VIDEO: X-rays reveal 200 million-year-old dino secrets
Researchers at Wits University have revealed the results of their multi-year research into 200 million-year-old dinosaur eggs.
[LISTEN] The Science Inside #34 – About elephants, organ transplants and dinosaurs
What do dinosaurs, organ transplants and elephants that detect land mines all have in common? They’re all studied by Wits University scientists! Have a listen to this episode of The Science Inside radio show. The Wits Evolutionary Studies Institute’s Dr Jonah Choiniere tells us about how their new dinosaur find came about. The Chanceplant…
Dinosourusse brul in die Kaap
Met ’n geswaai van sterte, ’n onaardse gebrul en oë wat knip, word ’n mens deur die dinosourusse begroet. Werkers het gister die laaste plante en ligte rondgestoot om die Days of the Dinosaurs-uitstalling reg te kry vir die eerste besoekers vandag. Dié tentoonstelling word tot 20 Augustus deur Huisgenoot, YOU en DRUM in die…
Winged changyuraptor adds feather to SA scientist’s cap
An international team of experts, including Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan from the University of Cape Town, has discovered a small, feathered dinosaur with four wings and a long tail. Discovered in the Liaoning province in China, the 125-million-year-old microraptor sheds light on how dinosaurs flew, long before birds as we know them existed. Enter the changyuraptor…