Among the fossil hunters who opened our eyes to Earth’s antiquity, none is more justly famed than Mary Anning, who lived in Lyme Regis in Dorset, England, during the early-19th century.
Articles with Dinosaurs
The "Hall of Flat Beasts" at the Natural History Museum, London • Photo by Fernando Losada Rodríguez (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash
Look out for Dinowritersaurus
They call him Dino Don. He is Don Lessem, of Waban, Massachusetts, and he is editor and chief writer of Dino Times, a monthly newspaper for kids about dinosaurs, published by the Dinosaur Society.
Artist's reconstruction of a pterosaur • Matt Van Rooijen (CC BY 2.5)
Cuddly pterodactyls
The June [1989] issue of National Geographic arrived with a stunning, fold-out poster of dinosaurs.
Artist's impression of asteroid impact • Donald E. Davis (Public Domain)
Apocalypse now?
I heard on the radio the other day that a “rocket scientist” had predicted — with the aid of mathematical equations and biblical references — the imminent end of the world.
Hadrosaur skeleton at the Field Museum, Chicago • Photo by Lisa Andres (CC BY 2.0)
Make way for…er, dinosaurs
“Big-Game Hunters From Mars Gunned Down Our Dinosaurs,” screamed the banner in the tabloid at the supermarket checkout counter. The story under the headline described fossilized dinosaur skulls supposedly found in France that are pierced by neat round holes.
Dinosaur tracks in Dinosaur Valley State Park, Texas • Photo by Fredlyfish4 ((CC BY-SA 3.0)
Dinosaurs and creationists
Down on the Paluxy River in Texas, there are fossil footprints of human beings in the stratum of sedimentary rock that bears the tracks of dinosaurs. Or so claim the adherents of some fundamentalist religious groups.
Meteor Crater, Arizona • Photo by USGS/D. Roddy (Public Domain)
Did a meteorite destroy the dinosaurs?
The meteor was traveling through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour when it collided with the earth. It was as big as a house, weighed a hundred thousand tons, and blasted a hole in the ground the size of downtown Boston.