The "dinosaur bones" that you see on display at the Museum aren't really bones at all. Through the process of fossilization, ancient animal bones are turned into rock. What is a fossil? A fossil is any …

The first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered in 1902 in Hell Creek, Montana, by the Museum's famous fossil hunter Barnum Brown. Six years later, Brown discovered a nearly complete …

Quick facts about dinosaurs for kids and grown-ups! Find out what dinosaurs ate, how they may have behaved, what they may have looked like, and more.

Probably the most famous of all extinct dinosaurs, the mighty Tyrannosaurus possessed a surprisingly light, hollow-boned, 40-foot-long skeleton. Velociraptor mongoliensis The lithe, 6-foot-long skeleton …

Dinosaur Basics Dinosaur Names Find out how dinosaurs get their names and the meanings of their Greek and Latin roots. Types of Dinosaurs Learn how many species have been discovered, and see …

View of Tyrannosaurus rex fossil skeleton in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs.] We have the blue whale, we have the Tyrannosaurus rex, we have the Barosaurus, [View of the Museum's Roosevelt …

Ever wonder how scientists can look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like? Learn their five-step trick. Then, bring a Stegosaurus skeleton to life.

Named for its large size, this fossil skeleton is relatively complete and shows signs that this dinosaur lived into old age. Stegosaurs were plant-eating, armored dinosaurs. Notice the spiky tail on the …

The Museum’s dinosaur exhibits are organized to reflect evolutionary relationships, and a walk through the exhibition halls is like a walk along the trunk, branches, and twigs of the evolutionary tree for …

ZIETLOW: because it is a nearly complete skeleton A drawer containing a fossil mosasaur skull and the lower jaw is pulled out from a cabinet. ZIETLOW: and the skull is in almost perfect condition. MENG …