The melanin-containing pigment in squid ink has not changed in 180 million years!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-squid-ink-jurassic-period-identical.html
Thought T-Rex's arms were titchy? These guys had stumps!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-dinosaur-tiny-arms-unearthed-argentina.html
Evidence has been found that indicates icthyosaurs (ancient not-dinosaurs) suffered from 'the bends' (where bubbles of nitrogen form in the blood after rising too quickly in the water)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428665.200-dino-dolphins-suffered-from-the-bends.html
Europe's oldest musical instruments are 40,000 years old! They were discovered in the region that is now southern Germany
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-earliest-musical-instruments-europe-years.html
A piece exploring the developmental similarity of dinosaurs and their avian relatives' skulls
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-developmental-crucial-evolutionary-shift-dinosaurs.html
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