PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 27, 2026
Adrian Boeye, a 21-year-old senior student at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor has upended long-held beliefs about how the Tyrannosaurus rex moved, suggesting the prehistoric predator navigated its world more like a nimble, eight-ton bird than a heavy-footed beast. For decades, the cinematic image of the T. rex has been defined by the earth-shaking, heel-first thuds seen in films like “Jurassic Park.” But new research led by Adrian Boeye, a 21-year-old senior, suggests that the 40-foot-long dinosaur actually sprinted on its tiptoes like that of a modern ostrich or roadrunner.