With a nearly impenetrable hide covered in spikes, the ankylosaurus was like a dinosaur version of an armored tank. And like any battlefield behemoth, it boasted a fearsome weapon: a bone-crushing ...

Humans tend to rely on crafted tools in order to harm one another, but most other species have evolved weapons right on their bodies. Normally, these bashers, spikes, and other instruments of attack ...

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We're all familiar with those awesome armored giants of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods - Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus - and their amazing, weaponized tails. But why aren't similar weaponized ...

Chilean researchers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of a new species of ankylosaur, a family of heavily armored dinosaurs, whose uniquely weaponized tail undoubtedly struck fear in the hearts of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most impressive weapons to appear during the dinosaur arms race of the Cretaceous Period was the big bony tail club wielded by some members of a group of tank-like ...

In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Chilean researchers announced the discovery of a new species of ankylosaur, a family of dinosaurs known for their heavy armour, from subantarctic Chile. The ...

Fossils of a new genus and species of an ankylosaurid dinosaur--Akainacephalus johnsoni-- have been unearthed in the Kaiparowits Formation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), in ...

In a study covering 300 million years of evolutionary history, researchers have found four necessary components to tail weapon development: size, armor, herbivory and thoracic stiffness. We're all ...

While ankylosaurs are already known for their armor and club tails, this specimen from South America had a unique way of fighting predators. By Asher Elbein It’s not every day you find a dinosaur that ...