In zoology, whoever discovers a new species gets to name it. Normally this isn't a big deal; at this point, the only living animal species being discovered are either some isolated sea slug or some ...

Everybody is familiar with the dinosaur Tryannosaurus rex, but did you know that it was a tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroid? It's true, and you really did read that last line correctly.

When paleontologists announced earlier this month that a mostly complete skeleton of a new species of giant sauropod dinosaur had been discovered in southwestern Patagonia, it was immediately clear ...

Those palaeontologists who name the most new dinosaur species are the least likely to get it right, a survey of nearly two centuries of research has found. The trend is as true for modern researchers ...

The thunder lizard may be reinstated into the dino club. — -- On the edge of the solar system, the dwarf planet Pluto, which knows what it feels like to be banished from an exclusive club, may be ...

Dinosaur names often have a majestic ring to them: King of the Tyrant Lizards, Swift Seizer, Colossal Iguana. The very first scientific dinosaur name was assigned to a one-ton carnivore that likely ...

Those paleontologists who name the most new dinosaur species are the least likely to get it right, a survey of nearly two centuries of research has found. The trend is as true for modern researchers ...

Spinosaurus was named for its long neural spines. What would you call it? Photo by Kabacchi, image from Wikipedia. Dinosaur names are important. Each moniker is a title that encompasses the various ...