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