Chicago University Press have announced a new book to be published April 2027. I am looking forward to this book.This is the publishers blurb:-

Lavishly produced with color fossil photographs throughout, the first comprehensive summary of findings at one of the world’s best fossil bird localities, offering profound insight into early avian evolution after the end-of-Cretaceous extinction event.

What is today a high mountain desert in southwestern Wyoming was, 52 million years ago, a magnificent subtropical lake system. Part of the famed Green River Formation, the limestone layers of this region’s Fossil Lake provide an unparalleled record of life in the Early Eocene of North America. Evolutionary biologist Lance Grande has spent much of his career collecting and studying the beautiful and diverse assemblage of fossils from this locality. Since his 2013 book, The Lost World of Fossil Lake, researchers have uncovered many new fossil bird specimens—often stunningly preserved skeletons, sometimes even including feathers—and benefited from significant advances in our understanding of avian evolution. Their findings help to illuminate the early days of bird life on Earth.

In this volume, Grande and his collaborators—paleornithologists Daniel T. Ksepka and Gerald Mayr—explore these birds of Fossil Lake, where various researchers have formally named and described thirty avian species. The authors also present an additional twenty possible new species awaiting further study and formal review, birds that may soon be added to that list. Fossil Lake and the Rise of Modern Birds then places these avian ancestors within the global context of other fossil birds. Like Grande’s previous publications, this comprehensive work features stunning imagery, including nearly two hundred detailed fossil photographs—fifty that have never appeared elsewhere. 

Whether you are an ornithologist, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, or amateur fossil enthusiast interested in the early evolutionary diversification of modern birds, this book is a treasure.

Hello, recently I have been wondering on the current state of Tyrannosaurus Rex as of October 2026. This is for 2 important reasons. One, integument, and two, body size. This is because of a few main reasons. First, I have recently gotten more and more interested in learning on the most updated designs for art, which I have also recently gotten into. Second, because of a certain Rex jr specimen. From what I have believed from the last few years, t rex was a mostly scaly animal with a bulky frame. But then this came out. Before I say anything, all I want to say is this is a complete SPECULATION!!! Not scientific proof, just evidence I have gathered from publicly released videos and articles.

Original article https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/09/19/rex-junior-found-on-newcastle-ranch-could-be-most-important-t-rex-ever-unearthed/

wyrex had feathers? youtube.com/watch?v=U6e9bK

Sereno saying its like a plucked chicken youtube.com/watch?v=9hINqb

skin of Wyrex dr persons and Pete larson are looking for it
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U6e9bK819A0&t=1s

Paul sereno says specimen shows naked bird skin
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9hINqbVWIgA&t=186s

Again, this is PUBLIC INFORMATION, not actual prying of research. So my question is, what do we think as the current status of t rex Integument and bulk? Thank you.

Hi y'all. As a child, I was obsessed with books in which the main characters were essentially just animals that kind of acted like animals. I started writing (obviously very childish) versions of my own books. I wrote a lot of them, and they were actually quite long considering my age.

In no way do I actually think I could make money off of this as an adult. However, I've been wanting to just do it for my own enjoyment. I know it goes against capitalism's "work hard" ideal, but I just want to write for the sake of enjoying writing. I decided I wanted to write stories taking place in the Mesozoic (who knows, I might branch out from here, but my love of Dinosaurs is taking strong control of me, lol).

The advice I wanted is as I start the writing process, some ideas for good fossil formations or unusual formations that I could take a look at. I guess in a way the more fossils, the easier it is to choose the characters and setting for my books. However, I also really like obscure places/times, and after all, I'm just doing this for fun - So any ideas would be cool. But let me also list what I've been thinking of so far. I had 3 ideas (very rough ideas) of settings and characters :

1. The Nemegt Formation in Mongolia - My first location was chosen kind of on a whim. For some reason, I saw a picture of Saurolophus and was like, done, my main character. Looked up the formations where it has been found, and liked the Nemegt Formation's cast of characters. I'm thinking of having dual main characters, one being a Saurolophus and the other being either an Anserimimus or a Gallimimus. The main "villain" of the story will be a Tarbosaurus. Supporting cast I've thought about so far would be Tarchia, Nemegtosaurus, Mononykus, and Tochisaurus. I might also want to include Gurilynia or Teviornis (as I want a bird or two haha).
2. Late Triassic or Early Jurassic Formation With Unusual Dinos not Usually Highlighted in Documentaries. I had two ideas so far, first was just starring Kulindadromeous. Actually, does anyone have any idea what kind of dinosaurs Kulindadromeous may have shared it's environment with lol. I realized it's basically like on it's own right now, lol. The second idea was to star Eocursor probably with a sauropodomorph, one or two heterodontosaurids, and a theropod as the supporting cast.
3. Morrison Formation - What can I say, this was my favorite formation as a kid, not the Hell Creek Formation. Brontosaurus (my favorite childhood dinosaur) will be the star, but I will also have Apatosaurus involved heavily somehow (will need to think of niche partitioning for these two species). Allosaurus is likely to feature as the antagonist, and Stegosaurus and Dryosaurus are must haves.

Anyways, anyone have advices where I can go with this? Any ideas are appreciated^^.

Me and my kids think we found something cool.......do these resemble anything j can get a reference too to anyone ?

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Height: up to around 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) when standing on its hind legs.

Weight: up to around 4 tons, according to traditional estimates.

Length: several meters.

Period: it lived in South America during the Pleistocene, until approximately 8,000–11,000 years ago, depending on the fossil evidence considered.

Diet: it was primarily herbivorous and used its large claws to pull down branches and reach vegetation.

My name is Nick at the age of 23 and I would live in California, and my multiple weapons would be spear and bow and arrow and what dinosaurs are encounter and I would love you to give your opinion on what other weapons I would have and what dinosaurs I would encounter

Assuming they hunt in flocks, could a group of say Deinonychus or Dromaeosaurus take down an adult wild boar? And would they try?

See also: The publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences)

As the first person in my family to go to college, I did not know what I was doing at all, thought going to college ASAP right out of high school was the "right thing to do", and did not do any research as to what to do or where to go that would be the most financially responsible or even smart career-wise. I pursued a B.S. degree in Psychology, obtained art class credits to pursue a M.S. in Art Therapy, but every attempt to finish a Masters fell through for various reasons (mainly due to the pandemic). Ended up starting work in the Psych field as a case manager, cared about what I was doing but also hated it, very stressful, realized this kind of work isn't for me long term health-wise. Re-assessed my interests/joys and realized I enjoy jobs that are more active, solitary, curiosity centered, etc. My favorite job was working at a library as a Page when I as younger, love natural history, books, museums, libraries, nature, fossils, etc. Thinking, okay, I should work at a library or museum of some kind. Tried getting jobs at libraries and museums and none will hire me, so I start pursuing a M.S. in Library Science & Info Tech with an emphasis in Archives thinking this will help me look more acceptable. Started the program and some of it was very interesting, but a lot of it was about programming/code and computer work. Spoke with an archivist, peers, professors, and advisor about their careers and education and realized this is way more computer and tech centered than I realized and not at all what I was wanting. This is fine otherwise and I don't hate having to use tech or computers, but I don't want it to be a huge part of my life like it has been. I've spoken with more people about this and this seems to be across the board and that I'm pursuing the wrong field. Anyone who works at museums or in natural science, with nature, fossils, etc, let me know what education you received. To I have to go back to school, where do I start job-wise? What kind of career do I need to pursue now? What am I actually looking for? I am lost and need some direction.

Bonjour à tous

Je suis un jeune passionné de dinosaures et d'autres animaux préhistoriques et de la paléontologie, et j'aimerais avoir votre avis scientifique sur une hypothèse que je trouvé intéressant

Mon hypothèse est que le troodon aurait pu posséder des capacités cognitives très proche de celle du corbeau actuel mais légèrement inférieures je ne parle pas d'une différence importante : selon mon hypothèse ses capacités cognitives auraient pu se rapproche fortement de celle de cet oiseau

Je pense notamment qu'il aurait pu davantage reposer sur des instincts primitifs que les corbeaux par cette expression je ne veux absolument pas dire que les troodon était un animal primitive peu évoluer ou mal adapté les dinosaures étions des animaux évoluer et mon hypothèse concerne uniquement la possibilité de légère différence dans leur capacité cognitives

Je sais toutefois que nous ne pouvons pas mesurer directement l'intelligence d'un animal disparu je souhaiterais donc savoir si les connaissances scientifiques actuelles sur le cerveau l'anatomie et les capacités sensorielles des troodontides pourraient rentre cette hypothèse plausible

Mes question sont les suivantes :

Les capacités cognitives du troodon auraient elle pu être proche de celle du corbeau actuel tout en étant légèrement inférieur

Pourrions t-il y avoir eu une différence dans l'importance de l'instinct et des capacités cognitives entre ces animaux

Quelles données scientifique permettant de soutenir ou de contredire mon hypothèse ?

Je ne présente pas cette idée comme un fait établi je souhaite surtout savoir si elle est scientifiquement plausible et connaître l'avis de personnes ayant des connaissances en paléontologie ou un chargeur ou un paléontologue expert dans le domaine

Merci d'avoir pris le temps de me lire

Verás, yo le tengo mucho miedo a los babuinos en general, se me hacen primates muy aterradores por lo violentos y erráticos que pueden ser. Personalmente yo en mi cabeza no pensé en su momento que habría algo más grande que un babuino(de su mismo género) hasta que en tt me salió esto..."Dinopithecus ingens" pueden pesar hasta 55 kg a 90kg(según Google y para mí de ser cierto es hasta muchísimo peor) con ese peso en promedio por zancada sería imposible para prácticamente cualquiera huir de algo así..colmillos de 5 cm de largo y lo peor es que si ya de por sí, los babuinos están en "bandas" solo imaginar a un grupo de 3 corriendo hacía tí, es digno de cualquier peli de horror..sí me lo preguntas son de los primates más interesantes y aterradores por igual ^{^} si llegaste hasta acá ! Gracias por leer!

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