HMNS Beyond Bones Podcast · Houston Museum of Natural Science
How dinosaur diseases make them more real and relatable.
·15 min·1 clip
Scientists discovered the Gorgosaurus had brain cancer, with growths visible in its skull.
As heard by us
A fossil story that makes ancient disease feel immediate, personal, and oddly familiar.
It begins with a plain-looking dinosaur skeleton and then quietly changes the angle. A Gorgosaurus mount turns out to carry signs of cancer, then parasite eggs, so the bones stop reading like a display piece and start looking like a body with a past.
Why you'd press play
You want dinosaurs to feel less like exhibits and more like living animals with ailments of their own.
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