Scientists find fossil of ancient hedgehog-like mammal
BERLIN - Scientists say the fossil of a small, furry creature found in a Spanish quarry indicates that mammals evolved hedgehog-like spines far earlier than previously thought, according to a paper...
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Treasure trove of late Triassic fossils discovered in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Paleontologists have discovered a cliff-side in Utah brimming with fossils that offers a rare glimpse of desert life in western North America early in the age of dinosaurs.
View ArticleIU Science Fest will feature 'zombie' Einstein vs dinosaurs
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - An Indiana University festival that toasts the world of science will resurrect Albert Einstein as a "zombie" who will battle a horde of dinosaurs.
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Elk Basin dino dug up
POWELL, Wyoming - For more than 70 million years, it sat preserved underground until the front leg and shoulder of a hadrosaur, a type of duck-billed dinosaur, was dug up in Elk Basin.
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Dakotaraptor ruled Hell Creek Formation as lethal predator
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - Tyrannosaurus rex may have been known as the big guy around the Hell Creek Formation 66 million years ago, but a newly discovered species of raptor would have roamed nearby...
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Publicist: Nicolas Cage was buyer of stolen dinosaur skull
NEW YORK - Nicolas Cage has agreed to give back a national treasure from Mongolia.
View ArticleMontana officials want dollar value on dinosaur fossils
BOZEMAN, Montana - Montana State University is trying to put a value on dinosaur bones after state auditors said they need it for insurance policies, despite opposition from Museum of the Rockies'...
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Could Mt. Cristo Rey start New Mexico trail?
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - An El Paso museum group pitched an idea in the first week of the year to a state commission that met in Las Cruces: An in-the-works Rio Grande hiking trail could start at the...
View ArticleCanadian resident sentenced for smuggling dinosaur fossils
TUCSON, Arizona - A Canadian resident has been fined $25,000 and sentenced to five years of probation for smuggling dinosaur fossils out of China and trying to sell them in Arizona.
View ArticleWyoming dinosaur footprint officially measured
BILLINGS, Montana - Young guys and old fossils seem to converge in a unique and special way in Glenrock, Wyoming.
View ArticleFairbury museum exhibit to display, examine fossils
FAIRBURY, Nebraska - A Fairbury museum is opening an exhibit in which visitors can bring fossils for examination and see fossils of mammoths, mastodons, dinosaurs and other creatures.
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Study: Dinosaurs were declining long before asteroid hit
NEW YORK - Dinosaurs were in decline long before an asteroid strike polished them off about 66 million years ago, a study says.
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From tiny to titan: Baby dinosaur fossils reveal megagrowth
WASHINGTON - Think your kids grow fast? Scientists say one dinosaur baby went from tiny to a true titan in the blink of a prehistoric eye.
View Article5 charged after dinosaur bones taken on college trip to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Prosecutors have filed theft charges against five people accused of stealing 60 pounds of dinosaur bones near a Utah quarry during an educational trip run by a college in Texas,...
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New horned dinosaur species discovered in Montana by amateur
BILLINGS, Montana - A novice fossil collector's lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago has turned out to be a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced...
View ArticleUS wants to help endangered Yellowstone fish with $57M dam
BILLINGS, Montana - U.S. officials say building a $57 million concrete dam and fish bypass channel along Montana's Yellowstone River offers the cheapest way to help an endangered species that dates to...
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'Jurassic Park' paleontologist retiring from museum he built
BOZEMAN, Montana - Jack Horner, the paleontologist who discovered the world's first dinosaur embryos and found that dinosaurs had nests and cared for their young, is leaving the Montana museum he spent...
View ArticleBarnes County Historical Society hosting triceratops fossil
VALLEY CITY, North Dakota - The Barnes County Historical Society is hosting an 18-foot-long fossilized triceratops named Gundy as its newest exhibit.
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