Fossil evidence reveals a surprising diversity in dinosaur parenting. Some species, like Maiasaura, exhibited strong maternal ...
Hard to say no to yummy muffins, no? One of the easiest ways to hide eggs in a kid-loved format is through egg-and-vegetable muffins. Combine beaten eggs with finely chopped vegetables like spinach, ...
Among animals, especially reptiles, there are different textures and compositions of eggshells. First, there are hard shells. Solid and mineralised, they are mainly made of calcium carbonate. These ...
An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the age of fossil-bearing rocks—by directly dating fossilized dinosaur ...
It was in egg-cellent condition. Argentine paleontologists found a real diamond in the rough after happening across a perfectly preserved 70 million-year-old dinosaur egg during an excavation. “It was ...
A popular theme park is closing. That’s good news for dinosaur fans who want their own life-size animatronic attraction. By Dodai Stewart Visuals by Lanna Apisukh The stegosaurus, over 29 feet long ...
It’s hard to imagine that fierce dinosaurs once emerged from small, fragile eggs. And it may be even harder to imagine that some of those eggs, when fossilized, could have been preserved for tens of ...
Dinosaur eggs from China found to be around 86 million years old, according to ‘atomic clock’ dating
A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an “atomic clock” method to date the samples.
Dating dinosaur eggs has always been tricky because traditional methods rely on surrounding rocks or minerals that may have shifted over time. Now, for the first time, scientists have directly dated ...
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