Modern birds share many traits with dinosaurs, including hollow bones and wishbones. Early birds were also better able to survive the cold conditions after the asteroid strike than many reptiles.

The rise of the dinosaurs began in the Triassic. There were already predecessors of modern mammals, and predatory crocodile relatives encountered giant amphibians. Research into the environment ...

That the place of honor should be given to this skeleton of an amphibious dinosaur of the age of reptiles is proper, for it is the first of its kind to be mounted complete. The Museum's ...