paleontology

Dire wolves are an extinct, wolf-like carnivore best known from Late Pleistocene sites across North and South America. The recently proposed new species, often referenced in pop...

The most expensive fossil ever sold is the Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue . In October 1997, the Field Museum in Chicago led a consortium of donors to purchase Sue at auction for $...

A fossilized egg dinosaur refers to the preserved eggs laid by dinosaurs, which become fossils through mineralization after burial. These eggs provide direct evidence of reprodu...

When comparing a T rex arm compared to human anatomy, the differences highlight how the arms were relatively short yet powerfully built for their owner’s massive frame. This o...