T. rex fails to attract minimum price at Vegas auction, officials hopeful deal is imminentOctober 3rd, 2009 T. rex still looking for home after Vegas auctionLAS VEGAS — A fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex is still looking for a home after bidders failed to meet the minimum price Saturday at a Las Vegas auction. But auction house Bonhams & Butterfields is in negotiations with a number of institutions and individuals, and Tom Lindgren, the company's natural history director, said he's confident a sale will be completed in the next couple of weeks.
T. Rex found bitten by cousinSeptember 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Dinosaur hunters have unearthed the jaw of a Tyrannosaurs Rex only to find a tooth from Gorgosaurus, a smaller cousin of T. Rex, dug into the bone, which suggests that the fearsome beasts had a penchant for biting each other's faces.
T. rex for sale: Fossilized dinosaur that's 66 million-years-old up for auction in Las VegasSeptember 4th, 2009 T. rex for sale: Dinosaur fossil on block in VegasLAS VEGAS — Museums and high-rolling natural history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Strip auction. Experts say the 170 bones discovered about 17 years ago in South Dakota represent more than half the skeleton of a 40-foot-long, 7.5 ton dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago.
Famed for its dinosaur bones, Vernal was also an outlaw hideoutAugust 24th, 2009 See the dinosaur bones in Vernal, UtahVERNAL, Utah — Local legend has it that cowboys, sheep herders and trappers long knew about the huge fossilized bones that regularly surfaced from the ancient rock underlying Utah's dinosaur country. But not until steel magnate Andrew Carnegie learned of the bones did Vernal and the surrounding Ashley Valley get the nation's attention 100 years ago.
Herbert signs agreement to keep rail station from going up on site of ancient villageAugust 20th, 2009 Utah rail station won't go on ancient village siteSALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a conservation easement that will prevent a commuter rail stop from being built on what was once an American Indian village.
Dino detectives: New 'fingerprinting' technique may help nab fossil poachers on public landsAugust 3rd, 2009 DNA-like technique may help nab fossil thievesSALT LAKE CITY — Looters who plundered one of Utah's newest troves of dinosaur bones got away with ribs, vertebrae and part of an ancient legbone they had to bust apart to remove. They also stole hidden scientific clues about the life of a young diplodocus dinosaur that roamed the area some 150 million years ago.
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 discover pot-bellied dino that had claws like 'Wolverine'July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the most complete skeleton of a type of pot-bellied dinosaur, a therizinosaur, in southern Utah, US, which had claws like that of the fictional 'X-Men' character 'Wolverine'. According to a report in National Geographic News, dubbed Nothronychus graffami, the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) therizinosaur lived about 92.5 million years ago in what is present-day Utah.
Archaeologists uncover ancient stone quarry believed used in Second TempleJuly 6th, 2009 Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarryJERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday. The archaeologists believe the 1,000-square-foot (100-square-meter) quarry was part of a much larger network of quarries used by Herod in the city.
I'll be back! Australovenator _ biggest carnivore found in Australia _ roamed 98M years agoJuly 3rd, 2009 Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago foundCANBERRA, Australia — Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
Famed Montana dinosaur hunter gets probation, community service in stolen bones caseJune 25th, 2009 Montana dino hunter gets probation in theft caseGREAT FALLS, Mont. — Renowned dinosaur hunter Nathan Murphy was sentenced Wednesday to four months in a halfway house and three years probation after pleading guilty to stealing fossils.
Fossilized dino hand may help solve how bird wings evolved from dinosaur limbsJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have found the fossilized hand of a long-necked, ostrich-like dinosaur in China, which may help solve the mystery of how bird wings evolved from dinosaur limbs. According to a report in National geographic News, the ancient digits belonged to a 159-million-year-old theropod dinosaur dubbed Limusaurus inextricabilis.
Dinos' bones healed quicker as a consequence of their larger sizeJune 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that humungous dinosaurs may have offset the consequences of being so large by quick healing of their bones. The study used high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging to guide sampling of bone lesions in the vertebrae of a hadrosaur ("duck-billed") dinosaur for histological and isotopic analysis.
Amateur paleontologist sentenced to 60 days for stealing raptor bones in MontanaJune 2nd, 2009 Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theftBILLINGS, Mont. — A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
Blast to the past: Explosives team helps researchers excavate prized dinosaur quarryApril 29th, 2009 Dino-mite: Utah quarry gets explosive treatmentSALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes the delicate tools of dinosaur diggers just don't cut it. Thwarted since 2007 by layers of rock-hard sandstone, researchers at one of Dinosaur National Monument's most important quarries turned to something more potent than brushes and hammers: explosives.
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