Scientists want to split Tyrannosaurus rex into three species. Not everyone is happy

Scientists want to split Tyrannosaurus rex into three species. Not everyone is happy

A team of researchers say variations they spotted in an examination of Tyrannosaurus fossils warranted the recognition of two additional species:T. imperator,meaning “tyrant lizard emperor,” and T. regina,meaning “tyrant lizard queen”.

  • byWill Dunham

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Dino detectives solve 220 million-year-old case of mistaken identity

Dino detectives solve 220 million-year-old case of mistaken identity

A footprint made in southeast Queensland 220 million years ago and thought for the last 50 years to have been made by a fearsome predator was actually made by a peaceful plant-eater.

  • byStuart Layt
Scientists discover what made a T-Rex wag its tail

Scientists discover what made a T-Rex wag its tail

Cutting-edge computer modelling has revealed some dinosaurs wagged their tails,but it was far from a friendly gesture.

  • byStuart Layt
Ancient humans used a once-lush Arabia as a migration route

Ancient humans used a once-lush Arabia as a migration route

Early humans took advantage of ancient lakes in the Arabian Peninsula to make long journeys out of Africa as early as 400,000 years ago,new research shows.

  • byStuart Layt
Can you dig it? Vote for Victoria's first fossil emblem

Can you dig it? Vote for Victoria's first fossil emblem

A remnant of a huge bird with a jagged beak is among Museums Victoria’s eight candidates for a state fossil emblem.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Largest Australian pterosaur ever discovered was a ‘bat on steroids’

Largest Australian pterosaur ever discovered was a ‘bat on steroids’

The ancient flying reptile had a skull a metre long,dozens of spear-like teeth and seven-metre wings with which it soared over the inland sea 105 million years ago.

  • byStuart Layt
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Dinosaur hunters on the trail of Australia’s apex predator

Dinosaur hunters on the trail of Australia’s apex predator

Under the dusty red soil of outback Queensland,experts believe an ancient superpredator could be lying in wait.

  • byStuart Layt
Discovery of Australia’s largest dinosaur to challenge America’s dino dominance
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Discovery of Australia’s largest dinosaur to challenge America’s dino dominance

Thanks to Jurassic Park,most kids know an awful lot about American dinosaurs,but we have a growing list of unique beasts.

  • byMatthew McCurry
Largest dinosaur discovered in Australia a true world heavyweight

Largest dinosaur discovered in Australia a true world heavyweight

Two storeys tall at the hip and as long as a basketball court,Australotitan cooperensis is the largest dinosaur ever found in Australia and among the largest in the world.

  • byStuart Layt
Early humans off the hook for many species extinctions,experts say

Early humans off the hook for many species extinctions,experts say

An Australian-led research group has found ancient humans were often not the cause of extinctions when they first arrived on uninhabited islands.

  • byStuart Layt
Tiptoe through the Cretaceous:baby dino footprint shows toe-walking

Tiptoe through the Cretaceous:baby dino footprint shows toe-walking

The footprint of a baby stegosaurus - the smallest ever found - shows the animals tiptoed its way across north-west China 110 million years ago.

  • byStuart Layt