T. rex fossils are being sold to ultra-wealthy collectors Scientists say this impedes palaeontological research T. rex fossil auctions reach multimillion-dollar price tags ...

Dinosaurs' Apparent Decline Prior to Asteroid May Be Due to Poor Fossil Record Apr. 8, 2025 — The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million ...

Most dinosaur fossils, especially those of the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex, are privately owned, new research has found. Published in Palaeontologia Electronica, the study reveals that these fossils are ...

Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most famous dinosaur to ever roam the Earth, but these days, it’s at the center of a very modern problem: the luxury fossil trade. According to a study published in ...

Gabriel Scotto Athens News Apr 21, 2025 Apr 21, 2025 0 When thinking about where to find fossils in the Buckeye State, the Ohio Statehouse may not be the first place that comes to mind. On Saturday, ...

Fossil of Protorosaurus speneri. Image by suvuk79 - Own work, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86190644, via Wikimedia Commons ...

The National Park Service (NPS) called the paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument "groundbreaking," as it gives an idea of what the long-extinct animals lived like in ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of ... Environmental Variability ...

Dinosaurs likely weren’t declining before an asteroid wiped them all out; instead, there may just be limited fossils from that time period, according to a new study. It has been hotly debated ...

The scientific community is sounding the alarm over the increasing loss of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils to private collectors and the luxury auction market, raising serious concerns about the future of ...

A 444 million-year-old arthropod fossil, discovered 25 years ago, has been identified. The fossil, named Keurbos susanae, was found in South Africa's Soom Shale. Unusually, it's preserved inside ...