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Norwegian scientists have discovered a "treasure trove" of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that roamed the seas at the tim...

U of Alberta student Tetsuto Miyashita demonstrates the origin of flight theories in this short movie clip put together by the Cleveland Mus...

Photo by Philip J. Currie thanks to the 10 sec. camera timer! I'm now back in Ulaanbaatar having just finished up my stint with Phil ...

The 'Singing Sands' at Hongryn Els. Little critter tracks in the sand. Sorting out the poached leftovers from the quarry that Nick f...

Nick Longrich finds his first quarry in the Nemegt Fm. One of the many poached Tarbosaurus skeletons in the Nemegt basin. A Bighorn sheep s...

The famous Flaming Cliffs. A lizard found on the Flaming Cliffs posted especially for Dr. Tony Russell. Saurolophus mounted at the Mongolia...

I'm back in Ulaanbaatar for a few days before heading out to the Gobi again this weekend with a multinational crew to look at new fossil...

I'm off in a few hours back to Mongolia to hopefully finish up some work started last year, and to find some new sites. I'll be bac...

Some more random photos from this season's SADRG field work: Tetsuto and Delina at the associated hadrosaur quarry. 'Happy Jack...

Link Two years ago today Fay Wray passed away. The Canadian Fay Wray stamp is now available.

Reversal of Hox1 Gene Subfunctionalization in the Mouse .2006. P. Tvrdik and M. R. Capecchi. Developmental Cell 11: 239-250 Researchers have...

Aug 7, 1903 – October 1, 1972. Louis and Mary Leakey. Link From Today In Science History : Leakey, an archaeologist and anthropologist, was ...

High-fidelity organic preservation of bone marrow in ca. 10 Ma amphibians . 2006. M. E. McNamara et al.. Geology 34:641–644. Abstract: Bone...

A survey of primate IQ has concluded that orang-utans and chimps are the chief eggheads, with monkeys and lemurs trailing in their intellect...

Link Macfarlane Toys brings back another dino-themed Hanna-Barbara cartoon character as an 'action figure' for grown-up kids with ...

Tyrannosaur Life Tables: An Example of Nonavian Dinosaur Population Biology. G. M. Erickson, et al. Science 313: 213-217. Abstract: The si...

Last Thursday I while I was in Dinosaur Provincial Park with Don Brinkman from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, long time volunteer Sue Marsland (...

Hey Look! I'm back! But only briefly... today is my first day out of the field since arriving in Albera almost a month ago, and I'm...

Photo © M. Ryan As part of my work this year with the SADRG I opened a dinosaur bone bed with David Evans in the lower part of the Oldman F...

Photo © M. Ryan Back in the '50's Wann Langston, Jr. collected Pachyrhinosaurus material from a bone bed at Scabby Butte (above) no...