Science isn't always perfect, and decades ago, a graduate student's simple experiment proved that, though exactly why he did what he did remains a mystery.

Uncovering the First Reforestation Project in the 19th-Century Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: Insights from Wood Anatomy and ...

New information has helped us understand where domestic horses came from. And by counting some tree rings, researchers were able to find evidence of Norse presence in the Americas in 1021 CE. Hosted ...

A recent study reveals that the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur grew more slowly and lived longer than previously believed, altering our understanding of this iconic species.

Pioneering techniques used in this research may soon be applied to other dinosaur fossils and alter the course of ...

Previous studies had estimated time to max size for T. rex at about 25 years, but the new data indicates that it grew more slowly, reaching its maximum size at 35 to 40 years of age.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s rendering of a Tyrannosaurus rex. (ROGER HARRIS/SPL/Getty Images) Dinosaur bones are like trees—every year is represented ...

Brenda Lee is remembering the "weird" thing about recording her 1958 holiday single "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" at age 13 — namely, that she was singing it in the summer. In an interview with ...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia blasted several line items in Orlando’s budget as “wasteful” spending, but by far the largest was $450,000 to count its trees. “Maybe they’re trying to ...

A Late Cretaceous face-off between an adult Nanotyrannus (left) and two juvenile T. rex, with a sub-adult T. rex watching from a distance. The scene evokes a preface to the NHMLAC’s famous T. rex trio ...

For nearly 40 years, paleontologists have argued over a single skull: was Nanotyrannus a bona fide species, or just a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex with growth left to do? A new paper in the journal ...