French nature lovers discover huge dino footprints in sauropod stomping groundOctober 7th, 2009 Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in FrancePARIS — Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter.
World's largest dinosaur prints found in FranceOctober 7th, 2009 PARIS - Amateur French fossil hunters have unearthed the largest dinosaur footprints in the world, belonging to a cousin of the diplodocus. The "colossal" prints, left by giant sauropods weighing up to 50 tons, were found in the tiny French village of Plagne in the Jura plateau, near the southeastern city of Lyon, reports The Telegraph.
France out of recession, official figures showSeptember 25th, 2009 PARIS - France emerged from recession in the second quarter of 2009 as its GDP rose by 0.3 percent, the government's statistics office INSEE announced Friday. The economic expansion followed four consecutive quarters of contraction for the French economy, caught up in the global economic crisis.
Scientists may have discovered Homo sapiens' oldest known trackways in TanzaniaSeptember 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of researchers from the Appalachian State University, US, is investigating in Tanzania, East Africa, what may represent the oldest known and best-preserved trackways of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in the world. The research is being carried out by Dr.
66-million-year-old T-rex dino up for grabs in Las Vegas!September 5th, 2009 LONDON - A 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurs Rex dinosaur is being put up for sale at an auction in Las Vegas. The 170 fossilised bones dubbed 'Samson' was said to be the third most complete T.
Largest dinosaur footprints in Europe discoveredAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have found the largest dinosaur footprints ever to be discovered in Europe, which are discovered half way up a Swiss mountain. According to a report in the Telegraph, a team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum in Basel found the prints at 3,300 metres on a mountain in Ela Nature Reserve, Switzerland's largest park.
Italian Catholic church mortified by Berlusconi's scandalous private lifeAugust 13th, 2009 LONDON - The shocking revelations surrounding the private life of Silvio Berlusconi have made Italy's Catholic church feel "uneasy" and "'mortified", the newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference has said. Avvenire newspaper said the church had sent clears signals over Berlusconi's alleged womanising, reports The Telegraph.
Signs of life: Mammal tracks from 190 million years ago found at Dinosaur National MonumentJuly 24th, 2009 Ancient mammal tracks found at national monumentSALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of tiny footprints left by mammals some 190 million years ago have been found on a canyon wall in a remote part of Dinosaur National Monument, park officials said Thursday. The tracks are a rare find, mostly because they were left at a time when the area was a hostile, vast Sahara-like desert where towering sand dunes seldom preserved signs of animal life.
Scientists claim discovery of largest carnivorous dino tooth in Spain till dateJune 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of paleontologists has claimed to have discovered the largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain till date. The features and size of the 9.83cm tooth provide key information needed to identify its former owner.
13 more bodies found at Air France crash siteJune 11th, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Thirteen more bodies have been recovered from an area in the Atlantic Ocean where a France jet crashed last week, bringing the total number of bodies found to 41, officials said. The Brazilian Air Force said 41 bodies have been recovered from the crash site so far, including 13 bodies found Tuesday.
Scientists need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprintsJune 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A researcher has said that scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprints. The statement has been made by Ryan Brook, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary.
Bodies of Air France plane crash victims' foundJune 7th, 2009 SAN PAULO - The bodies of two men from the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil have been found by search teams. "We confirm the recovery from the water of debris and bodies from the Air France plane," Sky News quoted Brazilian air force spokesman Colonel Jorge Amaral, as saying.
Brazil confirms missing plane debris foundJune 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.
American dino may have swum all the way to Skye 170 million years agoJune 2nd, 2009 EDINBURGH - An analysis has revealed that 170 million-year-old dinosaur tracks found in America are similar to a three-toed dino that once roamed the Isle of Skye in Scotland, which suggests that the Wyoming dino may have swum or waded over to Skye. The tracks are so similar that Glasgow paleontologist Neil Clark believes the Wyoming dinosaurs may have swum over to Skye, which at that time was part of an island off the east coast of America.
Footprints prove earliest humans walked 1.5 mn years agoMarch 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Footprints found by researchers in two 1.5 million-year-old sedimentary layers in Kenya show that some of the earliest humans walked like we do today. The footprints found near Ileret in northern Kenya constitute the oldest evidence of an essentially modern human-like foot anatomy.
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