Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs did show off sexual display to woo mates

 While you must have read about dinosaurs being engaged in “foreplay”, British scientists now reveal that they used large ornamental structures such as horns and head crests in sexual displays and to assert social dominance.

Jan 14, 2016, 12:43 PM IST

Dinosaurs may have been original 'love-birds'

A new research has found that dinosaurs also engaged in mating behavior similar to modern birds.

Jan 08, 2016, 14:57 PM IST

Human race exploded after dinosaurs went extinct

The team studied the early evolution of placental mammals, the group including elephants, sloths, cats, dolphins and humans.

Dec 22, 2015, 13:53 PM IST

Dinosaurs' noses kept their brains cool

The team of researchers has found that dinosaurs used their nasal passages to keep their brains cool.

Oct 29, 2015, 10:21 AM IST

Dinosaurs' nasal passages kept their brains cool

 The large size and shape of nasal passages in dinosaurs would have allowed incoming air to cool the blood making its way to the brain, maintaining the brain at an optimum temperature, a new study has found.

Oct 24, 2015, 12:14 PM IST

Rodent-like mammal survived dinosaur extinction

The discovery of a new fossil has given scientists an insight into how rodent-like mammal survived extinction of dinosaurs.

Oct 05, 2015, 17:19 PM IST

`Duck-billed` dinos once thrived in snowy dark of Alaska

Researchers have discovered a new hadrosaur species on Alaska's North Slope, finding evidence for the "lost world" of the cold weather dinosaurs.

Sep 23, 2015, 12:03 PM IST

Two new 'nesting sites' of dinosaurs found in Madhya Pradesh

A group of researchers has claimed to have found two new 'nesting sites' of dinosaurs in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

Sep 18, 2015, 14:19 PM IST