It would eventually become the ultimate apex predator of the Late Cretaceous period. But the tyrannosaurs that preceded it weren’t always at the top of the food chain—one of those myths about ...

Gabrielle Phifer checks out T. rex: The Ultimate Predator at COSI, where you can get up close with life-sized models, interactive exhibits, and cutting-edge reconstructions of this prehistoric giant.

As part of the Museum’s temporary exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, which was on view from 2019-2021, visitors encountered a massive life-sized model of T. rex with patches of feathers ...

Improved technologies, such as biomechanical modeling and x-ray imaging, have allowed scientists to gain a deeper understanding of how this apex predator lived.

Learn more about this mighty predator at the Hong Kong Science Museum’s new exhibition, “Extinction · Resilience”, at the Palaeontology Gallery. It features Paul the T.rex, a lifelike robot ...