Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America around 66 million years ago. But a small tyrannosaur from the same family lived in the Liaoning forest. This small cousin of T. rex, Dilong paradoxus, was also a
Both have large jaws with small, tightly packed front teeth.
Apex is thought to be the largest and one of the most complete Stegosaurus fossils ever uncovered.
Stegosaurus would not have been very smart.
Paleontologists are actively investigating what caused all nonavian dinosaurs to die out 65 million years ago. Most agree that the impact of a large asteroid or comet played a major role, while scient
Although some dinosaurs did have unusually thin eggshells, many others did not.
Learn about what makes butterfly wings so colorful, what organs they use to smell and taste, and how to identify moths.
Butterflies have amazing senses beyond just sight.
The family of dinosaurs known as stegosaurs are well known for the two rows of bony plates along their backs. Researchers once thought these plates helped protect the animal from attack. But the plate
plates were often very thin and contained numerous blood vessels, so they would have
You’ve probably heard how dinosaurs went extinct: They were all killed one terrible day when a huge object from outer space-a comet or asteroid the size of at least 100,000 Superdomes-slammed into Ear
To explain what caused this mass extinction, scientists have focused on events that
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, and I hope you have a good time this afternoon.
The Museum is advancing work in cultural collections stewardship and planning Fall 2024 programs to address hall closures.
Since that time, many of our colleagues have been advancing this work, and much of
The curator of Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries discusses his lifelong passion for paleontology.
Well the Gobi desert expeditions have been going on for over a decade now.
Some sauropod tails look like whips-and the resemblance may not be coincidence. Both are long, relatively broad at the base and narrow at the tip. Recent computer models comparing sauropod tails and b
Apatosaurus might have swung its tail from side to side by shifting its weight or
