Stephen Fry Narrates The World of Dinosaurs
British actor and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry has narrated this in-depth and iPad-only virtual encyclopedia called Inside the World of Dinosaurs

 

Scrambled Eggs and the Demise of the Dinosaurs
Even when paleontologists began to puzzle over why the dinosaurs vanished, many thought that dinosaurs were inevitably doomed by strange, internal growth factors that made them so large, stupid and ornate that they could not possibly adapt to a changing world 

One dinosaur too many?
The young of modern reptiles resemble miniature adults, but Horner thinks that dinosaurs grew differently, often looking very distinctive at each life stage

The “Duck-billed” Dinosaur That Wasn’t
The title made perfect sense during the early 20th century when these dinosaurs, such as Edmontosaurus and Parasaurolophus, were thought to be amphibious creatures that dabbled in the water for soft plants and escaped into Cretaceous lakes when predators came near

Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia

The Secret of Dino Success
To figure out how the archosauromorphs came to dominate other species, graduate student Roland Sookias of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany and colleagues traced the evolution of body size in therapsids and archosauromorphs 

How To Take a Dinosaur's Temperature
Using a new approach, a team of researchers led by the California Institute of Technology (also known as Caltech) figured out how to take the body temperatures of dinosaurs by analyzing the concentration of certain isotopes preserved in the mineral bioapatite, found in teeth

Feathered Dinosaur Had Black Wings?
To determine the color of the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx, scientists used a scanning electron microscope to analyze a fossilized feather from one of the raven-size creatures

Science museum picks name for dinosaur
After a two-month naming contest, the Buffalo Museum of Science has finally revealed the official name of its new Albertosaurus dinosaur

Some Dinosaurs Used Natural Heat for Their Nests
We know without a doubt that these large sauropod dinosaurs laid eggs, but there is no conceivable way that the gargantuan dinosaurs could have sat on their grapefruit-sized eggs without crushing them all

Walking in the tracks of dinosaurs
Walking on a trail near Moab, Utah, I stepped over some large depressions in the bedrock but quickly stopped and realized that these were more than depressions, these were dinosaur tracks; not the well-defined tracks I had envisioned but what 18-ton creature leaves detailed footprints in the mud

How much longer until we get some friggin' cloned dinosaurs already?
But before resigning ourselves to a decidedly undinosaured fate; there are some faint beacons of hope that may yet result in something resembling a real live rawr-ing dinosaur! 

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DinoPrint Delights
It is rare that I get excited over dinosaur merchandise, as much of it is poorly designed and produced. However I am fortunate enough to be in possession of a large poster of museum quality, produced by a company called DinoPrints.com.

The large posters are a clever and professionally produced collaboration between the US-based company and a leading 3D-artist, specialising in 3d-modeling and character design for movies, video games and illustrations. The artist, Vlad Konstantinov, currently resides in Ryazan, Russia and his detailed work is superb.
The DinoPrint process is a very simple one; choose your 'stead' from Tyrannosaurus Rex, or Spinosaurus. (For those who are not into dinosaurs there is also a Wooly Mammoth option). Then send in a photograph of yourself or your child, seated in a perfect dino-rider pose. Use the online shopping cart to complete your order.

At $US49.95, I find the 24 inches tall by 36 inches wide DinoPrints to be a unique and quality gift idea for anyone with a passion for dinosaurs.
While only those living in the USA can purchase these prints at the moment, the company has global expansion plans which I am sure will be welcomed.
Site visitors are invited to recommend one these three - Triceratops, Pterodactyl, Brontosaurus - for the next print option so check out the site and product for yourself. You won't be disappointed.

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Ancient Dinosaur Nursery
Oldest Nest Site Yet Found Provides first detailed look into complex dino reproduction behaviour.
An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus—revealing significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behaviour in early dinosaurs. The newly unearthed dinosaur nesting ground predates previously known nesting sites by 100 million years, according to study authors.
A new study led by U of T Mississauga paleontologist Robert Reisz, with co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum and a group of international researchers, describes clutches of eggs, many with embryos, as well as tiny dinosaur footprints, providing the oldest known evidence that the hatchlings remained at the nesting site long enough to at least double in size.
At least ten nests have been discovered at several levels at this site, each with up to 34 round eggs in tightly clustered clutches. The distribution of the nests in the sedimentindicate that these early dinosaurs returned repeatedly to this site, indicating nesting fidelity, and likely assembled in groups to lay their eggs, indicating colonial nesting, the oldest known evidence of such behaviour in the fossil record. The large size of the mother, at six metres in length, the small size of the eggs, about six to seven centimeters in diameter, and the highly organized nature of the nest suggest that the mother may have arranged them carefully after she laid them.
The study, co-authored by Drs. Hans-Dieter Sues (Smithsonian Institute, USA), Eric Roberts (James Cook University, Australia), and Adam Yates (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), was published January 23, 2012, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Ultimate Dinosaurs Take Over the ROM
The biggest, strangest and newest dinosaurs discovered in South America, Africa and Madagascar
Forget about the dinosaurs that you know– prepare for a whole new breed of beast!
Opening June 23, 2012, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) launches the world premiere of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana. This exhibition is presented by Raymond James Ltd., one of North America’s leading full-service investment dealers. Some of the largest and most unusual dinosaurs to have ever roamed the planet will be on display until January 6, 2013. In a new exhibition curated, designed and produced by the ROM, these dinosaurs make their first stop in Toronto before embarking on an international tour.
Based on groundbreaking research from scientists around the world, this exhibition reveals bizarre, unusual looking dinosaurs virtually unknown to North Americans because they evolved in isolation in South America, Africa and Madagascar. Ultimate Dinosaurs features three cutting edge Augmented Reality (AR) experiences, used in creative ways to bring these specimens to life and illustrate the story of how a dynamic Earth with drifting continents affected the evolution of dinosaurs, from a Southern perspective. This scientifically rigorous, cutting- edge exhibition is supported by the strength of the Museum’s in-house research and curatorial teams, led by Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology in the department of Natural History at the ROM.
“We’re very excited to present this ROM-produced world premiere, bringing spectacular dinosaur species that have never before been seen in Canada,” said Janet Carding, ROM Director and CEO. “These species are the result of discoveries by some of the world’s leading palaeontologists. The expertise of the ROM’s own curatorial team interprets these stories for everyone, and is pivotal to the exceptional quality of this exhibition.”
Based on groundbreaking research from scientists around the world, this exhibition reveals bizarre, unusual looking dinosaurs virtually unknown to North Americans because they evolved in isolation in South America, Africa and Madagascar. Ultimate Dinosaurs features three cutting edge Augmented Reality (AR) experiences, used in creative ways to bring these specimens to life and illustrate the story of how a dynamic Earth with drifting continents affected the evolution of dinosaurs, from a Southern perspective. This scientifically rigorous, cutting- edge exhibition is supported by the strength of the Museum’s in-house research and curatorial teams, led by Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology in the department of Natural History at the ROM.