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The iconic evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest haven't always been here.

Scientists have just discovered the newest member of that family—an iguana-sized reptile whose name means “Antarctic king.”

Burke Museum paleontologists continue work on the rare T. rex skull, recently finding that all jaw and skull bones are there.

Burke paleontologists travel to Zambia in search for answers to the most colossal extinction on earth.