Latest articles by Nick Garland

Despite being one of the most forbidding places on Earth, the area now occupied by the Gobi Desert was once host to a dizzying array of plants and animals. Some of the most unexpected dinosaurs have been found locked in the red rocks of this arid corner of Mongolia.

Wandering an arid region of the ancient supercontinent of Pangea about 260 million years ago, the pre-reptile Bunostegos akokanensis is the oldest known creature to have walked upright on all fours, according to a newly published study.

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?