Tag: SUEtheTrex
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Dinopalooza Dino Derby at the Field Museum on June 7th, 2025
This Saturday, June 7th, 2025 is Dinopalooza at the Field Museum. Find out more on the Dinopalooza webpage. Dinopalooza is back and bigger than ever! Come celebrate SUE at this Museum-wide dinosaur extravaganza featuring Field scientists sharing their work, paleoart crafts, face painting, special tours, and so much more! This year the Field Museum is…
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This Dinosaur Had Feathers and Probably Flew Like a Chicken
The New York Times has an article about the Chicago Archaeopteryx. The Field Museum unveiled the its Archaeopteryx in the Spring of 2024. Since then, the fossil has been revealing its secrets… some of them were published recently in the journal Nature. Archaeopteryx specimens have, “maybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that…
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Deck the Dinos at the Field Museum!
Deck the dinos! 🎁🦕 Stop in through the holiday season to catch a few of your prehistoric pals in their most festive attire. Snap a pic lounging with the Quetzalcoatlus or Máximo. Then stop by and sing a carol with SUE in the Flesh, before this carnivore hits the road on January 16!
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T. rex’s Distant Relative Lived in Thailand 145 Million Years Ago
Isolated teeth of basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Phu Noi locality, Thailand. Image credit: Chowchuvech et al. SciNews has a story about basal tyrannosaurs in Thailand durng the late Jurassic Period. Three isolated tyrannosaur teeth have been found in the Phu Noi locality, Kham Muang district, Kalasin province, northeastern Thailand. While other dinosaurs are known from…
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Family Discovers Rare T. Rex Fossil in North Dakota
The site where a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton was found in North Dakota.Credit…Denver Museum of Science and Nature The New York Times has a story about the discovery of a Tyrannosaurs rex skeleton. The fossil was found in the summer of 2022 by two boys hiking with their father and a cousin. They saw bones poking…
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What’s in a Name? The Battle of Baby T. Rex and Nanotyrannus
The New York Times has a story about the debate of juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex vs Nanotyrannus. The debate has continued for years but was recently revived by the potential sale of a “rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton” by the David Aaron gallery. The dispute has produced reams of scientific research and decades of debate, polarizing paleontologists along the way. Now, with dinosaur…
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New Species of Giant Tyrannosaur Discovered in New Mexico
SciNews has news of a new species of Tyrannosaur. This one is called Tyrannosaurs mcraeensis. It was described from fossils found in the Hall Lake Formation of New Mexico. This is most likely a sister species of Tyrannosaurus rex. which existed about 3 to 5 million years before T. rex. The paper “A giant tyrannosaur…
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New research shows ‘juvenile’ T. rex fossils are a distinct species of small tyrannosaur
Phys.org has an article about Nanotyrannus lancensis. A paper in the journal Fossil Studies proposes that N. lancensis is a distinct species of tyrannosaur and not a juvenile T. rex. The first skull of Nanotyrannus was found in Montana in 1942, but for decades, paleontologists have gone back and forth on whether it was a…
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Dino-Sore: Smithsonian Paleontologist Diagnoses Ancient Ailments in the Museum’s Dinosaurs
Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting post about dinosaur injuries. Not injuries to humans, although getting dinosaur bones out of the ground can be physically challenging, but injuries to dinosaurs evident in their bones long after they have died. SUE, the T. rex at the Field Museum in Chicago, has numerous bone pathologies including broken ribs,…
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Sue the T. Rex gets life-like model to match skeleton
The SunTimes has a piece about a new exhibit at the Field Museum. It’s called “SUE in the Flesh” and features a life size model of SUE with a baby Edmontosaurus in her mouth. For two decades, Sue has drawn dinosaur lovers to the Field Museum so they can catch a glimpse of the largest…
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Chicago’s Field Museum Has a Dinosaur on the Loose — and She Has a Twitter Account (Video)
Travel and Leisure has a piece on SUE at the FIeld Museum. A bunch a good facts and information plus some of SUE’s recent tours of the museum as it is closed for the next few weeks. Chicago’s Field Museum sent out its very own dinosaur ambassador, SUE, to check on the museum as it…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #36: SUE at the Field Museum
As part of the celebration of ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #36. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! SUE had her Grand Opening at the Field Museum on May 17th, 2000. Here is a link to the ESCONI page to document the event. …
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NBC5: Smell Sue the T. Rex’s Breath at New Field Museum Exhibit
NBC5 has a segment on some new features in SUE exhibit at the Field Museum. You can feel her skin, hear her rumble, even smell her breath… it’s a whole day in the life of a T-rex! What did Sue the T. Rex’s breath smell like back in the day (i.e. the late Cretaceous Period)?…
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The Onion: Field Museum Officials Announce Long-Awaited Pregnancy Of Prized T-Rex
TheOnion has an amusing story about SUE the T-rex. It seems that they have been trying to breed SUE for quite a while and now she’s pregnant! CHICAGO—Expressing their elation at the rare specimen’s successful mating, Field Museum officials announced the long-awaited pregnancy of Sue, the museum’s beloved T-rex, in a press conference Friday. “When…
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Is “Scotty” the Biggest T. rex? Maybe Not!
Brian Switeck on his Laelaps blog has a great post that discusses why “Scotty” may NOT be the biggest T.rex. Our local favorite, “SUE” of the Field Museum has long been billed as the largest, oldest, and most complete T.rex ever found. There isn’t any doubt in the “most complete” title. But, largest and oldest…
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SUE can’t wait to eat, er, meet you at their new suite starting 12.21.18
The Field Museum has a useful page for visiting SUE when the new exhibit opens on December 21st. First, a message straight from SUE: Staff have been working day and night to bring you the best holiday gift: ME. Because the world is wild with anticipation over my return, we expect a higher number of…
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A Fresh Science Makeover for SUE
The new Sue exhibit is schedule to open on December 21st, 2018. It will include many new facts and clarifications. Those changes are nicely summarized in a new Field Museum blog post. Though SUE the T. rex’s fossils are a snapshot of life 67 million years ago, the science around extinct animals is rarely set…
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SUE the T. rex, Chomping Back into Action 12.21.18
The wait is almost over, SUE the T. rex* will be back on display at the Field Museum, starting Friday, December 21. Plan your visit to see SUE’s new digs and experience the world’s biggest and most complete T. rex like never before. Step into the world of SUE and uncover what our scientists discovered about the life…
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Happy Birthday, Sue!
Sue the T-rex was discovered on August 12th, 1990 by Sue Hendrickson. She resides at the Field Museum in Chicago, IL. She’s the biggest, most complete, and oldest T-rex ever discovered. In Spring 2019, she will be unveiled in her new home. Don’t miss it!
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The dismantling of Sue
The Chicago Tribune has a story about the plans to dismantle at the Field Museum. The Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur, known as Sue, has been on display in the Field Museum’s Stanley Field Hall since 2000. She was discovered in 1990 in South Dakota by Sue Hendrickson. Beginning this week, she will be disassembled to make…
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Move over, Sue: World’s largest dinosaur taking center stage at Field Museum
The Chicagoist has a great story about changes at the Field Museum. Sue is moving to her own space up inside Evolving Planet, and a new cast of the largest dinosaur every discovered will be installed in Stanley Field Hall. The new dinosaur, Patagotitan mayorum, a titanosaur from South America, will be installed in the…
