https://www.scmp.com/rss/325333/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One of the most delightful modern discoveries is the realization that dinosaurs still roam our planet. We just call them birds.  For every adult who was once a dinosaur-obsessed 8-year-old kid, we can thank Professor Xu Xing, a Chinese paleontologist and one of the world’s most prolific dinosaur hunters.  He is on a mission to broaden our mental images of dinosaurs and improve the popularity of all dinosaurs -- not just the famous species.  “If you ask kids about their favorite dinosaurs, they... https://www.scmp.com/science/meet-man-who-put-feathers-dinosaurs/article/3038200?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/science/meet-man-who-put-feathers-dinosaurs/article/3038200?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:00:24 +0000 The discovery of dozens of dinosaur footprints in eastern China could be evidence that the carnivorous beasts that inspired the raptors in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World film franchises once roamed the country in large groups, researchers have said. Scientists have been studying about 70 prints believed to have been made by Deinonychus antirrhopus, and hundreds more by other species, in a mountainous region of Tancheng county in Shandong province for more than a year, according to various... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2151471/did-stars-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-once-roam-packs-around?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2151471/did-stars-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-once-roam-packs-around?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:14:48 +0000 You’ve seen computer-generated versions in the Jurassic Park films, you may have seen models in museums or theme parks, but an exhibit that opened in Paris on Wednesday lets visitors come face-to-face with the real thing: a genuine Tyrannosaurus rex. With her enormous teeth frozen in a sinister grin, “Trix” is the first real T.rex skeleton to go on display in France, according to the National Museum of Natural History. Italian fashion house Gucci moves show to Paris in one-off homage One of the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2149685/paris-grips-real-life-67-million-year-old-tyrannosaurus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2149685/paris-grips-real-life-67-million-year-old-tyrannosaurus?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Jun 2018 08:02:52 +0000 The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than €2 million (US$2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. The bones of what scientists believe to be “probably a new species” of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a dig in Wyoming in the United States in 2013. The 150-million-year-old skeleton, which is 70 per cent intact, was snapped up by an unnamed French art collector, who promised that the specimen will be lent to a museum. The dinosaur, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2149247/rare-dinosaur-skeleton-sells-more-us2-million-auction-promise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2149247/rare-dinosaur-skeleton-sells-more-us2-million-auction-promise?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:08:21 +0000 The skeletons of an allosaurus and a diplodocus are up for auction in Paris this week, marketed as hip interior design objects – for those with big enough living rooms. “The fossil market is no longer just for scientists,” said Iacopo Briano of Binoche et Giquello, the auction house that is putting the two dinosaurs under the hammer on Wednesday. “Dinosaurs have become cool, trendy – real objects of decoration, like paintings,” the Italian expert said, citing Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2141023/dinosaur-skeletons-are-sale-paris-massive-living-room-not-included?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2141023/dinosaur-skeletons-are-sale-paris-massive-living-room-not-included?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Apr 2018 04:39:00 +0000 Introducing Mansourasaurus shahinae, a newly discovered dinosaur from Egypt. It’s a big discovery in more ways than one. This dinosaur is a titanosaur, so it belongs to the same group as some of the largest creatures that ever walked the Earth. It’s also Africa’s most complete dinosaur specimen from the late Cretaceous epoch, researchers say. Thanks to its age and location, the researchers are optimistic that it will help them understand the geological and biological links between Africa and the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2131181/dinosaur-egypt-really-big-deal-more-ways-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/2131181/dinosaur-egypt-really-big-deal-more-ways-one?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:53:31 +0000 Vandals have taken a hammer to a 115 million-year-old dinosaur footprint at a world renowned site in Australia, with officials Wednesday slamming the “sad and callous” act. The footprint of the medium-sized theropod was found by palaeontologists in 2006 at Flat Rocks in Victoria state – one of only a handful of polar, or ice-age, dinosaur sites in the world. Last week officials discovered it had been deliberately damaged as they took a school group to see it. “It is sad to think a person or... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2125029/callous-vandals-australia-smash-115-million-year-old-dinosaur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2125029/callous-vandals-australia-smash-115-million-year-old-dinosaur?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Dec 2017 03:34:14 +0000 Ticks, the notorious disease-spreading parasites, have been making life miserable far longer than human beings have walked the Earth. Even dinosaurs felt their blood-sucking wrath. Scientists on Tuesday described a number of ticks, including a previously unknown species that they named after the fictional vampire Dracula, entombed in chunks of amber from Myanmar dating back 99 million years, including one still grasping a feather apparently from a feathered Cretaceous Period dinosaur. One of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2124078/ancient-ticks-engorged-dinosaur-blood-are-found-trapped-amber?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2124078/ancient-ticks-engorged-dinosaur-blood-are-found-trapped-amber?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Dec 2017 02:15:47 +0000 With a bill like a duck but teeth like a crocodile, a swanlike neck and lethal claws, a newly identified dinosaur species looks like something Dr Seuss dreamed up. It also had flippers like a penguin, and while it walked like an ostrich it could also swim. It is the first time swimming ability has been identified in a two-legged, meat-eating dinosaur. The tiny creature, only about 45cm tall, roamed 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia. Its full curled-up skeleton was found in a sandstone... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2123303/ridiculous-looking-dinosaur-resembled-duck-crocodile-swan-and-penguin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2123303/ridiculous-looking-dinosaur-resembled-duck-crocodile-swan-and-penguin?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:58:18 +0000 By Kevin Loria Birds are the modern incarnation of dinosaurs. But some modern birds live in ways that we haven’t observed in the dinosaur kingdom. Ducks, for example, alternate between water and land habitats, able to take advantage of both. Until now, that hadn’t been seen in dinosaurs, but the discovery of a duck-like dinosaur from Mongolia may change that. The new dinosaur, named Halszkaraptor escuilliei, was announced today in the journal Nature. The remarkably complete fossil skeleton that... https://www.scmp.com/tech/science-research/article/2123288/newly-discovered-duck-dinosaur-had-neck-goose-and-claws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/science-research/article/2123288/newly-discovered-duck-dinosaur-had-neck-goose-and-claws?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:00:30 +0000 A raccoon-sized, feather-clad dinosaur that roamed China 130 million years ago shared a distinctive trait with the furry modern mammal that topples trash cans in North America: a stripe across their eyes resembling a bandit mask. Scientists said on Thursday an analysis of fossilised feathers on the dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx revealed a camouflage pattern that included the bandit mask, a light-coloured underbelly, dark-coloured back and a striped tail. Its colour pattern also hinted at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2117285/fuzzy-dinosaur-had-bandit-mask-and-looked-raccoon-crossed-turkey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2117285/fuzzy-dinosaur-had-bandit-mask-and-looked-raccoon-crossed-turkey?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:54:29 +0000