Latest articles by Julio Lacerda

While adult megaherbivores were too large for predators to take down, juvenile mammoths, mastodons, and ground sloths might have fallen prey to packs of sabretooth cats, cave lions and giant hyenas. This balance made sure there was enough plant matter for smaller animals to thrive on during Ice Age North America.

By chemically analyzing fossilized eggshells and comparing them to the surrounding environment, scientists could take a glimpse at some dinosaurs’ body temperatures. They found them to be unlike both reptiles and birds, but rather something in between.

Back in April this year, the Internet was abuzz about a newly announced dinosaur that looked like something straight out of a Tolkien book. It’s been called the “dragon dinosaur” or the “batwing dinosaur” and its wings are truly something we’ve never seen before. But what is it?