T. Rex an intelligent tool-user and culture-builder? Not so fast, says new U of A research

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 26, 2024 2:46 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Recent research suggested a truly horrifying thought — that T. Rex, perhaps the most fearsome predator to walk the earth, was also smart enough to use tools, hunt in packs and pass down … Read more

what to do along new bullet train route

Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers. The coastal Fukui Prefecture is some 185 miles west of Tokyo. The new train will pass through the city of Fukui, the town of Awara and other places guidebooks rarely mention, … Read more

‘Fond of drumsticks’: Royal Tyrrell paleontologists make new discovery in tyrannosaur diets

Palaeontologists at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta have discovered the dining preferences of a juvenile tyrannosaur: drumsticks. The discovery was made while a technician was cleaning up a fossil of a five- to seven-year-old Gorgosaurus libratus that was originally located in 2009. “While he was cleaning up the fossil, he noticed those little toe bones … Read more