Laser-stimulated fluorescence shines a light on the hunt for dinosaurs

Once thought to be terrifying, scaly lizards, it now seems dinosaurs were actually more like birds. But not everyone's ready to accept their new image, writes Mary Colwell.

Many extinct creatures, including killer theropod dinosaurs like the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex , had serrated teeth, with jagged cutting edges to help them chew through flesh. Some years ago scientists noticed that theropods also had some unusual structures inside their teeth: interconnected cracks and voids that many thought must have been wear and tear from the act of eating hard stuff, like bones.

Following the release of Monsters University, many moviegoers became worried that Pixar might have finally lost its magic touch.

A dinosaur's name says something about the dinosaur itself. They are grouped together according to similarities they share, which also indicates their ancestral relationships to one another.

Researchers have discovered a new predatory dinosaur with a big body, short arms, and multiple layers of large feathers. And it roamed Early Cretaceous China 125 million years ago.  The Liaoning Province of northeastern China is famous for its feathered dinosaur discoveries. In the last two decades, thousands of exceptionally preserved, downy-covered specimens have been uncovered here, and they work together to illustrate the evolutionary transition from carnivorous dinosaurs to birds.

Scared of shark attacks? Be grateful you didn't live in the Meozoic.

Paleontologists are gathering evidence that may help crack the 148-million-year-old mystery, including signs of poisoned predators.

Reviving dinosaurs from ancient DNA will never happen, but real-life genetic engineering is turning birds more dino-like.

The dinosaur's horns were key to mating

Who's that guy hauling ass while grabbing his margaritas? Is he "wasted away again in Margaritaville" or about to get wasted?

Therizinosaurus, the Edward Scissorhands of dinosaurs, is a popular contender.

Paleontologists in South Africa have announced the name for a new dinosaur species, but they didn't have to do any digging to find the creature's bones.

Twelve years ago, footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs were discovered and excavated in a quarry near Goslar. Paleontologists have now created a three-dimensional digital model based on photographs of the excavation. The reconstruction of the discovery site suggests that carnivorous dinosaurs hunted herbivorous island-dwelling dinosaurs about 154 million years ago. They believe the predators could have immigrated via a land bridge as sea levels dropped.

These dinosuars are scarier than any from the movies - because they really existed.

One scientist has told Newsbeat that he thinks it's a shame Jurassic World doesn't include any new discoveries made in the world of dinosaurs since the first film came out in 1993.

Sorry Google, dinosaurs are not an indoctrination tool used by “evolutionists.” But right now, that’s what you’re told if you search “what happened to the dinosaurs.” This claim comes via Google’s highlighted, pullout result—which appears prominently in a box at the top of the results page—sourced from answersingenesis.com, a Christian website that attempts to use Genesis to debunk established science. The site also claims that dinosaurs were created by God on the sixth day...