Guides

Why did dinosaurs go extinct?Why dinosaurs went extinct: an asteroid about 66 million years ago, dust hid the Sun, the food ran out. Who did not make it, and why birds stayed. Are birds dinosaurs?Birds are dinosaurs: living descendants of small feathered hunters. How Archaeopteryx is like a sparrow, why a crocodile is not a dinosaur, and why Velociraptor had feathers. Pteranodon and Plesiosaurus are not dinosaursPteranodon and Plesiosaurus are not dinosaurs: one flying reptile, one sea reptile. What a dinosaur actually is, and why Spinosaurus in the water still counts. Did T. rex have feathers?Did T. rex have feathers: the skin they found is scaly, not fluffy. Small cousins did have feathers. How to draw it without making it up. Velociraptor was turkey-sized, not person-sizedA real Velociraptor is a big turkey: 2 metres and 15 kilograms. Movies made it as tall as a person. It had feathers. It could not fly. How a fossil is madeHow a fossil is made: the animal died, sand covered it fast, water put stone in the bones. Why almost nobody turns into rock, and why Maiasaura eggs count too. Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous — three ages on one planetTriassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous are three different times. Stegosaurus never met T. rex. Who lived when, and how the ages differ. Can we clone a dinosaur?Can we clone a dinosaur: no. There is bone, not working DNA. A mosquito in amber will not build a park. Birds are already here.