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Dinosaur fossils may not have inspired the mythological griffin, a new study has found, debunking a century-old theory. For many years, it was widely accepted that the griffin—a creature with the head ...

The gryphon, or griffin, is a legendary creature dating back to classical antiquity, sporting the body, legs, and tail of a lion and the wings, head, and front talons of an eagle. Since the 1980s, a ...

Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimaera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to have informed the lore and appearance of the former, but our study ...

Back in 1971, in the deserts of ancient Mongolia, two dinosaurs once locked in battle and were preserved together in stone. This never before seen fossil sparked the famous question: if Protoceratops ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Comparisons between the skeleton of Protoceratops and ancient griffin art. The griffins are all very obviously based on big cats, from their musculature and long, flexible tails to the manes ...

A nest containing the fossilized remains of 15 juvenile Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs from Mongolia has been described by a University of Rhode Island paleontologist, revealing new information ...

A new Chinese-led study into the evolution of dinosaurs has offered a timely warning to our technology-reliant world Horned dinosaurs saw a decline in their intelligence, hearing and sense of smell as ...

For centuries, scientists thought they knew where the griffin legend came from. A new study takes a closer look at the data and folklore's influence on science. A popular and widely-promoted claim ...