For millions of years of existence, dinosaurs' extinction was not as a result of their size, strength, or ferocity, but because the way their eggs were formed was a disadvantage to the species. Today, ...

What do we really know about how oviraptors—bird-like but flightless dinosaurs—hatched their eggs? Did they use environmental heat, like crocodiles, or body heat from an adult, like birds? In a new ...

Dinosaurs hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, according to new research. The study suggests that – unlike modern birds – the now extinct reptiles may have used the sun’s warmth to help ...

Scientists recreated a life-size oviraptor nest to understand how these dinosaurs hatched their eggs. Their experiments showed the parent likely couldn’t heat all the eggs directly, meaning sunlight ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

The largest dinosaurs that ever lived were able to reproduce at high latitudes — or regions far from the equator — and came up with a clever strategy to keep their eggs warm, a study of a trove of ...

Research using dinosaur body model suggests that – unlike modern birds – bird-like dinosaurs may have used the sun’s warmth to help hatch eggs, shedding light on the evolution of avian-style ...

A team of researchers recreated a life-size oviraptor nest to investigate how these bird-like dinosaurs incubated their eggs millions of years ago. By combining physical experiments with heat transfer ...