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I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
Did you know a new dinosaur is discovered almost every week?
Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with I Know Dino. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a “dinosaur of the day,” go down Oryctodromeus burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and…
Episodes
- I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior Book Club
We share all our thoughts on the most surprising and interesting parts of David Hone's new book: Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior. Plus a tiny dinosaur with a lot…
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Kelsie Abrams from the Burke Museum
From digging up dinosaur bones to preparing fossils, Kelsie Abrams is involved with fossils from the field to the museum display. She also shares her unique…
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Bonus: Common Descent featuring I Know Dino
David Moscato and Will Harris invited us to join them on the Common Descent podcast earlier this year. We had a great discussion ranging from dinosaurs to…
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100 Years of Velociraptor
Velociraptor (and Oviraptor & Saurornithoides) were named exactly 100 years ago to the day! We're celebrating Velociraptor's 100 year anniversary by going…
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Was Saurophaganax an Allosaurid or a Sauropod?
Plus a new sauropod with a tail club, a potentially new Spinosaurus species, and several more new dinosaurs! For links to every news story, all of the details…
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Bonus: The First Person Struck by a Meteor & The Discovery of Oxygen
Lindsay Graham from History Daily explores the human side of two topics we often discuss on the show: Meteors and Oxygen. On November 30, 1954, Alabama…
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Did Dinosaurs Survive after the Asteroid?
This episode is all about answering listener questions! Ranges from did non-avian dinosaurs live past the K-Pg in what's now New Zealand? Also how to survive…
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A New Stegosaur with Oddly Shaped Feet!
The stegosaur Angustungui has claws similar to Scelidosaurus despite being over 30 million years more recent. Plus a few new non-fiction dinosaur books that…
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New Silesaur and Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs
The new silesaur Gondwanax was named from Southern Brazil and may show a transition between silesaurs and neornithischians; The new tyrannosaurid Labocania…
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Spinosaurus biting, swimming, and walking updates
Spinosaurids had powerful enough jaws and teeth to go after large prey, just not sharp enough to take out bites. Plus, more on the aquatic spinosaurs debate…
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Updates on Dinosaur Growth and Development
Juvenile Daspletosaurus skull bones; Modern birds have high Encephalization Quotients from their non-avian dinosaur ancestors; Dinosaur size estimate problems…
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Evidence that long-necks cared for their young
The sauropodomorph Lufengosaurus appears to have fed its young. Plus two new dinosaurs, a ceratopsian and a titanosaur; Plateosaurus tail injuries; and the…
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What Did Victorians Think of Dinosaurs?
Edward Dolnick joins to discuss how scientists and the general public viewed dinosaurs in the early 1800s. Plus hadrosaurs living in age-separated groups, two…
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A New Allosauroid from Kyrgyzstan
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus was just named from Kyrgyzstan, plus a new abelisaurid from France, and a Triassic dinosaur in Brazil. We also discuss if dinosaur…
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New Sauropods and the Yale Peabody has Reopened!
Susan Butts joins us to explain all the changes and upgrades at the newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum! Plus, new sauropods from Argentina include…
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Asiatyrannus, a T. rex-like Head on a Small Body
Plus teeth from a new tyrannosauroid in northeastern Thailand, a new study on tyrannosaur bite forces, an estimate for the largest ever T. rex, a new fossil…
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Three New Troodontids from Mongolia, China, and Japan
Harenadraco, the sand dragon; Hypnovenator the sleep hunter; and Urbacodon norelli, Norell's URBA-tooth are all recently named troodontids. Plus some new good…
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Stegosaurus is the Most Valuable Dinosaur
A Stegosaurus just sold for over $44 million; A brand new burrowing dinosaur was found in a group; And a new iguanodontian which is the most complete dino…
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The State of Headbutting Science
Some headbutting animals suffer brain damage from the shock; Plus Mississippi has a new most complete dinosaur; Histology can help tell a dinosaur fossil from…
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There's a New Stegosaur in Town!
Baiyinosaurus was one of the earliest stegosaurs ever found (from the Middle Jurassic); Debate on the evolution of the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus; Miragaia…
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Where Triceratops Lived
Plus an interview with Dr. Bruce Rubidge, expert in the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa, plus what we know about Triceratops from a bonebed, the second puzzle…
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A new raptor with potentially cannibalistic bite marks
Plus our first ever Di-Know-It-All puzzle, a new approach on the semi-aquatic Spinosaurus model, what whales and dinosaurs have in common, and more For links…
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Lokiceratops, a mischievous new ceratopsian
Plus, more complexities to the dinosaur extinction and a new green Jurassic sauropod fossil For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about…
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Raptor Renaissance!
This history of dromaeosaurs (better known as raptors). Plus an A to Z guide of the most common dinosaur terms and inside jokes from our first 500 episodes…
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Every Theropod Injury, Plus New Dinosaur Digs!
Over 300 theropod pathologies, a family found a juvenile Tyrannosaurus while hiking, there's a new poo (coprolite) museum, and Marisa Rodriguez joins from…
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Two new dinos! And exploring dinosaurs through language
A new theropod dinosaur, Dornraptor, that wasn't named after Game of Thrones; A new sauropodomorph that was named after a houseboat; and an update on Carthage…
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How to Tell a Tyrannosauroid from a Ceratosaur and a Maniraptoran
We explore the differences between the key groups of theropods. Plus an amazing new Psittacosaurus find; The new Allosaurus type specimen is official; And new…
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Three new dinosaurs including a new Carnotaurus rival
Koleken lived with Carnotaurus, but as far as we know it didn't have horns. Plus a new Masiakasaurus relative Kiyacursor and a new titanosaur named Tiamat…
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Why Dinosaurs? Plus the first dinosaur bones from South America
Tony and James join to discuss the status of their dinosaur documentary. Tietasaura was named from the oldest dinosaur fossils collected in South America. A…
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Tarbosaurus with Phil Currie - remastered
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tarbosaurus, links from Phil Currie, and our fun fact check out…
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T. rex Intelligence and Kallie Moore from PBS Eons
Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaur brains didn't fill their whole skull. Plus Kallie Moore joins from the fantastic YouTube channel PBS Eons and shares how…
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Dinosaur Brains and Early Dinosaur Evolution
How we can tell dinosaur brain size and shape from their skulls; Evidence from the brain of Thescelosaurus shows it may have burrowed; Plus an update on…
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Titanomachya: The downfall of the titan(osaur)s
a new titanosaur from central Patagonia that lived alongside Carnotaurus; "Jingia" is now Jingiella; Two new studies help show why dinosaurs took over the…
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A new stegosaur posing as an ankylosaur
Thyreosaurus was a stegosaur, but wore its armor like an ankylosaur; A new iguanodontian, Hesperonyx, was named from Portugal; and dinosaur of the day…
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South America Spectacular with Tito & Aline
A new titanosaur from Uruguay is the most complete ever found in the country; Northern Alaska had even more dinosaur diversity than we thought; A site in…
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Microraptor revisited and April Fowl's Day
We have so many Microraptor specimens we know the color of their feathers, how they molted, what they ate, and much more. Plus a new hypothesis for why the…
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A strong-tailed ornithopod and a strong-armed enantiornithine
Also, a nearly complete titanosaur was recently found! How long did it take for fossils in Australia to turn into opal? And how much do really exceptional…
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How Dinosaurs Got So Big
Sauropods were the longest, tallest, and heaviest animals to ever walk the Earth. What adaptations did they have to get so large? And which dinosaurs were the…
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New Species of Ankylosaur Was Likely Social While Young
New ankylosaur Datai yingliangis is already a contender for best ankylosaur of 2024; What's up with how ankylosaurs ate their food? Also, connection challenge…
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A New Spinosaurid and a Spinosaurus Swimming Update
The latest spinosaurid, Riojavenatrix lacustris, was named from Spain; An update on the swimming Spinosaurus debate; And a new mamenchisaurid was named…
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Hadrosaur holotypes and duck-billed diets
A new small African hadrosaur, Minqaria, was named; Mantellisaurus was redescribed and found to be a valid genus; Maiasaura had a high metabolism; and much…
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The 200 Year History of Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus, the first ever named dinosaur, was named 200 years (and one day) ago! There have been over 50 species of Megalosaurus named, but now there is…
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Tiny Theropods in a Tyrannosaur's Tummy
A new juvenile Gorgosaurus was found with oviraptorosaur legs preserved as gut contents; A brand new Stegosaur was named; Evidence of Albertosaurus…
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A New Oviraptorosaur That Lived Alongside T. rex
Eoneophron, the "Pharaoh’s dawn chicken from Hell”, was described from the Hell Creek; The large carnivore Acrocanthosaurus roamed all over what’s now the…
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Two Enormous New Sauropods from Argentina!
“One of the largest sauropods ever recorded” and a contender for the largest rebbachisaurid were both found in Argentina. Plus a new titanosaur from China. And…
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Is Nanotyrannus back?
Lots of tyrannosaur news: Nanotyrannus debate continues (was it its own dinosaur or was it actually T. rex?), plus a new debate about the evolution of another…
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A new Tyrannosaurus species and The Science of Everything
T. mcraeensis was similar in size with T. rex but with some notable differences. James Fodor joins us from The Science of Everything Podcast to discuss…
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur PodcastDino Trace Fossils Part 2: Bite Marks, burrows, scars, and more
Every stage in a dinosaur's life left behind trace fossils: claw marks from a parent excavating a burrow, eggshells left by hatchlings, fossilized digested…
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur PodcastDino Trace Fossils Part 1: Exploring Paleo-Footprints
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Talenkauen, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Talenkauen-Episode-475/ Join us…
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Top 23 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2023
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Elopteryx, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Elopteryx-Episode-474/ Join us at…
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Dinosaurs on Trial
Episode 473: Dinosaurs on Trial. Is T. rex overrated? Is Stegosaurus guilty of killing Thag? Did Parasaurolophus disturb the peace? Is Utahraptor too big for a…
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Oryctodromeus with Anthony Martin - remastered
For all of the details we shared about Oryctodromeus, the transcript of our interview with Dr. Anthony J. Martin, and our fun fact check out…
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Seven New Dinosaurs!
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tawa, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tawa-Episode-471/ Join us at…
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Life on Our Planet review and a new sleeping alvarezsaurid
Episode 470: Life on Our Planet review and a new sleeping alvarezsaurid. We discuss all the VFX dinosaurs from Netflix’s Life on Our Planet. Plus a remarkably…
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur PodcastA mammoth episode
Episode 469: A mammoth episode. Mammoths are elephantids that ranged from some of the largest mammals ever to walk the Earth to about the size of a pig For…
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What to feed a dinosaur
Episode 468: What to feed a dinosaur. Ali Nabavizadeh, expert in dinosaur feeding biology, joins us to discuss which modern foods different dinosaurs could…
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Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths
Episode 467: Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths. Mary Anning, Franz Nopcsa, and Roy Chapman Andrews were some of the first dinosaur…
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Behind the Scenes of Jurassic World and Dinosaurs in Film
Episode 466: Dinosaur movies: classics, consulting, and a new premiere. Steve Brusatte presented on consulting for Jurassic World: Dominion, Film critic and…
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Sauropodfest
Episode 465: Sauropodfest! 6 embryos and 3 adults from a new sauropodomorph; a new titanosauriform; and why sauropod necks are so much longer than giraffes…
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Dinosaur teeth!
Episode 464: Dinosaur teeth! Tyrannosaur teeth in Yellowstone, spinosaur teeth in Early Cretaceous England, and more. Plus Brian Engh joins to discuss his…