In 1999, a dinosaur bone was found on Japan’s Fukushima coast and left unstudied; in 2026, scientists identified it belonged to a 3-metre iguanodontian that lived 90 million years ago
Photo credit: Jstage.jst.go.jp A small dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima, Japan, more than two decades ago has given scientists a new glimpse into the diversity of ancient life along East Asia’s coast.The fossil, found in 1999 and left largely…
One of the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons is headed to auction with a price tag of up to $30 million, and the 67-million-year-old giant could become the next record-breaking dinosaur fossil auction
Gus, the Tyrannosaurus rex found on a cattle ranch in South Dakota, will go up for auction in the summer of July 14, 2026. (Image credit: Matthew Sherman/Sotheby’s) Owning one of the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons may soon become a…
The 43-foot-long ‘Ocean Tyrannosaurus Rex’ was bigger than a great white shark and more ferocious than any mosasaur found in Texas
Long before humans came on the scene, giant ocean predators dominated the warm prehistoric oceans that once covered much of North America. Among them is a newly discovered species called Tyrannosaurus rex, a giant mosasaur that was nearly 43 feet long…
Why dinosaurs needed sunlight to hatch their eggs, which became their biggest weakness |
Over the millions of years they existed, dinosaurs became extinct not because of their size, strength, or ferocity, but because the way their eggs were formed was detrimental to the species. Today, birds have evolved to be master incubators, but new…