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Why the Sperm Whale Has the Largest Brain on Earth and What That Enormous Organ Actually Does

A Brain Built Around SoundA sperm whale's brain weighs up to 9 kilograms. The largest human brain on record sits at around 1.5 kilograms. No animal that has ever lived on this planet, not the elephant, not the blue whale, not any dinosaur whose skull we have measured, carried more…

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This 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex just became the world’s most expensive dinosaur

A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil has become the world’s most expensive dinosaur after being sold for a record $50.1m (£37.3m) at auction.

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‘Gus’ the T. rex becomes most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold for $50M

The 67-million-year-old skeleton is billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens

The Independent UK

What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy

On July 14, 2026, “Gus,” one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, went to an as yet unidentified buyer for US$50.1 million. This auction at Sotheby’s set a record for most valuable fossil ever sold. Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market, a reminder that even Earth’s…

The Conversation

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota

The Guardian - US

Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists

Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming research

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Billionaires Race To Buy $30M T. Rex Fossil for Their Collections; Scientists Fear Losing Access to History

A rare T. rex fossil could fetch $30 million (£22 million), raising fears that private buyers are pricing museums out of the market and limiting scientific research on significant prehistoric finds.

International Business Times UK

Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill dies aged 78

The actor was perhaps best known for playing Dr Alan Grant in the blockbuster dinosaur franchise.

Evening Standard

Venturing into the land of dinosaurs

I have been exploring dinosaur country this past week, otherwise known as Isan, or to be more specific in my case, northern Chaiyaphum.

Bangkok Post

'Roblox My Dino Park' Codes July 2026: Hatch Random Dinosaurs During Hunting Season

Get the latest "My Dino Park" codes for free Eggs, Teeth, and cash. Learn how to redeem codes and where to find future "Roblox" rewards.

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Mongolia's 120-million-year-old giant footprints reveal a forgotten dinosaur world

For decades, Mongolia's reputation in dinosaur research has rested largely on its spectacular Late Cretaceous fossils. Famous skeletons from the Gobi Desert have provided some of the most important discoveries in palaeontology, while older dinosaur ecosystems remained far less understood. That imbalance is beginning to change.

The Times of India

A 148-million-year-old Jurassic fossil discovered in China may have solved one of evolution's biggest mysteries about how birds evolved from dinosaurs

Researchers have described a new Jurassic bird species, Zhengheornis buyu, discovered in Fujian Province, China. The 148-million-year-old fossil shows a shortened tail with 15 vertebrae but no fused pygostyle, suggesting that vertebral reduction happened before tail bone fusion in the evolution of modern birds.

The Economic Times

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

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The Conversation

Megalodon’s legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery

Museums are supposed to be havens for the collective cultural and scientific heritage of the planet, but specimens sometimes go missing.

The Economic Times

A museum drawer hid this dinosaur secret for 40 years, until now when everything changed

Antarctica dinosaur fossil discovery: A forgotten fossil, overlooked for 40 years in a museum drawer, has revealed Antarctica's first dinosaur discovery: an 82-million-year-old titanosaur tail vertebra. This find reshapes our understanding of the continent's ancient past, suggesting it served as a vital land bridge for dinosaurs during the supercontinent Gondwana.

The Times of India

Australia's living dinosaur tree survived 90 million years in a secret canyon

A tree species known only from fossils dating back roughly 90 million years has turned out to be very much alive. In 1994, a New South Wales park ranger rappelled into a narrow sandstone canyon in the Wollemi National Park and stumbled upon a small grove of strange-looking conifers. Botanists…

The Independent UK

A dinosaur fossil sat forgotten in a drawer since 1985 until scientists realized what it was

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer

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The Independent UK

Antarctica’s first dinosaur bone confirmed after four decades in storage

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First dinosaur bone from Antarctica was unnoticed for 40 years

The British Antarctic Survey has uncovered a tail vertebra belonging to a Titanosaur

The Times of India

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

For years, it sat unnoticed among thousands of geological specimens, catalogued and stored without attracting much attention. The fossil had been collected during an expedition to Antarctica in the mid-1980s and then quietly placed within a museum collection, where it remained for nearly four decades.

Euronews

First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery

A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, shedding new light on how these animals spread across the southern hemisphere.

Destructoid

I can parry the meteor that made dinosaurs go extinct? Hell yeah, I’m in

"Jurassic World meets Dark Souls using Cloud's buster sword from Final Fantasy." Say less Jean, I'm in.

Salon

Dino nuggets, made better

Because we all should be feeding our inner child — even into adulthood

The Economic Times

Dinosaur's rib cage is star attraction at Great American State Fair run by Donald Trump's Freedom 250 to celebrate 250th anniversary of U.S. All about gigantic item

Visitors were united by their enthusiasm for states to come together and show off their unique characters, famous natives, industries and history and geographical diversity.

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