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Spikes, Plates & Thagomizers: The Impressive Stegosaurs
Spikes, Plates & Thagomizers: The Impressive Stegosaurs
Meet the most well-defended dinosaurs of the Jurassic…
Panos Grigorakakis
Oct 1
The Shortest Dinosaur Names
The Shortest Dinosaur Names
Dinosaur names of two syllables or shorter…
Panos Grigorakakis
Sep 15
Saurophaganax: The King of the Jurassic
Saurophaganax: The King of the Jurassic
Meet the true monarch of the Jurassic era…
Panos Grigorakakis
Sep 1
Spinosaurs: The Aberrant Theropods
Spinosaurs: The Aberrant Theropods
Meet some of the weirdest predators of the Mesozoic…
Panos Grigorakakis
Aug 15
Prehistory’s Most Terrifying Reptiles — Excluding Dinosaurs
Prehistory’s Most Terrifying Reptiles — Excluding Dinosaurs
Prehistoric lizards, snakes, and crocodiles that will give you nightmares…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jul 29
5+1 Creatures That Could Actually Kill a T.rex
5+1 Creatures That Could Actually Kill a T.rex
Even the mightiest of predators had adversaries capable of challenging its dominance…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jul 18
Barinasuchus: The Largest Terrestrial Predator of the Cenozoic
Barinasuchus: The Largest Terrestrial Predator of the Cenozoic
Meet the biggest terrestrial carnivore since the age of the dinosaurs…
Panos Grigorakakis
Mar 18
200 Years Ago a Dinosaur was Named for the First Time
200 Years Ago a Dinosaur was Named for the First Time
Scientists named Megalosaurus bucklandii exactly two centuries ago…
Panos Grigorakakis
Mar 7
February Unveiled 5 Awesome New Dinosaur Species
February Unveiled 5 Awesome New Dinosaur Species
Thrilling discoveries from Europe, Asia, and Africa…
Panos Grigorakakis
Mar 2
First Dinosaur Bones May Have Been Discovered in Africa 500 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
First Dinosaur Bones May Have Been Discovered in Africa 500 Years E...
Could Africa be the true birthplace of dinosaur discoveries?
Panos Grigorakakis
Feb 26
Ten Dinosaurs You Should Know From Africa
Ten Dinosaurs You Should Know From Africa
And why they are important…
Panos Grigorakakis
Feb 16
Hadrosaurs: The ‘Duckbills’ of the Cretaceous
Hadrosaurs: The ‘Duckbills’ of the Cretaceous
Meet one of the most successful dinosaur groups of the Mesozoic…
Panos Grigorakakis
Feb 11
Giant Sea Worms and New Tyrannosaurs: Top Discoveries of January ‘24
Giant Sea Worms and New Tyrannosaurs: Top Discoveries of January ‘24
The most important paleontological discoveries of January 2024…
Panos Grigorakakis
Feb 1
Closest T. Rex Relative May Have Been an Even Bigger Predator
Closest T. Rex Relative May Have Been an Even Bigger Predator
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis is a newly identified species of the eponymous T.rex.
Panos Grigorakakis
Jan 17
This is the First Dinosaur to Be Named in 2024 — and It's Huge
This is the First Dinosaur to Be Named in 2024 — and It's Huge
Meet Sidersaura marae from Argentina…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jan 13
New Study Brings “Dwarf” Tyrannosaur Back From Oblivion
New Study Brings “Dwarf” Tyrannosaur Back From Oblivion
The decades-long Nanotyrannus saga takes another turn…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jan 5
Compsognathids: The ‘Tiny-sauruses’ of the Mesozoic
Compsognathids: The ‘Tiny-sauruses’ of the Mesozoic
Meet some of the smallest dinosaurs ever existed…
Panos Grigorakakis
Sep 14, 2022
All Dinosaur Species Described in 2021
All Dinosaur Species Described in 2021
A quick recap of all the dinosaurs found in 2021…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jan 6, 2022
Awesome Prehistoric Creatures Named in 2021
Awesome Prehistoric Creatures Named in 2021
Among them a marine reptile with shark-like teeth…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jan 1, 2022
Awesome New Dinosaurs Named in 2021
Awesome New Dinosaurs Named in 2021
Among them, the “hell heron”, a spinosaurid from the UK…
Panos Grigorakakis
Dec 26, 2021
Exciting Paleontological Discoveries You Probably Missed in September
Exciting Paleontological Discoveries You Probably Missed in September
Scientists from China claimed they have found potential remnants of dinosaur DNA…
Panos Grigorakakis
Oct 11, 2021
Newly Discovered Theropod Was a Terror to Primitive Tyrannosaurs
Newly Discovered Theropod Was a Terror to Primitive Tyrannosaurs
Meet Ulughbegsaurus, the predator that ruled over the ancestors of the famous T.rex…
Panos Grigorakakis
Sep 16, 2021
Was This Iconic Jurassic Dinosaur a Scavenger After All?
Was This Iconic Jurassic Dinosaur a Scavenger After All?
The new perspective of Allosaurus may overturn 150 years of established thought…
Panos Grigorakakis
Sep 12, 2021
Exciting Paleontological Discoveries You Probably Missed in August
Exciting Paleontological Discoveries You Probably Missed in August
Scientists described in detail the integument of Carnotaurus…
Panos Grigorakakis
Aug 29, 2021
Tales of Prehistory Monthly Review — July 2021
Tales of Prehistory Monthly Review — July 2021
Explore exciting stories from July…
Panos Grigorakakis
Jul 31, 2021
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