Bringing The World Home To You

© 2025 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Already a Sustainer? Click here to increase now →

A stunning discovery in Mongolia changes what's known about domed-head dinosaurs

By Ari Daniel

Published October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM EDT

The pachycephalosaurs were a unique group of dinosaurs with domed heads. But scientists haven't known much about them because their fossils have been so incomplete. A stunning discovery from southern Mongolia has changed that.

Ari Daniel

Ari Daniel is a reporter for NPR's Science desk where he covers global health and development.

See stories by Ari Daniel

Stories From This Author

This Nobel Peace Prize front-runner didn't win -- but did get the 'alternative Nobel'

Ari Daniel

The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.
A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash

Ari Daniel

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.
Seal whiskers can track subtle motions in the ocean

Ari Daniel

Harbor seals use their whiskers to gather all sorts of intel from their surroundings. These exquisitely tuned sensory hairs even seem to allow them to outmaneuver the escape plans of their fishy prey.