Paleontology News

Some collectors may pay up to $6 million for a complete dinosaur skeleton There are three settlements in Russia that are known as recognized dinosaur cemeteries: the settlement of Kundur in the Amur Region, ...2.9

Hands-on workshop open to public SCARE TACTICS-Learn to bring the best, or worst, out of your Halloween jack-o'-lantern at the pumpkin sculpting workshop at Soka University on Sun., Oct.2.7

Bethany Swanson / Reporter Could it be possible that the modern day parakeet is actually the distant cousin of a dinosaur? That's what Mark A. Norell and his colleagues are trying to discover.

Spencer Lucas admits it _ he has Sue envy. The paleontology curator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science won't be Sue's only admirer when she is unveiled in New Mexico this Saturday, though.2.7

September 20th, 2005 @ 4:42pm Ed Yeates Reporting The surprising catastrophic death of a dinosaur in an unusual place you wouldn't expect to find it! The discovery is now in the basement of the Museum of ...2.9

Special to The Courier-Journal Kids of all ages got a chance to play fossil hunter over the weekend at the Falls of the Ohio State Park.2

Dinny the roadside dinosaur has found religion. The 45-foot-high concrete apatosaurus has towered over Interstate Hwy.2.7

NEW ZEALAND WILD: WHALES AND DOLPHINS by Barbara Todd; Reed Publishing, 2000; 32pp; $14.95 NEW ZEALAND WILD: THE TUATARA by Brian Parkinson; Reed Publishing, 2000; 32pp; $14.95 Reviewed by Vicki Hyde The ...2.7

Some of the world's most famous dinosaur experts meet here in Rockford. It's all part of a three day conference on the Tyrannosaurus Rex.2

Baker County's oldest bone has been around for 220 million years, but it's been famous for only 15.2.9

With their long necks and tails, sauropod dinosaurs - famous as the Sinclair gasoline logo and Fred Flintstone's gravel pit tractor - are easy to recognize, in part because they all seem to look alike.3.3

British Association Festival of Science Giant flying reptiles that soared through the skies in the dinosaur era may have been almost twice as big as previously thought.2.7

When the ancient remains of a Columbian mammoth were found in San Jose this summer, San Jose State University geology Professor David Andersen was the first scientist on the scene.

Popular Web cameras that allow viewers to watch live video of Pacific walruses will be shut off this week at the request of Alaska Natives.1.3

Yes, the Moorpark mammoth looks a bit like an elephant in the official painting unveiled before ... The council purchased the rights to the 3-by-5-foot painting from Orange County artist Jan Mecklenburg for $2,700.2.7

Fossils of the gigantic crocodile were found in the Amazonian jungle Fossils of the gigantic crocodile were found in the Amazonian jungle.2.9

The Willowdale Gem and Mineral Club is inviting the public to attend a lecture by paleontologist Kevin Seymour from the Royal Ontario Museum Friday, Sept.2.7

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The head of the Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriff's Association says he has passed a polygraph test that should clear him of perjury allegations.2.7

Around Barstow, Thieves' Prey Is Prehistory In a unique and rocky zone, fossils and antiquities disappear from the ground.2.7

If you're interested in dinosaurs, follow the Montana Dinosaur Trail. A map from Travel Montana and the www.mtdinotrail.org Web site can help you find the state's 13 dinosaur museums via the state highway ...2.7

Back-to-school time doesn't have to mean indoors-only studying. America's national parks and monuments offer hands-on educational programs that can bring science and history lessons to life.2.7

No late-run fishery this year The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced commercial, recreational and First Nations economic fisheries will likely be prevented from harvesting any of this year's ...2.7

It could be a new species of dinosaurs, discovered on a Central Texas man's land.2.7

Using his sifter to look for shark teeth, David Oeffinger of Gleynnoak, Md. inspects the course sand carefully as Peter O'Malley of Long Island, N.Y. uses a metal detector at Bay front Beach.2

Tiny fossils spotted in southwest China's Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau indicate the earliest complex animal species were possibly born in China and appeared on the surface of the Earth about 580 million years ago, ...2.7

Here's a look at a trio of digital video presentations geared toward science enthusiasts with DVD-enabled computers and home entertainment centers.3.1

RUDYARD The folks in Rudyard sure know how to keep a secret. Several celebrities joined paleontologist Jack Horner on a dinosaur dig north of Rudyard earlier this month, and it looks like everyone in the town ...3.3

Training for a marathon is different than training to lift weights. Montana State University's Mike Hahn and master's degree candidate Tyler Brown knew that the more a person tries to use a muscle, the stronger ...1.7

By KENNETH CHANG New York Times At the heart of the debate over intelligent design is this question: Can a scientific explanation of the history of life include the actions of an unseen higher being? The ...1.9

Dinosaurs, most paleontologists agree, are the ancient ancestors of the robin in the tree branch outside your window.4

Ever since humans first peered into the night sky and wondered, "Where did all this come from? ... The president of the Institute for Creation Research, North Santee, Calif., he will be at Calvary Chapel of Salt Lake City, 460 W.3.2