Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite
Paleontologists in Montana have discovered remarkably preserved feathers of an ancient aquatic bird inside a fossilized dinosaur dropping,…
Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway
Paleontologists in North Dakota have unearthed a set of 66.5-million-year-old fossilized footprints that can be confidently attributed to…
T. Rex Babies Were No Bigger Than House Cats—But Already Deadly
Paleontologists know very little about Tyrannosaurus rex babies. Given how long these iconic carnivores have loomed over the…
Gus the T. rex roars into the record books after securing unprecedented auction bid
One of the most complete and well-preserved specimens of T. rex ever found became the most expensive dinosaur…
Tyrannosaurus rex Scavenged Duck-Billed Dinosaurs in Ancient Wyoming, Bite Marks Reveal
Thousands of fossilized bones from a Cretaceous-period bonebed in Wyoming, the United States, offer rare physical evidence that…
Giant Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in New Mexico
A large tyrannosaurid dinosaur may have stalked the floodplains of what is now New Mexico nearly 74 million…
T. Rex Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt, on Its Toes
Tyrannosaurus rex may loom large in our collective imagination, but new research suggests the creature moved more…
Tyrannosaurus rex Took Nearly Four Decades to Grow Up, New Research Shows
A comprehensive analysis of 17 fossil specimens reveals that Tyrannosaurus rex grew far more slowly than previously thought…
Nanotyrannus Represents Distinct Species of Tyrannosaurid Dinosaur, New Research Confirms
Nanotyrannus lancensis — long thought by many to be a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex — was in fact a…
Scientists Make Major T. Rex Discovery, Rewriting History of the Most Intriguing Dinosaur
For years, the “dueling dinosaurs” in a North Carolina museum were believed to be a Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus…
Nanotyrannus is Distinct Dinosaur Lineage, New Research Shows
Paleontologists have examined an exceptionally well-preserved, near somatically mature tyrannosaur skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.…
New Study Confirms Partial Hemoglobin Preservation in Dinosaur Remains
Using a technique called Resonance Raman spectroscopy, paleontologists have detected hemoglobin remnants in bone extracts from two dinosaur…