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Leaping lizards, dinosaurs have a message for robots: Get a tail

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, biologists and engineers including undergraduate and graduate students studied how lizards manage to leap successfully even when they slip and stumble, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

T. rex was bigger than thought: study

The iconic T. rex dinosaur grew bigger and faster than previously estimated, according to new methods based on actual skeletons instead of scale models, British and US scientists said Wednesday.

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

New US exhibit probes dinosaur mysteries

Dinosaurs have captivated the public for decades, but a new US exhibit aims to show that there is still much about the giant reptiles that baffles experts and amateurs alike.

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created Jul 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Body temperatures of dinosaurs measured for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists ...

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Leaping roach, 'T-rex' leech among new species

A jumping cockroach, a glow-in-the-dark fungus, a rust-eating bacterium and a leech named "T-rex" were among the top 10 new species discovered in the world last year, US scientists said Monday. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Immature skull led young Tyrannosaurs to rely on speed, agility to catch prey

While adult tyrannosaurs wielded power and size to kill large prey, youngsters used agility to hunt smaller game.

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Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China.

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No leftovers for T. rex

T.rex hunted like a lion, rather than regularly scavenging like a hyena, reveals new research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

What did T. rex eat? Each other

It turns out that the undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, didn't just eat other dinosaurs but also each other. Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have found bite marks on the ...

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created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

The new T. rex: A leech with an affinity for noses

A new leech species with ferociously large teeth -- recently discovered in noses of children that swam in Peruvian rivers -- is providing insight into the evolutionary relationships among all the leeches that ...

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Scientists find first ever southern tyrannosaur dinosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Cambridge, London and Melbourne have found the first ever evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs existed in the southern continents. They identified a hip bone found at Dinosaur ...

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Scientists Discover New Species of Tyrannosaur

New Mexico is known for amazing local cuisine, Aztec ruins and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In the January issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, paleontologists Thomas Williamson of the Ne ...

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Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

(AP) -- The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River.

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Fossils shake dinosaur family tree

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and ...

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

T.rex's oldest ancestor identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of the oldest-known relative of T.rex have been identified, more than 100 years after being pulled out of a Gloucestershire reservoir, according to research published in the Zoological Jo ...

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