What colors are dinosaurs? We may be closer to figuring this out. Last week, a team of researchers published the first evidence of color in a fossil bird feather. The scientists hope that eventually their study can give some color to feathered dinosaurs.

No one wants to pass up a good dinosaur story, including us. The press has been all over this story, but I think it’s only the beginning– I can’t wait to find out Velociraptor’s true color.

 

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Get the latest theory on this dome-headed dinosaur from Peter Roopnarine in our Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology on this edition of Science in Action (90 sec)

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

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Peter Roopnarine in our Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology on what has been learned about function from the form of dinosaur fossils on this edition of Science in Action (90 sec)

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

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The North American fossil record of the Jurassic period paints a picture of a very different ecosystem from oceans in other parts of the world explains biologist Carol Tang on this edition of Science in Action (90 sec)

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Kids today are growing up with a different version of dinosaur history than their parents says biologist Carol Tang on this edition of Science in Action (90 sec)

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