A new study says Tyrannosaurus and many other large carnivores of the Cretaceous were likely covered only in scales.
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America’s Most Complete Armored Dinosaur, Soft Tissues Intact, Found in Montana
The fossil of an armored dinosaur discovered in Montana is the most complete ever found in North America, paleontologists say, and it’s the first anywhere to be found with a complete skull and tail.
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Centuries Old Pemmican-Making Camp Uncovered in Montana
The camp, used by Blackfoot peoples from to the 14th to 17th centuries, sheds light on a key commodity of the pre-contact Northern Plains.
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New Dinosaur Found in Montana Reveals Tyrannosaurs’ True Face (They Didn’t Have Lips)
A group of superbly preserved dinosaur fossils discovered in Montana are giving scientists the clearest picture yet of the giant theropods known as tyrannosaurs.
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Ancient Predator of the Northern Plains Had Fiercest Bite of Any Mammal Ever, Study Says
A scrappy mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs packed the most powerful bite of any mammal, living or extinct, scientists say.
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Huge T. Rex Fossil, a ‘Fantastic Specimen,’ Unearthed in Montana
A huge new specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex has been uncovered in northern Montana, researchers say.
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‘Audacious’ New Species of Horned Dinosaur Discovered in Montana
She lived much of her life in pain, with a cockeyed appearance. But to paleontologists, she left behind something beautiful.
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New Dinosaur Discovered in Montana Reveals How Duckbills Got Their Crests
A huge dinosaur with distinctive headgear may have cut an unusual figure in its day 79 million years ago, but to scientists today, it fits as snugly as a puzzle piece in the history of its dinosaur family.
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Montana Dinosaur Species Grew Fast, Died Young, May Have Been Warm-Blooded
It walked on two feet when it was young, but on four when it was old. It could grow up to 3 meters in a single year — if it…
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‘Remarkable’ Dinosaur Nest Discovered in Montana Suggests Some Dinos Re-Used Breeding Sites
A pair of fossilized dinosaur nests offer some of the strongest indications yet that certain dinos brooded their eggs, re-used their nests, and possibly defended their nesting territory much like…
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Fire Reveals Human Stone Effigy, Bison-Kill Site in Montana
A grass fire in northern Montana has uncovered an ancient complex of stone alignments and other features that have likely not been seen for centuries — and certainly never from…
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Bones Discovered in Montana Are of the World’s Earliest Primate, Study Finds
Arranged as they were in life, they would fit comfortably on the tip of your finger. But this assortment of tiny bones — excavated from the same deposit in Montana…
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Oldest Horned Dinosaur in North America Discovered in Montana
The oldest known species of horned dinosaur in North America has been identified from a fossil skull no larger than your fist. Although it’s a distant relative of the great…
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New Species of Horned Dinosaur With Flashy, Butterfly-Shaped Frill Discovered in Montana
One of the most abundant and diverse families of dinosaurs from the Ancient West has a new member among its ranks. Two new specimens of ceratopsid, or horn-faced dinosaur, have…
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Genome of America’s Only Clovis Skeleton Reveals Origins of Native Americans
The remains of a one-year-old boy who died 12,600 years ago in what’s now Montana are giving up exceptional information about the place his people held in American history, and…
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First Fossil of Blood-Filled Mosquito Discovered
Through a series of events that scientists themselves admit was “extremely improbable,” a mosquito that feasted on the blood of Eocene animals some 46 million years ago managed to die…
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