A dino debate goes extinct
In the first episode of our new Dead World video series, digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur unpacks the latest research confirming that Nanotyrannus was a real dinosaur—not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex.
Welcome to Dead World, a newsletter and video series digging up the most fascinating discoveries in archaeology and paleontology.
Digital science editor Nicholas St. Fleur will be your Dead World correspondent, discussing all things dead and super dead. To kick things off, our first episode unpacks one of the biggest dinosaur stories of 2025: the confirmation of Nanotyrannus.
For 40 years, paleontologists fiercely debated whether this small tyrannosaur was simply a teenage T. rex or a distinct dinosaur species. Now, new research offers the strongest evidence yet that Nanotyrannus was real. Watch the video and stay tuned for more stories about all that’s ancient and extinct. Our Dead World newsletter is launching soon!
