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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovery Labelled “Mind-Blowing” By Scientists
12 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Incredible discoveries made at a unique North Dakota fossil site have been stacking up, including something that NASA described as “mind-blowing”.
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Attenborough Delivers One For The Dinosaur Lovers [Trailer]
28 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The combination of new research and stunning special effects makes this a must-watch for those with an interest in dinosaurs.
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Get A Load Of The Largest Jurassic Winged Reptile Fossil
23 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A newly discovered fossil specimen found on the wave-battered coastline of Scotland’s Isle of Skye is the largest winged reptile from the Jurassic Period ever found.
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All Your Favourite Dinosaurs In Five-Minute Taste Of ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ [Video]
26 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The prologue video released by Universal Pictures begins by travelling back 65 million years to the age of the dinosaurs.
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Even Dinosaurs Are Speaking Out About The Climate Crisis [Video]
02 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Ahead of the decisions that will be finalised at the COP26, the United Nations released a new video campaign that sees an extinct species trying to knock some sense into us humans.
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The Going Rate For A T. Rex Skeleton Has Gone Up Substantially
08 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons don’t come up on auction all that often, which is just one of the reasons why Stan went for such a hefty fee.
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Cape Town 400 Million Years Ago – This Interactive Globe Is Awesome
04 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A former Google engineer has developed a map that can track 750 million years of the world’s history.
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Some Bad News For Loch Ness Monster Believers
24 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
People from around the world travel to Scotland in the hopes of catching a glimpse of ‘Nessie’. That doesn’t seem too likely to happen.
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Stop It – They’ve Found The Biggest Dinosaur Footprint Ever
04 Oct 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Over in the Gobi desert, the largest fossilised footprint ever has been found. This provides more insight into the world that existed on earth before our time.
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You Wanna Build Your Own Jurassic World? It Won’t Come Cheap [Video]
17 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
As the Jurassic World hype continues to dominate movie talk, some clever folks decided to find out how much it would cost to emulate. Spoiler alert – it won’t come cheap.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Jurassic World
11 Jun 2015 by SPLING / No Comments
Jurassic World is one of those movie sequel throwbacks that channels ’90s nostalgia and theme park curiosity into a weird tribute to dinosaurs. We’re living in an age where films like Sharknado have an audience, which helps explain the theme park roller-coaster ride meets Jurassic Park tribute tone of Jurassic World.
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Could They Hatch? Check Out These Massive Dinosaur Eggs They Found In China [Video]
23 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s not every day you come across some giant prehistoric eggs, which is why this discovery in China has both scientists and dinosaur lovers very excited.
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Ok Here’s The Official Trailer For Jurassic World [Video]
26 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when no glass of water could be left un-rippled on any surface? When there was nothing more fun than slamming your hands on the table and pretending to be t-rex to your younger siblings…
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They Found This Dinosaur That Weights 7 Times T-Rex
05 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A massive dinosaur has been excavated in Patagonia. Measuring in at 12 times the size of an elephant, he could have trodden on T-Rex whilst looking for some fresh leaves to snack on, and not even noticed.
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Frozen In Time – 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp Caught In Amber
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ever since the first screening of Jurassic Park, everyone has dreamt of finding that elusive chunk of amber that contains an intact specimen of some prehistoric insect that would hold the key to bringing dinosaurs back. Although they haven’t found quite that, a team of researchers has found something nearly as fascinating.
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South African Fossil Reveals New Dinosaur Species
04 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new species of dinosaur has been unveiled – the Pegomastax africanus, a 200-million-year-old dinosaur – and it is the subject of a new peer-reviewed research paper in the journal ZooKeys. The fossils were discovered in South Africa (around and in Lesotho) 50 years ago.
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Is This Billionaire Actually Going To Try To Clone A Dinosaur?
02 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer may be on his way to ignoring the single most important movie lesson ever taught – don’t clone extinct animals. Sources close to the man have allegedly claimed that he is in deep talks with the people who cloned Dolly the sheep to bring a dinosaur back into existence.
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Jurassic Park Four Is A Thing That Is Happening
22 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been more than a decade since the last Jurassic Park sequel, and Spielberg’s royalty checks are starting to run a little dry, so writers have been hired to develop the script for Jurassic Park 4, taking it in a ‘completely different direction.’ So long as that direction still involves cloned dinosaurs and lots of money.
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Jurassic Park Scientist Plans To Turn A Chicken Into A T-Rex
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When reversing genetics in an attempt to create a real, live, man-eating dinosaur, it pays to know what the consequences may be. In this case, being the paleontologist who advised Steven Spielberg on the making of four Jurassic Park movies and decades of children’s nightmares about killer lizards should just about cover it.
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The National Party Is Back – Can Like To Have Cape Town
14 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The National Party is back, baby. Wake up and smell the freshly-opened emotional wounds, followed by a faint whiff of “too soon”. Their self-proclaimed goal is to unseat the DA in the forthcoming municipal elections. Good to see that they’ve developed a sense of humour in the wilderness of Democracy.
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Utah Archeologists Discover New Dinosaur – ‘Thunder Thighs’
24 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, scientists. You discover an entirely new species of dinosaur on a quarry dig, and then you come up with a name for it that non-scientist people use to insult hefty folk with. I mean sure, you use the fancy Latin Brontomerus mcintoshi, but Thunder Thighs is the sort of thing people remember.
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Ready For Spielberg’s Latest Prehistoric Epic?
09 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Where were you when you first saw the epic that is Jurassic Park? How old were you? Well if you’re like me you’ll be fired up to hear that Spielberg is bringing a new series to us this year. And yes, those prehistoric beasts known as the dinosaurs will feature. Wicked.
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HIPSTER DINOSAURS: PICTURES OF HOW WE ALL FEEL
31 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Some of you studied at UCT. Some of you may have even been forced to make forays to UCT’s Hiddingh Campus, AKA Hipster-Central. I remember those brief, but terrifying outings. The Hipsters. They’re so, so much cleverer than us. They talk about Nietzsche and Kant, and judge me when I reply by telling them not […]
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STEVEN SPIELBERG AND HIS DINOSAUR CRONIES LIED TO US
30 Jul 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So it turns out that most of what we know about dinosaurs is lies. ALL LIES. And Steven Spielberg seduced us with deception in the greatest movie of all time, Jurassic Park. If you’re not keen on having your childhood memories of triceratops and all his mates shattered, then don’t read on. If you value […]
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TALIBANNOSAURUS REX
19 May 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Looks like a regular sci-fi action/adventure with tough guys, hot chicks, glocks and carnivorous and impossibly clever dinosaurs, right? WRONG!
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