All dinosaurs articles
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ResearchMeteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs reset early life
Counterintuitively, impact brought benefits too by providing microorganisms with iron and phosphorus
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ResearchPeptide bond interactions explain collagen’s ‘impossible’ longevity in dinosaur bones
Discovery reveals why bonds are a million times more stable than expected
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ResearchRotting fish experiments reveal how organs fossilise
Most fossils are bones, but individual organs’ biochemistry determines whether they are preserved in rock
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ResearchFossil molecules reveal dinosaurs’ bird-like metabolism
Thioethers preserved in bones show that most dinosaurs were warm-blooded, though T rex may have been particularly sluggish
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ResearchPossible dinosaur DNA discovered in 125-million-year-old fossil
But that doesn’t mean we can clone extinct species Jurassic Park-style
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FeatureIridium and the demise of the dinosaurs
Geochemical clues from the Cretaceous period reveal the final days of the terrible lizards
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ReviewBring back the king: the new science of de-extinction
How and why could scientists resurrect long-dead species?
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FeatureBones of contention
Can protein in dinosaur bones survive for millions of years? Rachel Brazil explores the evidence
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ResearchDinosaur mass extinction may have been triggered by acid rain
Asteroid impact could have produced enough sulfur trioxide to dramatically lower ocean pH
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FeatureColouring in the dinosaur book
Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the rich palette of pigments in fossils, as Emma Stoye discovers