dinosaurs

Study suggests early mammals blocked dinosaurs from evolving tiny bodies

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth as some of the largest land animals in history, but a new study suggests one of the most puzzling aspects of their evolution lies at the opposite end of the size spectrum: why they never became…

Dinosaur-killing asteroid identified as rare ‘oddball’ meteorite

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago has been identified as a CO chondrite — one of the rarest and most primitive classes of space rock known to science. The finding, published July 17 in Science…

First baby T. rex fossils found in museum drawers

Paleontologists have identified the first known fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex hatchlings, revealing that the most famous predator in Earth's history started life as a scrappy, cat-sized creature weighing about as much as a Yorkshire terrier — and was already biting…

T. rex ‘Gus’ sells for record $50.1M at Sotheby’s

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold for $50.1 million at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday, shattering the record for the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction. The 67-million-year-old specimen, one of the largest and most complete T.…

Sotheby’s to auction T. rex skeleton ‘Gus’ for up to $30M

Sotheby's announced on Tuesday that it will auction a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named "Gus" as the centerpiece of its annual Geek Week sales this July, carrying an estimate of $20 million to $30 million — the highest pre-sale estimate ever…

Dinosaur fossil sets $30.5M auction record after fierce bidding war

A rare juvenile Ceratosaurus fossil has fetched an astonishing $30.5 million at Sotheby's New York, selling for more than five times its high presale estimate of $6 million after a fierce six-minute bidding war, making it the third most valuable…

67.5 million-year-old dinosaur fossil found beneath Denver museum parking lot

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science recently made a remarkable discovery right beneath its own parking lot, unearthing a partial dinosaur fossil dating back 67.5 million years while drilling for a potential geothermal energy project 763 feet below the…

Natural History Museum unveils rare dinosaur bought from art fair

London's Natural History Museum has unveiled a new species of dinosaur, named Enigmacursor ("enigmatic runner"), after David Aaron gallery brokered a deal between an anonymous American art collecting couple and the museum for the £450,000 fossil that was previously displayed…