More than a century after Brontosaurus was crossed off the official list of dinosaurs, an international team of paleontologists has restored the iconic name to the evolutionary family tree. It's not ...
It’s important enough that it should at least be called by its right name. Apatosaurus, as it’s been known for about 100 years, just won’t do. “I was always interested in dinosaurs as a kid” who wants ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brontosaurus eating tree, illustration. "They call Brontosaurus 'resurrected,'" Jacques Gauthier, curator of reptiles at the Yale ...
The dinosaur with an identity crisis is standing on its own four legs again. On April 14, the museum will officially re-label its specimen Brontosaurus. YaleNews spoke with Jacques Gauthier, professor ...
It’s the most famous dinosaur that never was — or at least that’s what paleontologists have believed for 112 years. After an exhaustive comparative analysis of over 500 physical characteristics, ...
This week there's word going round that Brontosaurus is back. In fact, though, the name is only back according to one study. One study does not make the entire scientific community change its mind.
During the latter half of the 1980s, when I was just becoming acquainted with dinosaurs, "Brontosaurus" was just on its way out. A few of my books depicted the lumbering dinosaur, and a few museums ...
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This rendering shows Brontosaurus as researchers see it today. New analysis has restored the popular plant-eating dinosaur as belonging to its own genus. (Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy/CC by NC SA) ...
A team of paleontologists led by Emanuel Tschopp at the New University of Lisbon in Portugal has just completed a massive computer analysis of fossils in a group of dinosaurs called Diplodocids. They ...
Scientists may have been too hasty when they did away with the name "brontosaurus" in favor of the name "apatosaurus," according to a study published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ. In ...