/channels/taxonomy/term/3785/all en /channels/channels/news/other-paleo-diet-rare-discovery-dinosaur-remains-preserved-its-last-meal-344495 <p><i>Microraptor</i> was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:16:37 +0000 webfull 185553 at /channels /channels/channels/news/extinct-swordfish-shaped-marine-reptile-discovered-335199 <p>A team of international researchers from Canada, Colombia, and Germany has discovered a new marine reptile. The specimen, a stunningly preserved metre-long skull, is one of the last surviving ichthyosaurs – ancient animals that look eerily like living swordfish.</p> Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:33:25 +0000 webfull 175158 at /channels /channels/news/how-birds-got-their-wings-230586 <p>Birds originated from a group of small, meat-eating theropod dinosaurs called maniraptorans sometime around 150 million years ago. Recent findings from around the world show that many maniraptorans were very bird-like, with feathers, hollow bones, small body sizes and high metabolic rates. </p> <p> Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:48:12 +0000 webfull 98755 at /channels