For years, the "dueling dinosaurs" in a North Carolina museum were believed to be a Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex. However, an article published on October 30 in the journal Nature has a different ...

Researchers now identify the "dueling dinosaur" tyrannosaur as an adult Nanotyrannus, not T. rex. "This fossil...flips decades of T. rex research on its head," says Lindsay Zanno. Study reveals ...

"We've named a new species," Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, told a crowd on Thursday. Scientists at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences have found that what ...

When you look at a fossil on display, you may envision the world 66 million years ago. You might feel the earth shake beneath you as a large predator stalks the ancient floodplain. It has long, sharp ...

The discovery of a small dinosaur has ended one of paleontology’s longest-running debates, revealing that Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex – but a distinct species within the Tyrannosaur ...

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 favorite ...

Paleontologists at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered a new species of dinosaur called nanotyrannus lancensis. The discovery came after studying a fossil called "Dueling ...

The debate over Nanotyrannus’ identity is finally over. A remarkably preserved fossil proves it was a mature species, not a teenage T. rex. This discovery rewrites how scientists understand ...

The most ferocious predator of the ancient world had a smaller, lightweight cousin: a new species of tyrannosaur uncovered in a Raleigh laboratory. For years, paleontologists at the NC Museum of ...

A new specimen of one of the most controversial species of dinosaur has the potential to overturn decades of research on the T rex. Nanotyrannus, the "miniature T rex," has been the center of one of ...