New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.

A skeletal reconstruction depicting the old, tail-dragging image of Diplodocus. Image from Wikipedia. One century ago, when paleontologists were still just becoming acquainted with the great dinosaurs ...

Scientists have long been trying to reconstruct the appearance of dinosaurs. The tidbits they are able to piece together from fossils and other analysis are displayed in museums, educational materials ...

At about 80 feet long, an adult Diplodocus would have required a huge amount of food to fuel its bulk. But how did these huge dinosaurs actually eat? We know from the anatomy of their skulls, and ...

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The story of our Diplodocus cast goes back more than a hundred years. We take a look back at its long life as one of the best-loved exhibits in the history of the Museum. The Museum's Diplodocus ...

For giant dinosaurs like the 25-ton Diplodocus—an iconic long-necked herbivore—feeding all that flesh was a full-time job. And now we know how the beast did it. An international paleontology team used ...

The young diplodocus 'Andrew' was between two and four years old and about six metres long when it died, during the late Jurassic about 150 million years ago. (Andrey Atuchin) The first baby ...

Sorry Dippy, but your days of scaring the bejesus out of millions of school kids are nearly over. After 35 years of service, the huge skeleton of a Diplodocus is being retired from its leading role at ...

It is the issue that has been on everyone's lips this week. As the Natural History Museum announced it is to move Dippy the Dinosaur to make way for the skeleton of a blue whale, the age old debate on ...