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Mysterious Bone Infections Wiped Out Brazil’s Giant Dinosaurs


Fossils from Brazil reveal sauropods plagued by a painful bone disease that likely killed them. Researchers identified multiple forms of osteomyelitis with no signs of healing, suggesting infection was widespread and deadly. Dinosaur Bones Reveal Deadly Disease in Brazil A collection of fossili

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