A Dinosaur’s True Colors

Last week, scientists discovered partial pigmentation in a dinosaur fossil, proving that their subject had orange feather-like fuzz. This week, another group of scientists decoded the full-body coloration of another dinosaur, the Anchiornis huxleyi. After decade of speculation, we finally know what a dinosaur actually looked like, and I’m totally not scared of it. Look [...more]

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Feb 15 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss