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Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (508+ words) "Gus," a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on July 1. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption If you ever wanted to own an actual T. rex and not just a…...
In Washington, anyone can volunteer to dig up ancient treasures like mammoth bones: NPR
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (19+ words) In Washington state, volunteers have helped researchers by digging up mammoth bones and other ancient natural artifacts for years....
Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (505+ words) An artistic illustration of the Nagatitan, the largest dinosaur discovered in Southeast Asia. Patchanop Boonsai hide caption Researchers have identified a new species of dinosaur in Thailand, the largest found in Southeast Asia. It would have been about 90 feet long…...
Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (45+ words) NPR Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses Fossil research shows that an enormous "kraken-like" octopus stalked the seas during the Cretaceous period, competing with large apex predators. Become an NPR sponsor...
Scientists thought this fossil was a teen T. rex. Turns out it's a new tyrannosaur
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1379+ words) In this illustration, a pack of Nanotyrannus attacks a juvenile T. rex. Scientists say a well-known fossil shows that there was more than one tyrannosaur species roaming what is now western North America. Anthony Hutchings/Friends of the NC Museum of…...
Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (480+ words) Paleontologists Paul Sereno and Dan Vidal take notes on a massive hind limb of a new long-necked dinosaur, its femur measuring nearly 2m in length, at the Jenguebi dig site in Niger in November 2022. Matthew Irving/Fossil Lab/University of Chicago…...
Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (329+ words) NPR We might look at cave paintings and conclude that our prehistoric ancestors speared a bison or saber-toothed tiger and just hefted their carcasses into a fire. But new research suggests that our forebears had more varied and cosmopolitan tastes,…...
What crocodile bones teach us about dinosaurs: Short Wave
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (458+ words) Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, it was thought that each ring corresponded to a single year of age. But researchers who studied crocodiles at…...
Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1377+ words) By looking at thin slices of crocodile bones, University of Cape Town paleobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan has concluded that researchers may have been overestimating some dinosaur ages. "It changes how we think about dinosaur growth," she says. Tommy Trenchard for NPR…...
How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1838+ words) Lazarus Kgasi entered the orbit of paleontology on a whim. After high school, he needed to support his family. He worked a couple of odd jobs before he was hired as a fossil digger. It would forever change his life....