Articles for author: Lovely Aquino

Extinction Events and Ecosystem Resilience

Extinction Events as Evolutionary Opportunities for Dinosaurs

Picture this: a world where death becomes the ultimate teacher, where catastrophic events that wipe out entire species actually pave the way for incredible evolutionary breakthroughs. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the remarkable story of how dinosaurs turned some of Earth’s most devastating extinction events into golden opportunities for innovation and diversification. For over ...

The Herbivore Response: Size and Numbers

C4 What? The Type of Grass Dinosaurs Never Tasted

Picture this: a towering Triceratops grazing peacefully in a lush meadow, its massive head lowering to chomp on what looks like ordinary grass. But here’s the mind-bending truth that would make any paleontologist’s jaw drop – that grass you’re imagining simply didn’t exist during the Age of Dinosaurs. The grasses that blanket our modern world ...

Raptor Revolution: Meet the Feathered Predators of the Late Cretaceous

Life Among Raptors: How Prey Adapted to Feathered Predators

Imagine a world where death comes from above on silent wings, where every shadow could hide a feathered killer, and where survival depends on split-second decisions. This was the reality for countless species during the age of dinosaurs, when raptors ruled the skies and stalked the earth with deadly precision. The story of how prey ...

Jurassic Park

How Accurate Was Jurassic Park? A Scene-by-Scene Breakdown

When Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park roared onto screens in 1993, it didn’t just revolutionize cinema—it shaped how an entire generation imagined dinosaurs. The film’s groundbreaking special effects and Michael Crichton’s meticulously researched source material created prehistoric creatures that felt startlingly real. But how much of what we saw was actual science, and how much was ...