1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (512+ words) Sotheby’s said the 67-million-year-old fossil, nicknamed “Gus,” is now the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever auctioned off, besting the almost $45 million price tag for a nearly complete stegosaurus sold by the same New York auction house in 2024. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (593+ words) June 4 (Reuters) – The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey – and perhaps even people – before going extinct…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (539+ words) May 29 (Reuters) – Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull – 5 feet long (1.5 meters) and built to enable bone-crunching bite force – but presented preposterously puny arms. And many other meat-eating dinosaurs shared this mismatched combination of traits. So how did this come…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (566+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (397+ words) BEULAH, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for crocodile fossils in Bowman County, according…...