New research documenting the first multispecies tracksite discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park provides evidence of herding behaviour in ceratopsians, and suggests an ankylosaur might have been p…| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Welcome to Alberta’s palaeontological hall of fame! Meet the world’s best-preserved armoured dinosaur; a gorgosaur with prey fossilized in its stomach; the first evidence of feathered dinosaurs in …| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
New research led by Dr. Caleb Brown, Curator of Dinosaur Systematics & Evolution at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, reveals a bite mark found in a fossil neck vertebra of a juvenile pterosaur from th…| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
The Royal Tyrrell Museum’s Fossils in Focus exhibit highlights current research and exceptional fossils from our vast collection. Did you know that less than 1% of the Museum’s collection is on display at any given time? The latest installation of Fossils in Focus includes a mosasaur skull, a vertebra from an animal known as the … Continue reading 2024 Fossils in Focus—New Research, New Discoveries| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Andre Gogol’s love of palaeontology began with a childhood spent exploring Alberta’s badlands. As a youngster, he imagined fossils as beautiful and terrifying creatures that might rise from the gro…| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
The Royal Tyrrell Museum has completely redeveloped our Precambrian and Cambrian galleries. Our new First Life exhibit, opened in May 2024, explains how life evolved—from its earliest beginnings, t…| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
As we set out on a new year and new adventures, we’re looking back on a few of the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s many 2023 highlights—with grateful thanks to everyone who supports our work. 2023 At A Glance Welcomed 526,340 visitors Published 17 peer-reviewed scientific papers Delivered public programs to 31,400+ onsite participants Reached 11,000 participants … Continue reading What a Year! 2023 Highlights| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology collects thousands of fossils each year. Staff locate some of these while conducting targeted fieldwork, whereas other fossils are found and reported to us by members of the public. What exactly happens when a fossil is discovered? The answer is different for every specimen. Although most fossils are underground … Continue reading Incredible Fossils Added to Royal Tyrrell Museum Collection| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Exciting research reveals new information about the diet of tyrannosaurs, based on an extraordinary specimen that contains the last meal of a young meat-eating dinosaur. It’s the first time that st…| Inside the Royal Tyrrell Museum
