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Poison Likely Helped Prehistoric 'Raptor' Kill Prey
Some 128 million years ago, a bird-like raptor flew above what is now China. That's not terribly unusual, but there's a twist: It was poisonous, just like today's snakes, researchers say. Comment?
Cape Fear Museum honors volunteers
... Advisory Board and is a longtime museum member and supporter. He has been an education docent since the first dinosaur exhibit came to the museum in 1993. The museum's Golden Award was given to volunteer Betty Rouse. Rouse, who has been a museum ... Comment?
Stool science pioneer earns belated acclaim
An acclaimed new children's book about an unlikely subject -- fossilized dinosaur dung -- is paying a belated tribute to the unsung Canadian scientist who overcame ridicule to pioneer what has become one of the most fertile fields of inquiry for international researchers probing ancient life and human origins. Comment?
... local charities and Lions' sight-related causes. Located at 50 Barry Dr. The following events will be held: - Dinosaur Week Movies will be shown at 11 a.m., 2, 3 p.m. Dec. 22: Walking with Dinosaurs. Dec. 23: T-Rex - " The Ultimate Guide. Dec. 24: ... Comment?
Sandhill Crane population on the rise in Ohio
Unsuspecting Ohioans have been treated to an unforgettable spectacle of large flocks of enormous pterodactyl-like birds passing overhead recently. Comment?
Ex Libris'the Extinction Gene' is More Than Worth a Read
... approval but is now being arbitrarily closed. At least part of the reason is unknown, but in a sequenced layer of dinosaur fossils that shows their progress from a time of when they were abundant to the time when they disappeared, Dr. Perriman has ... Comment?
It is getting dark early, and although it's almost spring, it feels like late autumn, less and less light each day, cold winds biting our faces as we turn instinctively from the wind ... when we ought to be looking into the wind, looking for clues to how to trim our sails and adapt to a world that will never be quite the same again. Comment?
... industries that shouldn't exist anymore. They bet their future on the Hummer? What were they thinking? I may be a dinosaur. Some days I think it makes more sense to plant a garden, milk a cow and ride a horse to market. I miss butchers and bakers ... Comment?
24 Hours: Free Christmas Day ham dinner; story and craft time; 'T. rex Walks Again'
... on the theme of "A Blast of Winter Fun." 814 W. Wisconsin. Free. (414) 286-3000 or mpl.org. 2 p.m. Saturday The Dinosaur Discovery Museum has another of its Dino Flicks, "T. rex Walks Again," about how a "paleo-artist" and a dinosaur builder create ... Comment?
Center Stage: What's hot in the Midlands
The family is in town and maybe driving you crazy. What is there to do - besides shopping - that will get you out of the house? Here are some things to help quell the cabin fever of the season. Comment?
Book Review: Richard Owen: Biology Without Darwin [Laelaps]
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... his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking . Switek's first book, Written in Stone , will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press. Facebook Twitter ... Comment?
Gunner loves dinosaurs and fossils and has an extensive fossil specimen collection which he loves to talk about, he also has two tortoises. Comment?
... Three University of Alberta paleontology students have re-examined a 1970s interpretation of an armadillo-like dinosaur ... and found that the creature's original researcher 50 years earlier had been correct. The 76-million-year-old dinosaur was ... Comment?
'Walking with Dinosaurs' brings family fun to Cobo
... is a theatrical production." An example of some of the interaction between the dinosaurs and the audience is how a dinosaur's head might turn to an audience member who sneezes, screams or makes another sound. "We try to stay scientifically accurate, ... Comment?
... your winter sports fun with a trip to the museum itself - entrance is free - where they'll be delighted by the dinosaur skeletons, minerals, plants and animals on display. If you're alone or with your partner, though, why not pop into Harrods, which ... Comment?
Check out a DVD for family fun this holiday season
There's no more "money-savvy" way to enjoy holiday time with family than by checking out a DVD from the Bellwood Public Library at no charge with your Bellwood library card. Comment?
Dinosaurs walk again at Cobo
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Dinosaurs ruled this planet for 200 million years. Now they're back in the riveting, seat-shaking production 'Walking With Dinosaurs -- The Arena Spectacular.' Dinosaur lovers can marvel, beginning Tuesday at Cobo Center, at 15 life-size behemoths, including a 50-foot brachiosaur and 75-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex, which move, roar, interact and ... Comment?
Every School Every Thursday - Ankeny
... era (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous) and fossils relating to these periods. Each student will also be choosing a dinosaur to research and write a report on. Students will also get the chance to make their own fossils and excavate them. Northeast ... Comment?
Museum seeks help from 'Dino Detectives'
Amateur sleuths are needed to hunt down a mystery dinosaur at the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert. Comment?
The clash over 'Clash of the Dinosaurs'
"Clash of the Dinosaurs", a documentary produced by London based Dangerous Ltd, which aired on the Discovery Channel earlier in December, has caused no shortage of consternation for, and from, the paleontologists interviewed for the production. Comment?