Stegosaurus: Why It Had Back Plates and a Spiked Tail
With its tiny head, towering double row of kite-shaped plates, and a tail bristling with four lethal spikes, Stegosaurus is…
Mesozoic Field Journal • Editorial Dispatches
Stories & Field Dispatches
In-depth natural-history essays, excavation reports, evolutionary milestones, and anatomical life restorations from the Dinosaurs Facts curatorial team.
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Velociraptor: The Truth Behind the Movie Monster
Ask anyone to describe a Velociraptor, and they will almost certainly picture the terrifying creature from the Jurassic Park film…
Triceratops: Why It Had Three Horns and a Huge Frill
For more than a century, popular books and films have depicted Triceratops as nature’s ultimate prehistoric battle tank: an unyielding…
Did T. rex Have Feathers? What the Fossils Really Say
Over the past three decades, popular depictions of Tyrannosaurus rex have swung between two radical extremes. For nearly a century,…
How Big Was a T. rex? Size, Weight and Height Compared
Search the internet for the size of Tyrannosaurus rex, and you will find wildly contradictory numbers. One website claims it…
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Everything You Need to Know About the Tyrant King
No prehistoric animal has captured human imagination quite like Tyrannosaurus rex. Since its formal scientific naming in 1905, the “king…