While it is not quite as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, fossilized poop can help paleontologists recreate lost worlds. It can tell scientists what extinct animals like dinosaurs ate, but more ...

As a graduate student, Karen Chin worked on a dinosaur dig site in Montana with the renowned paleontologist Jack Horner. Her job was to cut thin sections from fossilized skeletons in order to analyze ...

An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has analyzed fossilized dinosaur droppings—known as coprolites—to uncover details about the diets and ecological roles of dinosaurs 200 ...

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

There's a lot to be learned from fossilized dinosaur dung. Paleontologist Martin Qvarnstrom and entomologist Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela detail some of their discoveries. Coprolites - they're ancient and ...

Researchers have conducted the largest study ever on dinosaur poo. The findings shed new light on how their diets allowed them to dominate the planet. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports. GEOFF BRUMFIEL, ...

Scientists have analyzed fossilized samples of dinosaur feces to learn more about the ecological influence of dinosaurs about 200 million years ago. In this work, hundreds of samples were tested with ...

“That’s a big poo!” is not the typical “overheard in the museum” entry. And yet, there we were in Orlando Science Center as a kid passed by its fresh new display of fossilized feces. The exhibit is ...

Researchers have conducted the largest study ever on - all right, brace yourself - dinosaur poo. Yeah, no, it sounds a little messy. But as NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports, the findings may shed new ...