thedalleschronicle.com
By the early 1800s, many scientists already recognized life on Earth was ancient, had changed over time, and fossils represented prehistoric extinct creatures. Evolution wasn’t a new idea, but understanding how it worked awaited Charles Darwin’s 1859 publication of “On the Origin of Species.”
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Welcome to a place where you can get prehistoric with dinosaur bones and track sites.
New ideas that dinosaurs had a “Goldilocks” lifestyle with a mix of both warm and cold blood. Check it out!
upr.org
If you go to a zoo on a cold day and watch the snakes, you’ll see what it means to be coldblooded. Not much action going on — most reptiles and other coldblooded creatures take on the temperature of their surroundings, so they tend to be most sluggish when the outside temperature is cool. The monkeys, however, act like they’ve had one too many cappuccinos. That’s largely because they’re warmblooded — their bodies have lots of tricks for actively generating heat and losing it, so they’re metabolically able to move quickly and maintain their core temperature no matter how hot or cold it is outside.
stgeorgeutah.com
The Bureau of Land Management-Utah Henry Mountain Field Station is partnering with the Burpee Museum of Rockford, Illinois, to conduct free guided tours at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. Daily tours for the public began May 29 and continue through June 7. No tours will be offered on Sunday, June 1.
sltrib.com
Jeanette Bonnell likes to play in the dirt. The 62-year-old retired human resources specialist is also pretty handy with a dentist’s drill.
An expansive dino discovery has been made in Idaho. The research team accounts that this site has produced over 100 fossils with potential to produce hundreds more. Read more about this new find!
montana.edu
A Montana State University graduate student and MSU paleontologist David Varricchio are part of a research team that discovered the most productive and diverse dinosaur fossil site known in Idaho.
news.nationalgeographic.com
A huge desert created by global warming likely prevented early dinosaurs from migrating out of South America for millions of years, suggests an analysis of ancient rocks. (Related: “Oldest Dinosaur Found?“)
upr.org
Paleontologists in Argentina say they have unearthed the fossils of the biggest dinosaur ever to walk the planet.
How many of you know about these dinos?
cnews.canoe.ca
Everyone can point out a T-Rex, or even call out a Velociraptor thanks to Hollywood movies like Jurassic Park.
ksl.com
A new species of dinosaur has been unearthed in southern China — a long-snouted tyrannosaur.
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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