I n looking at a Triceratops skull, your gaze is naturally drawn to its trio of horns. But, nestled between the head horns and the nose horn is another iconic feature: a pair of huge nasal cavities.

Inside Triceratops’ massive snout, researchers uncovered a hidden system that may have helped this giant dinosaur manage body heat.

Triceratops’ massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex nasal ...

Triceratops and similar horned dinosaurs had unusually large nasal cavities compared to most animals. Researchers, including ...

The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest. Paleontologists have long studied its horns and frill, yet the cavernous nasal ...

Triceratops rerouted its nerves and blood vessels through its nose, turning its massive nasal cavity into a system for cooling the brain ...

While Triceratops’ dramatic horns and frill often steal the spotlight, this study shows its oversized nose may have been just as important. Far from being a strange evolutionary accident, the giant ...

Large animals face a constant battle against physics: they generate a lot of body heat that can be difficult to dump. For a dinosaur with a head as large and heavily insulated by bone and keratin as ...

Join paleontologist Harrison Duran in "Unearthing Giants: The Hunt for a Complete Triceratops." Watch as he embarks on an exhilarating journey to uncover a fossilized Triceratops pubis bone and solve ...

Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had exceptionally large nasal cavities compared to most animals. To better understand what filled that space ...

PARIS (AP) — The world's most enormous triceratops skeleton, known as "Big John," has been sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) to a private collector at a Paris auction house. The enormous ...