If you haven't heard... the Dueling Dinosaurs experience is now open @NaturalSciences. It was an eight-year journey to get here filled with amazing moments and fueled by the hearts and souls of so many. Let's look back.

@JGN_Paleo @NaturalSciences @NCStateNews @NCStateSciences @NCStateBioSci incredible artwork by Anthony Hutchings. A pack of #Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex... too on the nose?

Whew. A little thing happened today. Honored to have done this work with the outstanding @JGN_Paleo. I was a skeptic when I stepped into this, but no denying it #Nanotyrannus is valid. @JGN_Paleo and I left no stone unturned. And by the way, there are juvi T. rex, stay tuned...

It's real. And it's spectacular. Sometimes, one fossil really can change everything you think you know. NEW PAPER (see bottom of thread) AND 🧵

New insights into early therizinosaur evolution! Newly described cranial bones of Falcarius utahensis—the oldest known therizinosaur—reveal key transitions in skull form and feeding anatomy. Freimuth & Zanno: https://t.co/hYl3yE9CDI

What are the biggest questions in #paleontology? New paper out now in Paleobiology led by Smith & Kiessling with ~200 coauthors, on the relevance of our field, methods, & museum collections to climate & biodiversity research🦖 #FossilFriday @PaleoSoc 🔗 https://t.co/YotdbAbqbX

#FossilFriday Many questions unanswered or even we have not thought about them left behind the sciences. A team of >200 scientists globally joined to answer these mysterious/untouched questions to recover the hidden knowledges. Find BIG team’s BIG Questions paper in the comment.

Announcing Zavacephale! So excited to share this cute little beastie with the world! Zavacephale is the oldest and most complete pachy. It’s also a juvenile with a full set of combat headgear! Check out our paper published in Nature today. https://t.co/RxalSnliRi

The night sky in the #gobi desert of #mongolia does not disappoint. We even caught the total lunar eclipse! #MADEx2025 #dinodig25 @NaturalSciences @NCStateBioSci @NCStateSciences

For our final week, we set up base camp in the southernmost Gobi. We made some spectacular discoveries… tiny crocs, embryonic dinos, minuscule coprolites filled w/ lizard bones, and mammals that scurried about under dinosaur feet. This place is magic. #MADEx2025 #dinodig25

Stopped at the Flaming Cliffs for a night of sleeping under the stars on our way to base camp 3 in the southernmost Gobi. Still bone and eggshell to be found. Be still my beating heart. #MADEx2025 #dinodig25

We were hit by a Gobi dust storm today! #MADEx2025 #dinodig25 @NaturalSciences @NCStateBioSci @NCStateSciences

Take a stroll with me through one of the most famous #dinosaur localities in the world - Togrogiin Shiree - discovery site of Mongolia’s famous Fighting Dinosaurs #MADEx2025 #dinodig25 Museum

Turtles and tracks today… #MADEx2025 #dinodig25

Some “baby” Gobi storms rolling through camp last evening. Word on the street is that momma storms are on the way. 😳#MADEx2025 #dinodig25. @NaturalSciences @NCStateBioSci @NCStateSciences

Some “baby” Gobi storms rolling through camp last evening. Word on the street is that momma storms are on the way. 😳#MADEx2025 #dinodig25. @NaturalSciences @NCStateBioSci @NCStateSciences

#FossilFriday hits differently when you’re out in the field, particularly when your eyes land on an articulated avimimid and on a baby velociraptorine, but most importantly when you know you work with the best 🦖 #dinosaurs #Gobi #Mongolia @ExpeditionLive @Dino_Chinzorig

We moved base camps yesterday. Articulated avimimid skeleton today. What a beauty! I’m in love 😍 #MADEx2025 #dinodig25 @NaturalSciences @NCStateSciences @NCStateBioSci

A tiny raptor skeleton and four articulated psittacosaurs today. Looks like we@have our work cut out for us the next few days! #MADEx25 #dinodig25

DAY-4: The journey of the #MADEx25 team is continuing in the Cretaceous. #Psittacosaur is common dino in this region + theropod claw. @ExpeditionLive @AAlechiarenza @NaturalSciences

Piece of a maxilla (upper jaw) and a jugal (“cheek”) bone, including the horn of a psittacosaur I picked up (live from the field) and view of the office today #Gobi #Mongolia #fieldwork #dinosaurs #MADEx205 #dinodig25