The massive and fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex may be the most recognizable dinosaur of all time, but it has long been the butt of jokes due to its tiny, seemingly pointless arms. But according to one ...

The Tyrannosaurus Rex may have been the fiercest predator that has ever roamed planet Earth. But for all its ferocity, there was something comically off with its forelimbs. Apart from being laughably ...

Over the two decades paleontologist Kevin Padian taught a freshman seminar called The Age of Dinosaurs, one question asked frequently by undergraduates stuck with him: Why are the arms of ...

BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- A paleontology professor at the University of California, Berkeley has come up a new answer to a question that has stumped dinosaur experts and armchair observers alike: Why are ...

A new hypothesis for the evolution of the T. rex’s short arms was formulated by Kevin Padian, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of integrative biology and curator of paleontology at the UC Museum of ...

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April 5 (UPI) --The Tyrannosaurus rex's arms may have evolved to become extremely short to lower the risk of bites while feeding in packs, a new study says. A 45-foot-long T. rex may have 3-feet long ...

“The characteristics we think of as defining T. rex, namely a huge head and tiny forelimbs, were actually part of a 90-million-year trend in that direction,” the video notes. “And that big head wasn’t ...

It is well-known that the King of the Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, had tiny arms. Now, a new study suggests that this trait may have run in the family. Researchers from the University of Bath have ...

A new giant dinosaur was recently discovered in the Patagonia region of Argentina with short arms reminiscent of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Like the T. rex, which was one of the largest dinosaurs to have ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS 12) — How strong are little T-rex arms? According to Martin County deputies, strong enough to paddleboard. Martin County Sheriff's Office marine unit did a double take when a ...