The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest. Paleontologists have long studied its horns and frill, yet the cavernous nasal ...

Triceratops and similar horned dinosaurs had unusually large nasal cavities compared to most animals. Researchers, including ...

Large animals face a constant battle against physics: they generate a lot of body heat that can be difficult to dump. For a dinosaur with a head as large and heavily insulated by bone and keratin as ...

While Triceratops’ dramatic horns and frill often steal the spotlight, this study shows its oversized nose may have been just as important. Far from being a strange evolutionary accident, the giant ...