I n looking at a Triceratops skull, your gaze is naturally drawn to its trio of horns. But, nestled between the head horns and the nose horn is another iconic feature: a pair of huge nasal cavities.

Inside Triceratops’ massive snout, researchers uncovered a hidden system that may have helped this giant dinosaur manage body heat.

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

Triceratops’ massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex nasal ...

Triceratops rerouted its nerves and blood vessels through its nose, turning its massive nasal cavity into a system for ...

To build an absolute unit like Triceratops, nature had to get creative with the plumbing. While the dinosaur is famous for ...

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 ...

You may have missed it, but last summer triceratops lovers printed t-shirts to defend their favorite dinosaur. I didn't buy one, but a bunch of people did. And here's why: People who don't know a lot ...

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) - Paleontologists with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science confirmed that the fossils discovered at a Highlands Ranch construction site are the bones of a large ...

DENVER (CBS4) - "I think we found a triceratops." That was the assessment from scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in August when they inspected bones found at a construction site in ...

A Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops horridus lay dead in close proximity. The T.rex has a broken finger, and some of its teeth are sunk into the Triceratops’ spine. Some calamity or perhaps swampy ...

About 100 million years ago, Triceratops likely engaged in horn-to-horn battles with its kin, according to a new analysis of the scrapes, bruises and healing fractures preserved on fossils of the ...