Paleontology News

DINOTRUX, by Chris Gall $19. Nothing beats a good picture book about dinosaurs. Well, except a great book about construction vehicles.

YOUNG MEETS OLD: Sophie Thomson, 11, of Lower Hutt, examines the 70-million-year-old dinosaur footprint at Whanganui Inlet.

Third-graders at Roanoke Catholic School were probably the luckiest pupils in the Roanoke Valley on Thursday morning.

Because the preserved record of marine animals is unusually extensive in comparison, say, to that of terrestrial animals such as dinosaurs, it's been easier to accurately calibrate the diversity and extinction records of marine organisms.

Crocodiles may have a nasty, nightmarish reputation among most people, but the leathery, snappish critters have been around so long that they probably gave most dinosaurs a fright, too.

On one wall in Waukegan Public Library's Early Learning Center, a life-size replica of a baby tyrannosaurus rex sticks its head into the room.

A six-metre croc with three sets of fangs is among the five ancient relatives of modern-day crocodiles found in the Sahara Desert, scientists said Thursday.

We've seen plenty of puzzle type dinosaur skeleton models in our time, and for the most part we like them.

A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.

Though their long teeth look fearsome, male sabertooth cats may have actually been less aggressive than their feline cousins, a new study finds.

Discounted rates this Sunday, November 15, 2009 will make it a bit easier for kama'aina and military families to see the latest exciting exhibits at Bishop Museum.

The holes in a T.rex jaw were probably left by a parasite, the new work suggests.

The world as we see today has not always been like this. It requires us to know the theory of evolution and a great deal of imagination to visualise the life and time that existed million of years ago.

Up to a third of dinosaur species named by scientists could in fact be babies or teenagers of previously known species, according to research by two leading U.S. paleontologists.

A project to demolish and replace parts of the condemned visitor center at Dinosaur National Monument has gone out to bid.

The history of evolution is becoming well understood. Where might its future go? The past of human evolution is coming to light as scientists uncover a trove of fossils and genetic knowledge.

I'm thinking of nominating myself. Until one day last week, when I found myself watching some sort of dinosaur train show with a grandkid, I didn't even know there were such things as state fossils.

Sankar Chatterjee, the Bengali geoscientist who has ignited a debate around the world about an Indian link to the end of the dinosaur age, came to Lubbock from the centre of it all in Washington because he wanted to be closer to home: India.

The author has taken the traditional approach of most dinosaur books that discusses each group chapter by chapter and turned it on its ear. In Dinosaur Odyssey Sampson is more concerned with what dinosaurs can teach us about the evolution of the Earth and our place in the intricate web of life than about any specific specimen of T. rex or Triceratops.

Paleontologists have had a good year, bringing a slew of new dinosaurs to the books. We pored through the many finds to bring you the best horned, bird-footed, feathered and, of course, ferocious new dinosaurs unveiled this year.