(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 ...

Two dinosaurs fossilized in combat, originally thought to involve a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex testing its mettle against a Triceratops, actually feature a separate species frequently confused with ...

By Stephen Beech A fossil skull found 83 years ago originally thought to be a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex actually comes from a ...

(TMX) - A fossil once locked in prehistoric combat has just rewritten one of paleontology’s longest-running debates — and upended what scientists thought they knew about Tyrannosaurus rex. The ...

For decades, paleontologists argued over the lone skull used to establish the distinct species Nanotyrannus. Was it truly a ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to ...

New research has overturned decades of uncertainty by showing that Nanotyrannus was a fully grown predator, not a juvenile T. rex.

For decades, paleontologists argued over the lone skull used to establish the distinct species Nanotyrannus. Was it truly a ...

For many years, paleontologists have debated about whether there was a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, or if those smaller fossils were really just awkward teenage versions of the king of ...

In 2025, dinosaurs were everywhere. In May, the BBC revived their landmark series Walking With Dinosaurs, while July saw the ...

Was Nanotyrannus a bona fide species or just a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex with a lot more growing to do? Scientists have settled that debate.

Growth rings within the bones found in Montana's Hell Creek Formation told scientists the new dinosaur was an adult about half the size of a fully-fledged T. rex. From growth comparisons to other ...