’ 50m years before meteor

Rare footprints of sauropod dinosaurs found in Isle of Skye

Dinosaurs ‘wiped out by double disasters’

A ‘lost world of Dinosaurs’ has been discovered in Alaska

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Dinosaurs

Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry

Jurassic Park: Why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on

‘Giant dinosaur carcasses might have been important food for Jurassic predators’

Proteins in modern-day feathers also found in dinosaur feathers, new research reveals

Richard Collins: Baby giant pterosaurs had caring parents

Triassic herbivores starved to death as diet took toll on teeth, study suggests

Spinosaurs inherited brainpower from ancestors to catch fish

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study

Richard Collins: Are dinosaurs still around today — masquerading as birds?

Bone from the wrist of a 68m-year-old Russian dinosaur discovered

Rise of dinosaurs helped by volcanic eruptions, research suggests

Study shows dinosaurs were in decline up to 10 million years before asteroid hit

What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from? Researchers may be close to the answer

‘Duelling dinosaurs’ fossils donated to museum

Not just splitting hairs: UCC study pushes origin of feathers back 70m years

WATCH: This Irish dancing duo adds a t-riffic twist to their routine

UCC scientists make new discovery on colours of dinosaurs

Fire, brimstone, and billions of tons of soot killed the dinosaurs

Dinosaurs ‘on way out’ 50m years before meteor

Rare footprints of sauropod dinosaurs found in Isle of Skye

Dinosaurs ‘wiped out by double disasters’

A ‘lost world of Dinosaurs’ has been discovered in Alaska

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