NEW YORK — The dinosaur skeleton that sparked an international custody battle began its journey home Monday, as Mongolian officials formally took possession of the fossilized bones of the T. rex-like ...

France has returned a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia after discovering it had been taken illegally from the Gobi Desert. The fossil belonged to a Tarbosaurus bataar, a huge ...

Skeleton of a Tarbosaurus Baatar mounted for an exhibition at a museum in Santiago, Chile, on May 31st, 2007, on loan from Mongolia. Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP France was to hand over a 70 million ...

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A fossilized dinosaur that was once at the top of its food chain is now caught in the jaws of a legal battle over whether or not its remains can be sold in the United States. The anonymous buyer who ...

The 8-foot-tall, 24-foot-long skeleton of a Tyannosaurus bataar - or tarbosaurus, a name that means "alarming lizard" - went for $1,052,500 Sunday at a New York auction, says Heritage Auctions, which ...

The "extremely rare" fossil of a Tarbosaurus baatar, considered to be the Asian cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, was seized by French officials in 2015. Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism ...

France was to hand over a 70 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia, which was looted from the Gobi desert and seized by French customs. The "extremely rare" fossil of a Tarbosaurus baatar, ...

France is set to return a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia, officials confirmed Monday. The fossil, looted from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, was seized by French customs in 2015 during a ...