Articles for author: Sameen David

6 Times a Dinosaur Documentary Made a Claim So Wrong That Scientists Wrote Formal Responses

6 Times a Dinosaur Documentary Made a Claim So Wrong That Scientists Wrote Formal Responses

There’s something almost magical about dinosaur documentaries: that mix of science, nostalgia, and CGI spectacle that can make you feel like a kid again. But every so often, a film takes a wild swing at “drama” and ends up missing reality so badly that actual scientists step in, pens (or keyboard fingers) blazing, to set ...

New Research Suggests Some Dinosaurs Possessed Surprisingly Complex Social Structures

New Research Suggests Some Dinosaurs Possessed Surprisingly Complex Social Structures

For most of human history, we pictured dinosaurs as solitary giants, roaming ancient landscapes alone, driven purely by instinct and hunger. The image was almost cinematic in its simplicity. A massive predator. A lumbering herbivore. Nothing in between. Turns out, that picture was completely wrong. New research and fossil discoveries are reshaping everything we thought ...

The Discovery of New Species Continuously Expands Our Understanding of Prehistoric Life

The Discovery of New Species Continuously Expands Our Understanding of Prehistoric Life

Every time a paleontologist brushes the last grain of sediment from an ancient bone, the story of life on Earth shifts a little. Sometimes a lot. You might think we have already mapped out the major chapters of prehistoric history, given the decades of excavations and museum halls filled with towering skeletons. Honestly, that assumption ...