WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on its fossils is a tricky proposition, with so many uncertainties involved. Assessing a ...

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 ...

In the latest episode of a long-standing debate over the identity of a set of dinosaur fossils, a controversial new study has found that the dino bones belong not to a young Tyrannosaurus rex but to a ...

The jaw fossil for Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis has key distinctions from T. rex. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that could be the closest-known relative of the famed ...

Two dinosaurs fossilized in combat, originally thought to involve a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex testing its mettle against a Triceratops, actually feature a separate species frequently confused with ...

Jurassic World Rebirth is packed with so many cool and terrifying dinosaurs, but which were the best dinosaurs? It’s the most outright scary movie in the franchise, and it uses its many ancient ...

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Paleontologists at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered a new species of dinosaur called nanotyrannus lancensis. The discovery came after studying a fossil called "Dueling ...

The much-awaited trailer of Jurassic World Rebirth has been released. This seventh installment in the franchise follows Zora Bennett and her team as they travel to a forbidden island. It served as the ...

Paleontologists confirm that the Tyrannosaurus rex locked in combat with a Triceratops in the famous Dueling Dinosaurs specimen is not a T. rex after all. In November, 2020, we celebrated the news ...

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 ...