The Allosaurus dinosaurs were the scourge of the Jurassic period some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex, but new research finds it may have engaged in cannibalism. Most ...

The hunting allosaurus used its head like a baseball bat, knocking its prey sideways before using its teeth to tear away flesh. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

If the head-axe theory sounds vanishingly implausible to you, fair enough. But this is a legitimate, if disputed, line of scientific inquiry, supported by some eminent paleontologists, and there are a ...

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Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain many years before T. Rex. Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain many years before T. Rex. Dinosaur Train is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Inside Allosaurus bite marks: clues to scavenging and cannibalism when food scarce ...

The remains of dinosaurs are entombed in strata all over the world, but many notable specimens have also been buried in museum collections and obscure bits of technical literature. One such dinosaur, ...

The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more ...

I have an Allosaurus on my arm. Heart of Gold Tattoo artist Jon McAffee put it there a few weeks ago. I think the tattoo—designed for me by friend and artist Glendon Mellow—came out beautifully.

A little more than a year ago, in the corner of a Salt Lake City tattoo parlor spattered with sci-fi ephemera and fantasy art, I watched as artist Jon McAffee inked an Allosaurus onto my arm. The ...