The truth is, no one really knows how dinosaurs became extinct. We know that it is not normal for a whole group of animals to die out at once, and there are lots and lots of ideas about why this happened. A lot of scientists think that there was a big meteorite that smashed into …
While some dinosaurs liked to be alone most of the time, there were other dinosaurs who always wanted to be with each other! These dinosaurs who liked to be with their friends usually stayed together for a reason. Sometimes, these groups of dinosaurs stayed together to hunt. Other times, they stayed together for protection. And …
We all know that some dinosaurs were really, really big, but have you ever wondered why? Nowadays, the only animals that come close to being as big as dinosaurs are whales, and there have never been animals outside the ocean who grew as big as dinosaurs. Paleontologists think that one of the reasons dinosaurs grew …
Dinosaurs didn’t talk the same way you and I do, but like all animals they had their own ways of communicating. All dinosaurs probably used body language to tell others what they were thinking, especially when a boy dinosaur liked a girl dinosaur or when one dinosaur was angry at another, but some dinosaurs probably communicated …
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to have a hungry T. Rex chasing you? Well, believe it or not, there is actually a chance you would have been able to get away! Some scientists think that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was no faster than a person. Of course…there are other scientists who think …
You might wonder how long a dinosaur lived. If you wonder this, you are not alone! Scientists have spent a bunch of time trying to answer this question, but a final answer depends on a lot of different things. One of the things we still don’t know about dinosaurs is whether they were warm-blooded or …
You might be wondering how many different types of dinosaurs there were. This is a very good question, but one problem in answering this question is that we’re not even sure how many dinosaurs we know of! About 700 species of dinosaurs have been named, but some scientists think that we only know of about …
All animals need warmth inside their bodies if they want to stay alive. While some animals, like dogs and birds and even people, can keep their insides warm even when it’s cold outside, there are other animals, like lizards and snakes who have to use the sun and air to keep their insides warm! Some …
We don’t know what dinosaurs called each other when they were still walking around on Earth, but we certainly know what we call them nowadays. And let’s face it, some of the names sound downright funny! Triceratops? Pterodactyl? Where in the world did these names come from! Well, these names came from all sorts of …
You’ve probably seen at least one drawing of dinosaurs that shows a Stegosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus standing close by each other, but…you know what? Stegosauruses and Tyrannosauruses lived millions of years apart. In fact, the time between the T-Rex and the stegosaurus is even bigger than the time between the T-Rex and you! The three …
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