WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years ...

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For these Jurassic predators, cannibalism was 'definitely on the table' in desperate times, researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Fossils found covered with ancient bite marks suggest at least one type of large dinosaur was in such dire straits, it began dining on members of its own species. A remarkable 29 percent of 2,368 ...

One of the most impressively complete dinosaur fossils ever recovered is getting an autopsy. Big Al the Allosaurus, a 150-million-year-old resident of Wyoming, recovered 30 years ago and currently 95% ...

One of the things that really bugs me about the Jurassic Park movies is the prominent role given to Tyrannosaurus rex—a dinosaur that didn’t appear until the ensuing Cretaceous period. I am therefore ...

The 155-million-year-old specimen was headless until a radiation detector located the skeleton's skull. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...