T. rex not a stand-up guy? Test your dino skills (Update)
Here's a test of your dinosaur knowledge: Did Tyrannosaurus rex stand upright, with its tail on the ground?
View ArticleUS gives dinosaur skeleton back to Mongolia
The United States on Monday gave back to Mongolia the remains of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus skeleton stolen from the Gobi desert and sold at auction in New York.
View ArticleUS returns more Mongolian dinosaur bones
Mongolia may need to rustle up some more glass cases for its first dinosaur museum after US authorities announced Friday they will hand back a large new collection of stolen fossils.
View ArticleChicago's Field Museum reorganizes amid money woes (Update)
Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a...
View ArticleBroken tooth in dino tail 'proves' T. rex was predator
A broken T. rex tooth found in another dinosaur's tail bone offers the first hard evidence that the king of all meat-eating beasts hunted live prey, US paleontologists said Monday.
View ArticleGreen light for Titanic tycoon's Aussie dinosaur park
Eccentric Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer was Thursday given the green light to build "the world's biggest" park of giant robotic dinosaurs, despite hundreds of objections filed by local residents.
View Article'Dueling Dinos' found in Montana to be sold in NYC
Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a Montana ranch in 2006 are coming up for sale in New York City.
View ArticleNew proto-mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of earliest mammals (w/ Video)
A newly discovered fossil reveals the evolutionary adaptations of a 165-million-year-old proto-mammal, providing evidence that traits such as hair and fur originated well before the rise of the first...
View ArticleAustralians first in line to see T.rex ancestor that links dinosaurs to birds
Australia will be the first country in the world to display publicly specimens of Guanlong wucaii, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that helped confirm the link between dinosaurs and birds.
View ArticleHow birds got their wings: Fossil data show scaling of limbs altered as birds...
Birds originated from a group of small, meat-eating theropod dinosaurs called maniraptorans sometime around 150 million years ago. Recent findings from around the world show that many maniraptorans...
View ArticleNewly discovered predatory dinosaur 'king of gore' reveals the origins of T. rex
A remarkable new species of tyrannosaur has been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah. The huge carnivore inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed on the...
View Article'Montana Dueling Dinosaurs' to sell at NYC auction
(AP)—Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a Montana ranch in 2006 are going on the auction block in New York City. They're expected to fetch between $7 million and $9 million.
View Article'Montana Dueling Dinos' fail to sell at NY auction
Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons, dubbed the "Montana Dueling Dinosaurs" because they appear forever locked in mortal combat, failed to sell Tuesday at a New York City auction.
View ArticleNewly discovered raptor lived alongside T. rex
(Phys.org) —It's been a big year for the University of Alberta's Phil Currie, even by his standards as one of the world's top dinosaur hunters. He's lead instructor on Dino 101. This summer, he had a...
View ArticleT. rex gets new home in Smithsonian dinosaur hall
A Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a more than 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) journey from Montana.
View ArticleAll teeth and claws? New study sheds light on dinosaur claw function
Theropod dinosaurs, a group which includes such famous species as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor, are often regarded as carnivorous and predatory animals, using their sharp teeth and claws to...
View ArticleHow dinosaurs shrank, survived and evolved into birds
That starling at your birdfeeder? It is a dinosaur. The chicken on your dinner plate? Also a dinosaur. That mangy seagull scavenging for chips on the beach? Apart from being disgusting, yet again it is...
View ArticleDinosaur footprints set for public display in Utah
A dry wash full of 112-million-year-old dinosaur tracks that include an ankylosaurus, dromaeosaurus and a menacing ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex, is set to open to the public this fall in Utah.
View ArticleUS seizes fossil in latest dinosaur smuggling case
US authorities said Friday they are pursuing a fossil import company over the alleged smuggling of 70-million-year-old dinosaur bones from Mongolia.
View ArticleThick-skinned dinosaur gets the last laugh
(Phys.org) —In life, Tyrannosaurus rex usually got the best of the less fearsome duck-billed dinosaurs, or hadrosaurs: T. rex ate them.
View ArticleDocumentary on T-rex discovery leads to pardon request
Pete Larson has discovered thousands of fossils around the world, co-authored three books and led the team that unearthed the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. But there's one...
View ArticleHow I dissected a T. rex (it took chainsaws, feathers and lots of latex)
I dissected a Tyrannosaurus rex in front of television cameras.
View ArticleNew dinosaur discovered in Wales
A new dinosaur cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in Wales, the first meat-eating dinosaur ever found in the country.
View ArticleThe better to eat you with? How dinosaurs' jaws influenced diet
Just how bad was T. rex's bite? New research from the University of Bristol has found that the feeding style and dietary preferences of dinosaurs was closely linked to how wide they could open their jaws.
View ArticleFossilised tooth of gigantic 'killer' whale found in Australia
A huge, five-million-year-old whale tooth has been discovered on an Australian beach, providing the first evidence of the now extinct killer sperm whale outside the Americas.
View ArticleThe success of the plant-eating dinosaurs
There has been a long debate about why dinosaurs were so successful. Say dinosaur, and most people think of the great flesh-eaters such as Tyrannosaurus rex, but the most successful dinosaurs were of...
View ArticlePaleontologists discover major T. rex fossil (Update)
Paleontologists with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington have discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex, including a very complete skull. The find, which...
View ArticleT. rex was not feathery, study says
Tyrannosaurus rex had scales, not feathers, said a study Wednesday which rescues the giant lizard's reputation as a fearsome killer with a rough-and-tough hide.
View ArticlePatagotitan mayorum: New study describes the biggest dinosaur ever
A study proclaims a newly named species the heavyweight champion of all dinosaurs, making the scary Tyrannosaurus rex look like a munchkin.
View ArticleWhy I jumped at the chance to bring the real T. rex to life for TV
The chance to work on a major documentary is always a testing experience for a researcher. It's a huge opportunity to communicate cutting edge research to the public, but the way the information is...
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