For decades, dinosaurs, especially the Tyrannosaurus rex, have captured the imaginations of the public and paleontologists alike. In many instances, pop culture has depicted the T. rex as the giant ...

Why T. rex was different Tyrannosaurids had stiff, akinetic skulls—meaning the joints allowed almost no movement. Combined with deep skulls, thick bone, and massive jaw muscles, this design produced ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tyrannosaurus subdued prey with raw power, using bone-crushing bite force. But other meat-eating dinosaurs that rivaled T. rex in size used different approaches. Giganotosaurus ...

Back when the film was made, it was in vogue with some paleontologists to argue that T.Rex was mostly a scavenger. Jack Horner, who advised on the film, was one such advocate and wrote quite a bit on ...

Tyrannosaurus rex might be the biggest celebrity in the dinosaur world, but fame doesn’t always equal fact. For decades, it’s been painted as the ultimate ...

Tyrannosaurus rex jaws generated 8,000-pound bite forces and let the creature eat everything from duck-billed dinosaurs to triceratops. The teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex have been called "killer bananas, ...