Archive for April 5th, 2012

New Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in China Suggests a Soft Downy Coat of Feathers

The discovery of a giant, meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex. With a killer jaw and sharp claws, T. rex has long been depicted in movies and popular culture as having scaly skin. But the discovery of an earlier relative suggests the king of dinosaurs may […]