2+ hour, 52+ min ago  (833+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold for $50.1 million Tuesday at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever sold at auction, the auction house said. The 67-million-year-old fossil blew past its $20 million to $30 million estimate after a…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (371+ words) A Kansas boy searching for fossils during a geology club field trip stumbled onto something far bigger than expected: the remains of a 15-foot-long marine reptile that swam an ancient sea 85 million years ago. Corbin Bullard was just 11 years old…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (486+ words) Octopuses’ earliest relatives that lived 100 million years ago may have been "gigantic" predators that hunted alongside dinosaurs, according to new research. Although scientists previously believed that the earliest finned octopuses lived around 15 million years ago, researchers with Hokkaido University found…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (540+ words) After a recent cold snap left iguanas stunned, a content creator headed to Bucks Coal Fired Pizza in Florida with a wild request as his friend and pizzeria owner made a pie topped with the invasive reptile meat. Cavemen hunted…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (597+ words) Joe Thompson, a paleontologist from the U.K., goes into detail about finding a 3-foot Iguanodon footprint along the Isle of Wight, along with other ancient fossils. Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of Spinosaurus — the meat-eating dinosaur that…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (544+ words) Joe Thompson, a paleontologist from the U.K., goes into detail about finding a 3-foot Iguanodon footprint along the Isle of Wight, along with other ancient fossils. A group of researchers has estimated how long it took tyrannosaurus rex to reach its…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (544+ words) Joe Thompson, a paleontologist from the U.K., goes into detail about finding a 3-foot Iguanodon footprint along the Isle of Wight, along with other ancient fossils. A group of researchers has estimated how long it took Tyrannosaurus rex to reach its…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (385+ words) A routine parking lot project at Dinosaur National Monument has unearthed dinosaur fossils at the site for the first time in more than a century. Workers uncovered the fossils near the Quarry Exhibit Hall after removing asphalt in mid-September, exposing…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (717+ words) Seasonal tides and ocean swells have uncovered ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs on Oahu, exposing over two dozen human-like carvings last seen years ago. Paleontologists may have uncovered the traces of a dinosaur that may have been limping, thanks to fossilized footprints…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (520+ words) Joe Thompson, a paleontologist from the U.K., goes into detail about finding a 3-foot Iguanodon footprint along the Isle of Wight, along with other ancient fossils. Paleontologists have finally solved the mystery behind an elusive "sword dragon" skeleton found on the…...