Baby dinosaurs were likely fed more nutritious food than their adult counterparts, a finding that could offer insights into their social evolution, suggests a new study. Paleontologists uncovered this ...
Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise. In new research, my ...
Earliest parental feeding: Fossilized teeth from Maiasaura peeblesorum show adults gave juveniles softer, higher-calorie food, similar to modern birds. Complex social behavior: The discovery suggests ...
Decades of research on Montana's state fossil -- the 'good mother lizard' Maiasaura peeblesorum -- has resulted in the most detailed life history of any dinosaur known Researchers from Oklahoma State ...
Maiasaura was a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, that lived during the late Cretaceous Period. Its name is derived from Greek, “maia” meaning mother or good mother, and “saura” being the feminine ...