(NewsNation) — More Tyrannosaurus rex fossils are landing in the hands of wealthy private collectors through the luxury auction market, which is affecting how many of the treasured species are being ...
DENVER — For paleontologists, millions of years are at their fingertips. "It's so special, like, these fossils are 67-million-years-old," said Alex Polich, a fossil preparator at the Denver Museum of ...
Over the years, we’ve had all kinds of LEGO builds recreating iconic moments from the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchises. We just can’t seem to ever get enough of those rampaging dinosaurs, ...
Scientists have raised concerns about the lack of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils for their research due to wealthy individuals buying them all. The mighty T. rex is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, easily ...
A recent study published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica raises concerns about the impact of private collectors on Tyrannosaurus rex fossil research. The study found that commercial fossil ...
It’s known as the “Dueling Dinosaurs” fossil: A triceratops and a tyrannosaur, skeletons entangled, locked in apparent combat right up until the moment of their mutual demise. Even in the Hell Creek ...
Despite the fact that much of the current research in paleontology focuses on trying to find traces of organic remains in fossils, dinosaur DNA has unfortunately never been recovered. A new study by ...
(CNN) — A legendary fossil housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh features skeletons apparently locked in prehistoric combat — an epic meeting of two of the world’s ...