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Paleontologists are constantly learning new things about these ancient animals—in fact, scientists find more than 45 new dinosaur species each year! Check back here for all the latest dinosaur news.

Allosaurus lived about 145 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. Part of the theropod family—a group of dinosaurs that ran on two feet—this dino could grow up to 40 feet from head to tail, about …

Read about the dinosaurs uncovered in this story from Nat Geo Kids. Paleontologists are constantly learning new things about these ancient animals—in fact, scientists find more than 45 new dinosaur …

T. rex had a brain about twice as large as other dinosaur noodles, suggesting that it might have been more intelligent, with better vision and sense of smell, than its fellow dinosaurs.

You better beware this dino’s tail.A hungry Allosaurus runs up to Stegosaurus, ready to attack. But as it gets close, Stegosaurus swings its heavy tail, and— whack! One of its thick, pointy spikes drives into …

A dinosaur the size of a four-story building slowly approaches a coniferous tree in what’s now North America. Stretching up its long neck, the creature rips off pine needles and leaves that few other …

Two elephant -size dinosaurs face each other, showing off their long horns and bony neck frills. They’re both strong, fully grown Triceratops, and neither backs down.

Dinosaurs with birdlike qualities like these lived alongside other feathered dinosaurs that couldn’t fly at all, like Velociraptor. But the only dinosaurs that survived the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years …

Scientists first described Anchiornis huxleyi in 2009 after finding a 150- to 160-million-year-old fossil of the dinosaur in northeastern China. The ancient animal, which lived during the Jurassic period, had …