The loud crack of a deftly flicked bullwhip can certainly command attention. That distinctive noise is a small sonic boom, generated when the whip’s thin, highly flexible tip exceeds the speed of ...

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(CNN) — Diplodocids were a family of dinosaurs with long necks and, often, even longer tails — some species' tails reached 50 feet in length. They were wide-ranging, but especially flourished in ...

A new discovery of basal sauropod helps dive a little deeper into the purpose behind the tail club. Tail clubs were a rare trait that didn’t survive past the Pleistocene, a period that ended about ...

Big, predatory dinosaurs were well-adapted to stripping flesh from bone. That’s obvious from the shape and size of their teeth. What has been more difficult to determine, however, is how they behaved ...