Why are scaly dinosaurs more famous than feathered dinosaurs?

While Archaeopteryx was discovered fairly early on, and it was a rather obvious connection between the non avian dinosaurs of the past and the birds of the present, there was no other direct evidence that more theropods had feathers until the early 2000s. read more

Over the past few years, we’ve heard gathering evidence that dinosaurs were not the cold-blooded, scaly-skinned beasts of the past, but fluffy, feathered, and brightly colored. Well, a new study published in Biology Letters seems to suggest that they might have been more right to begin with, and that most dinosaurs probably didn’t have feathers. read more

Fossils that show evidence of feathered dinosaurs weren't unearthed until after the first Jurassic Park was released. A conscious decision was made by the studio to keep the aesthetics of the monsters we know and associate with the franchise. read more