Curiosities

Fri, 2019-04-26

Hillsboro paleontologist Andre LuJan had been digging on his company-owned property in the dusty west Texas hills for years, with little to show for it but a few small fossils.

Wed, 2019-04-24

The central issue is one that should be familiar to any Indiana Jones fan: Where does a specimen belong once it has been dug up?

Tue, 2019-04-23

Icons come and go, especially when it comes to the star-studded pantheon of dinosaurs.

Fri, 2019-04-19

In an Antarctic expedition, researchers have discovered a fossilized dinosaur footprint approximately 200 million years old. 

Fri, 2019-04-19

A site containing the 220-million-year-old fossilized remains of nearly a dozen dinosaurs has been discovered in western Argentina.

Thu, 2019-04-18

An international team of paleontologists from China and the United States has found high levels of mercury in the end-Permian marine sediments at nearly a dozen sites around the world, which provides persuasive evidence that volcanic eruptions were to blame for...

Wed, 2019-04-17

What is believed to be Japan’s largest fossilized dinosaur skeleton has been restored as a life-size replica, researchers and officials from the town of Mukawa, in Hokkaido, where the original discovery was made.

Wed, 2019-04-17

Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to...

Tue, 2019-04-16

It’s astonishing what you can buy on eBay. An ongoing auction on the site offers buyers the chance to own what is claimed to...

Tue, 2019-04-16

Remember how Dr. Henry Wu, the same geneticist responsible for bringing T. rex back to life in Jurassic Park, spliced together...

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