Interviewsicle: Fossil Hunter Kent Hups

Welcome back to Interviewsicle, Newsicle’s interview series! 🎙️🦖 Lily sits down with inspiring guests to explore big ideas, remarkable discoveries and the questions kids are most curious about.

This episode features Kent Hups, a high school science teacher and fossil hunter who is making global headlines this week after discovering the world’s first known T. rex trackway. Kent tells Lily how he spotted the first footprint, how the team confirmed the discovery, and what the 23-foot trackway reveals about how T. rex moved. 

He also explains why dinosaur tracks can tell scientists things bones cannot and shares advice for kids who hope to make discoveries of their own.