Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tyrannosaurus rex, whose name translates to the tyrant lizard king ...

More than 66 million years ago, a “tyrant lizard king” ruled western North America: the fearsome predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex. But how large was this monarch’s royal family? Could what we call ...

A team of researchers published a rebuttal to an argument advanced by another group earlier in the year. The disagreement over the king of dinosaurs is far from over. By Jack Tamisiea The world’s most ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of Tyrannosaurus that traces the dino's lineage to North America much earlier than previously thought, and could shed new light on the murky origins ...

The premise, put forth in a new paper, highlights an assortment of tensions in dinosaur paleontology, including how subjective the naming of species can be. By Asher Elbein Tyrannosaurus rex is the ...

Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the few dinosaurs that has its full scientific name in wide use, largely because that name is so cool. But now we might have a few others to learn, as analysis of known ...