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Exceptionally Preserved Fossil Find Suggests All Dinosaurs May Have Been Feathered (July 2, 2012): A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered in southern Germany.

Iowa Man Discovers Mammoth Bones in Backyard (June 6, 2012): ABC News reports that an Iowa man, named John, has been digging up the bones of a prehistoric mammoth in his backyard since 2010.

Impressive Tyrannosaurus Bataar Fossil Going Up for Auction Sunday (May 16, 2012): An impressive T.

Duck-billed Dinosaurs Endured Long, Dark Polar Winters Say Scientists (May 14, 2012): Researchers have discovered that duck-billed dinosaurs, known as hadrosaurs, opted to endure long, dark polar winters instead of migrating to more southern latitudes.

Dinosaur Flatulence May Have Warmed Prehistoric Earth (May 7, 2012): Scientists say gaseous emissions from dinosaurs may have warmed prehistoric Earth.

Doubts Over World's Largest Dinosaur Egg Claim in Chechnya (April 18, 2012): Chechen scientists discovered large smooth elliptical objects in a cliff near a construction site.

Intelligent Dinosaurs May Rule Other Planets Says Scientist (April 11, 2012): Columbia University scientist Ronald Breslow, Ph.

Fossilized Eggs of Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered in Patagonia (April 10, 2012): A 70 million-year-old pocket of fossilized bones and eggs of Bonapartenykus, an enigmatic birdlike dinosaur, has been discovered in Patagonia.

Beautiful Feathered Tyrant: One-Ton Feathered T. Rex Cousin Found in China (April 5, 2012): Three well preserved fossils of a new feathered tyrannosauroid have been discovered in northeastern China.

Scientists Declare Exploding Dinosaur Hypothesis False After Measuring Putrefaction Gases in 100 Human Corpses (March 29, 2012): The 182 million year old fossil of a pregnant ichthyosaur female from Holzmaden (Germany) has puzzled researchers for quite some time.

Smithsonian Channel Builds Life-Size Replica for Titanoboa: Monster Snake Documentary (March 23, 2012): The National Museum of Natural History will feature a life-size replica of Titanoboa, the 2,500-pound, 48-foot-long prehistoric snake that was a fearsome predator during the Paleocene epoch (over 60 million years ago).

Scientists Reconstruct Microraptor, Reveal Dinosaur's Iridescent Plumage (March 9, 2012): The microraptor was a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago.

Giant Fleas Fed on Dinosaurs With Long Serrated Suctorial Siphon (March 1, 2012): Dinosaurs also had to deal with annoying insect pests.

New Study Refutes Idea That Torosaurus and Triceratops Are Same Dinosaur (February 29, 2012): A 2010 study proposed that Triceratops and Torosaurus are both the same species.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Had Most Powerful Bite of Any Terrestrial Animal (February 28, 2012): Research at the University of Liverpool suggests that Tyrannosaurus Rex had the most powerful bite of any living or extinct terrestrial animal.

Video: Scientists Try to Determine Maximum Size of the Biggest Dinosaur (February 11, 2012): Scientists used analysis of dinosaur bone density and computer generated stress simulations to determine how heavy the largest dinosaur could have been.

Pampas Killer Roamed Brazil 250 Million Years Ago (January 16, 2012): A creature that was like a cross between a tiger and a Komodo dragon roamed Brazil 250 million years ago.

Prehistoric Saber-Toothed Predators Had Massive Arms (January 5, 2012): A study published in the journal Paleobiology says prehistoric saber-toothed predators had thick, robust arm bones, which are an indicator of forelimb strength.

Shieldcroc: Ancient Crocodile Had a Large Bony Plate on Its Head (November 7, 2011): An ancient crocodile, dubbed Shieldcroc, had a large shield-like skull.

Researchers Discover Fossil Fragment in London Museum Belonged to Huge Ugly Toothed Pterosaur (October 13, 2011): Researchers have identified a small fossil fragment at the Natural History Museum, London as being part of a pterosaur (Coloborhynchus capito) that was the world's largest toothed pterosaur.

Pregnant Plesiosaur Fossil Provides First Evidence of Live Birth (August 11, 2011): The fossil of a plesiosaur has been discovered to be the fossil of a mother plesiosaur with a developing fetus.

Croc Dog: Species of Ancient Crocodile Had Dog-Shaped Head (July 25, 2011): McGill palaeontology professor Hans Larsson, his graduate student Felipe Montefeltro and Professor Max Langer of the University of Sao Paulo recently discovered a 70 million year old crocodile fossil head that has a dog-like shape.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's New Dinosaur Hall Opens (July 17, 2011): The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has opened its new, 14,000-square-foot Dinosaur Hall.

Wasp Cocoons Found in Dinosaur Egg Fossil (July 16, 2011): Researchers in Argentina have found well preserved fossils of insect cocoons inside 70 million year old fossils of titanosaur sauropod eggs.

Brontomerus Mcintoshi May Have Used Its Powerful Thighs to Kick Predators (May 27, 2011): A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, was recently discovered in Utah, USA.