Dino Quest
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Why dinosaurs never dragged their tails with Pasha van Bijlert
October 5, 2026 · 33 minA dinosaur’s tail could be a third of the whole animal, about as heavy to lug around as a concrete block, and for well over a century people drew dinosaurs dragging theirs along the ground. They didn’t. Palaeontologists have found…
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Life in a super greenhouse with Kirsty Edgar
September 28, 2026 · 31 minThe dinosaurs had around 160 million years on Earth, so there was never just one dinosaur climate. There were deserts, volcanoes and jungles, and there were forests at the North and South Poles, because for most of that time there was no…
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What the thagomizer?! with ReBecca Hunt-Foster
September 21, 2026 · 33 minIf something wants to eat you, you have three options: get so big that knocking you over is not worth the trouble, get fast enough to leave, or make yourself so expensive to attack that nobody bothers. Plenty of dinosaurs took the third…
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Dinosaurs never needed a dentist with Emma Nicholls
September 14, 2026 · 39 minNigersaurus grew around 500 teeth and replaced the whole lot roughly every two weeks. It never brushed them, never had to be careful with them and never once saw a dentist, because there was always another tooth coming up behind. The word…
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Dinosaurs with necks full of air with Mike Taylor
September 7, 2026 · 32 minThe longest neck any animal has ever grown belonged to Mamenchisaurus, and the neck on its own was more than 15 metres, longer than a school bus before you even get to the rest of the dinosaur. Which raises the obvious question: how do you…
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The dinosaurs that ran faster than Usain Bolt with John Hutchinson
August 31, 2026 · 30 minDinosaurs ruled for 160 million years, and the thing that made them a runaway success was where their legs went. Not out to the side like a crocodile, but straight down underneath them, a stance that costs less energy and frees the arms up…
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This is Dino Quest
August 24, 2026 · 1 minLegs that could outrun the fastest human alive. A neck longer than a double-decker bus. A tail people were once sure could crack like a whip. Every week Lauren and Cassius dig up one brand new, completely true fact about dinosaurs, and use…