Then you look closer and notice the detail: how the ribs are built at different lengths to create a rib "cage," how the dark-colored bricks create the illusion of shadow and throw the light-colored ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to ...

The debate over Nanotyrannus’ identity is finally over. A remarkably preserved fossil proves it was a mature species, not a teenage T. rex. This discovery rewrites how scientists understand ...

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University of Southampton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. An icon from the age of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex has featured in everything from blockbuster movies to the shape of ...

What if everything we know about T. rex growth is wrong? A complete tyrannosaur skeleton has just ended one of paleontology's longest-running debates—whether Nanotyrannus is a distinct species, or ...

The 3,145 piece Jurassic Park set Lego revealed last month is now available to buy. Lego Insiders can buy the set through Lego starting today for $249.99. The T-Rex will go on general sale this ...

It's known as the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil: A triceratops and a tyrannosaur, skeletons entangled, locked in apparent combat right up until the moment of their mutual demise. Even in the Hell Creek ...

A legendary fossil housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh features skeletons apparently locked in prehistoric combat — an epic meeting of two of the world’s favorite ...

A famous and expensive T. rex fossil has turned up after vanishing 2 years ago. It’s extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur. It’s rarer still that such a skeleton needs to be found ...