Tags: Dinosaur

Paleontologists Unearth Washington’s First Dinosaur: An 80 Million-Year-Old Tyrannosaur

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 05.22.2015 13:30 PM

In 2012, a team of paleontologists were scouring the rocky shores of what is today the small island of Sucia, located within Puget Sound, between Washington State and Vancouver Island. On the hunt for prehistoric shells, they inadvertently stumbled upon the bone of a creature never known to have ranged that far north - a dinosaur.

With a Bit of Luck and Inspiration, One 4-Year-Old Boy Found a Dinosaur in Texas

04.11.2015 16:05 PM

Think that you don’t have what it takes to start a career in paleontology, even though your fascination with dinosaurs never ends? Well never fear, news this week reveals that you’re never too old, or too young, to start on the hunt for dinosaurs. And 4-year-old Wylie Brys, of Mansfield, Texas, is proving this sentiment true.

Ancient Croc Ruled North America Before Dinosaurs

03.20.2015 19:55 PM

Scientists have unearthed fossils in North Carolina of a large land-dwelling crocodile that lived about 231 million years ago, walked on its hind legs and was the top land predator before dinosaurs even appeared.

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