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Easter eggs from the most South African dinosaur

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 9 Apr 2020

After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus

Jurassic parkour in SA lava fields

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 31 Jan 2020

After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past

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NLC funds breathe life into the West Coast Fossil Park

Article Advertorial - 14 Dec 2018

Funds from the NLC contributed towards the design and construction of of museum and visitors centre and the creation of many visitor experiences

Tyrannosaurus rex, a sexy softie

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Apr 2017

You’d be forgiven for thinking that T rex was all bad. And Hollywood doesn’t help their image.

Climate shift killed off dinosaurs

Article Sipho Kings - 27 Jan 2017

Volcanos and an asteroid released sulphates and carbon, which caused temperature change.

Global freeze helped kill off dinosaurs

Article Sipho Kings - 23 Jan 2017

While warm-blooded animals could adapt to changing temperatures because they regulate their own temperature, cold-blooded dinosaurs could not.

How to unscramble Jurassic eggs

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Jun 2015

Scientists have been cracking the secrets of eggs laid by dinosaurs in the Free State 200-million years ago.

South African dinosaur eggs get ready to hatch their secrets

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jun 2015

Hatched 200 million years ago, studied for over 40 years across several continents, James Kitching's discoveries are yielding scientific dividends.

Giant dinosaurs and super galaxies

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Sep 2014

Scientists turned to digital modelling to study the Dreadnoughtus dinosaur and have finally defined where our galaxy is in the universe.

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Winged changyuraptor adds feather to SA scientist’s cap

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jul 2014

A Capetonian is among the team that has discovered a 125-million-year-old microraptor in China that sheds more light on how dinosaurs ruled the sky.

Fossilised Europasaurus bones discovered in Germany

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Apr 2013

Paleontologists have uncovered over 28 fossilised bones of a Europasaurus, a dinosaur named in honour of Europe, found in the Harz region of Germany.

Palaeontologists discover ‘new’ dinosaur tracks

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2011

Researchers are studying a new field of fossilised dinosaur tracks discovered in Arkansas, including those of a large three-toed predator.

FedEx fossil arrives 300m years late

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Mar 2010

Fossil hunters have named a 300m-year-old amphibian in honour of FedEx, after unearthing the creature on land owned by the company.

Earth Claw dinosaur rises again

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Nov 2009

Scientists have unearthed a new species called Aardonyx on a farm in the Free State, writes Christina Scott.

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