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Last Updated September 17, 2001

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Dinosaurs

• Dinosaur Dig Yields Insight (Chicago Tribune)(9/10/01)

• Couple Charged in Dinosaur Theft (9/4/01)

• Filter-Feeding Sinosaur Sieved its Food (8/29/01)

• Brazen Fossil Hunters Are Cleaning Out U.S. Dinosaur Heritage (National Geographic) (8/24/01)

• Dinosaurs Had a "Rostral Nostril," Says Science Researcher (8/3/01)

• Skeleton of New Dinosaur "Titan" Found in Madagascar (National Geographic) (8/1/01)

• Two New Dino Species Unveiled (Discovery)(6/18/01)

• 70-Million-Year-Old Moves (LA Times)(6/18/01)

• Fossil of Gargantuan Dinosaur Unearthed in Egypt (6/1/01)

• 'Oldest Dinosaur' Fossil Discovery (BBC) (5/27/01)

• Smithsonian Gives Triceratops a Facelift (CNN)(5/23/01)

• Dinosaur Skin Find 'Just Tip of Iceberg' (5/22/01)

• Oldest Feather Ever Found in Amber Unearthed (5/18/01)

• T. Rex Relative Discovered (Discovery)(5/14/01)

• Massive Texas Dinosaur Fossil Shipped for Study (5/8/01)

• First Dinosaur Found With its Body Covering Intact; Displays Primitive Feathers From Head to Toe(4/26/01)

• Fossil Footprints Reveal Possibly the Largest Dinosaurs That Ever Lived (New Scientist)(4/3/01)

• Dam Project Uncovers Dino Riches (MSNBC)(4/2/01)

• 'Piltdown' Bird Forgery Explained (BBC) (3/28/01)

• Where Dinosaurs Roamed New England (Boston Globe)(3/7/01)

• Fossil Hunters Look for Gold in Old Rocks and Bones (Detroit Free Press)

• A New Entrant in the Dinosaur Contest (MSNBC)(2/24/01)

• More Dinosaur Fossils Discovered in Barkhan (The News International)(2/24/01)

• Fossil of Large Dinosaur Found in Algeria (2/21/01)

• Big Al's High-Speed Bite (BBC)(2/21/01)

• 'Jurassic Park' Unearthed in Argentina's Patagonia (2/14/01)

• Paleontologists Debate T-rex's Nature as Predator or Scavenger (San Francisco Times)(2/6/01)

• Roaring T Rex Robot Unveiled (BBC) (2/6/01)

• A Bizarre New Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed on Madagascar (1/24/01)

• New Fossil Found in Mongolia Provides Insight into the Origin of Living Birds and the Evolution of Flight (1/10/01)

• The Feathered Dinosaurs of Liaoning (BBC) (12/26/00)

• Brazil Goes in Search of Own Jurassic Park (CNN)(12/18/00)

• New Fossil Suggests Bird Feathers Evolved From Dinosaur Scales (National Geographic)(12/7/00)

• Feathery Fossil Sheds Light on Flight Origins(BBC On Line) 12/6/00)

• First Dinosaur Find in Pakistan (BBC On Line)(12/2/00)

• Dinosaurs 'Hunted in Packs'(BBC On Line)(11/23/00)

• New Rare Dinosaur Tracksite Found in Northern Wyoming (11/16/00)

• Meet the Venomous Dinosaurs (New Scientist)(11/15/00)

• Dinosaur for Jurassic Author (BBC On Line)(11/15/00)

• New Dinosaur Unearthed in Italy (BBC On Line)(11/13/00)

• Dinosaurs Just Grazed, Says Researcher (National Geographic) (10/23/00)

• Dinosaur Leviathans of Patagonia Come Back to Life (CNN) (10/19/00)

• Dig Pulls up Five T. rex Specimens (BBC On Line)(10/10/00)

• Debate Over Dinosaur 'Heart' Gets Blood Pumping (USA Today)(10/3/00)

• Dinosaur History Evolving with New Fossil Finds (National Geographic)(9/21/00)

• Seismosaurus to Be Guest of Honor in Japan (Albuquerque Journal)(9/14/00)

• Study: Dinosaurs Not Cold Blooded (Discovery)(9/14/00)

• The Earliest Sauropod (ABC News)(9/7/00)

• Scientists and Sculptors are Re-Creating Argentinosaurus (MSNBC) (9/5/00)

• Scientists Build Dinosaur Skeleton (8/22/00)

• Out of Africa (BBC OnLine) (8/22/00)

• U.S. Dinosaur Hunter Sereno Heads Back to Africa (8/10/00)

• Microscopic Bone Evidence Supports Dinosaur-Bird Evolution Link (8/9/00)

• Brazilian Scientists Unveil Reconstruction of Tyrannosaurus Ancestor (CNN) (7/28/00)

• Ill Wind 'Killed Dinosaurs' (BBC OnLine) (7/28/00)

• India's First Dinosaur Museum Opens (BBC OnLine) (7/25/00)

• Fossil Trove Yields T-rex (Denver Post) (7/5/00)

• BYU Museum Boasts a Rare Dinosaur Specimen of Its Own (Salt Lake Tribune)(6/29/00)

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link (6/22/00)

• Name of Older Fossil Find May Predate ‘Tyrant Lizard King’(ABC News)(6/13/00)

• Bones of Contention: Should Dinosaur Remains be a Tourist Mecca? (CNN) (6/2/00)

• The Fight Over Sue (ABC News) (Includes Video)(5/25/00)

• The Allure of the Dinosaur (BBC On Line) (5/19/00)

• Museum Displays Fossil of Dinosaurs Locked in Combat (CNN) (Includes Video) (5/17/00)

• 'Sue,' the Biggest T. rex, Makes her Public Debut (CNN)(5/17/00)

• T. Rex Had Acute Senses (ABC News) (5/15/00)

• Sue Fossil Provides Insights into T. rex's Behavior and Diet (CNN) (5/11/00)

• Dinosaur DNA Illuminates Turkey Ancestry (Discovery Channel) (4/26/00)

• Thousands Trek to Utah to see Dinosaur Footprints (CNN) (4/21/00)

• Scientists Discover 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur with a Heart (Includes Video) (4/20/00)

• O, For the Wings of a Dinosaur (Nature) (4/11/00)

• Archaeoraptor A Composite, Panel Of Scientists Determines (National Geographic) (4/7/00)

• Nat'l Geographic Confirms Mistake (4/5/00)

• Dinosaur Nests Found in Argentina (ABC News) (4/3/00)

• Remarkable New Dinosaur Sheds Light On The Origin Of Birds, Says Florida Institute of Paleontology (3/16/00)

• New Dino From Mongolia Might Offer Clues on Evolution of Birds (ABC News) (3/15/00)

• Possibly Largest Meat-Eating Dinosaur Found in South America (ABC News) (3/10/00)

• Indian Geologists Claims Find of 70-Million-Old Dinosaur Fossils (3/6/00)

• Sand Slides Create Dino-Fossil Trove (National Geographic) (3/1/00)

• Fruita's Dinosaur Museum Now Extinct (Denver Post) (2/11/00)

• Huge Dinosaur's Neck Bones Unearthed in Texas (CNN) (2/2/00)

• The 'Missing Link' that Wasn't (USA Today) (2/1/00)

• Rare Find of T. rex Gives Amateurs Insight into Young Dinosaur's Life (Dallas Morning News) (1/29/00)

• New Large Dino Discovered (ABC News)(1/25/00)

• Fossils Reveal The Birdlife Of Hawaii's Past (1/24/00)

• Giant Dinosaur Eggs Found (BBC OnLine) (1/22/00)

• Scientist Disputes Fossil is 'Missing Link' Between Dinosaurs, Birds (CNN) (1/21/00)

• Giant Found in Dinosaur Graveyard (BBC OnLine) (1/19/00)

• Hackers Attack Dinosaur Auction (BBC OnLine) (1/18/00)

• Want to Buy a Dinosaur? (ABC News) (1/17/00)

• Maverick Dinosaur Hunter Rewriting the Prehistory Books (CNN) (1/11/00)

• Paleobiology: Herbivorous Diet in an Ornithomimid Dinosaur (Nature)
  (12/2/99)

• Lethal Sandslides from Eolian Dunes (Journal of Geology) (November 1999)

• T. Rex Skeleton Found in S.D. (ABC News) (11/30/99)

• Were the Last of the Dinosaurs Roasted Alive? (New Scientist) (11/17/99)

• Dinosaurs Out of Africa (National Geographic) (Includes Video) (11/11/99)

• Giant Plant-Eating Dinosaur Found (11/11/99)

• Fossil Find Suggests 60-Ton, 60-Foot Tall Dinosaur (ABC News) (11/2/99)

• Dinosaur Auction Snares $1 Million (11/1/99) (Discovery Channel)

• Facts and Fossils (BBC OnLine)(Includes Video) (11/1/99)

• A Visit to a Dinosaur Nursery (ABC News) (10/28/99)

• T. Rex Gorged on the Young (Discovery Channel) (10/27/99)

• New Armored Dinos Revealed (Discovery Channel) (10/22/99)

• New Dinosaurs Appear to be Oldest Yet (10/21/99)

• The Tale of Finding the Oldest Known Dinosaurs (10/21/99)

• Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct (National Geographic) (Includes Video) (10/18/99)

• From Dinosaur to Bird (ABC News) (10/14/99)

• Diceratops Skull Finds Smithsonian Home (ABC News) (10/4/99)

• Unscrambling Dinosaur Eggs- Fossils Offer Clues About Behavior (ABC News) (9/27/99)

• Dinosaur Footprints - False trails (New Scientist) (9/25/99)

• Dino Deaths Revisited  (ABC News) (9/26/99)

• BBC Launches Prehistoric Saga (BBC On Line) (9/21/99)

• Relating Dinos and Birds (ABC News) (9/16/99)

• Walking Like a Dinosaur (BBC OnLine) (Includes Video) (9/15/99)

• UK: Scotland Family Discovers New Dinosaur (BBC OnLine) (9/11/99)

• Researchers Find Dinosaur Tracks in the Yukon (CNN) (9/6/99)

• Dino Steps Revealed in Cliff Fall (BBC OnLine)(Includes Video)(8/27/99)

• Scientists Differ on Dinosaur Discovery (Includes Video)(CBC News)(8/23/99)

• Pipeline Project Leads to Dinosaur Discovery (7/29/99)

• New Type of Dinosaur Unearthed in Antarctic (CNN) (7/20/99)

• Dinosaurs in the Dust (Newsweek) (7/12/99)

• See the 'Earth-Shaker' Dinosaur! (Discovery Channel) (7/9/99)

• Missing T. Rex Fossil Returned to UC Berkeley by FBI agents (07/02/99)

• New Dates for Feathered Dinos (ABC News) (6/30/99)

• Dinosaur Fossils Reveal Evolution's Big Picture (6/24/99)

• Discovery of New Bird Species in China, Oldest Beak Shows Evolution Complexity (6/16/99)

• Cache of fossilized dinosaur eggs found in S. Korea (CNN)(5/28/99)

• Another Dino with ‘Feathers’ (ABC News) (5/27/99)

• T-Rex 'Sue' Had Quite a Nose (ABC News)(5/25/99)

• Fossil Footprints Show Foot-Movement Similarity in Dinosaurs and Birds
  (includes video) (5/12/99)

• Caught in Their Tracks (BBC version of above story- includes audio interview)(5/12/99)

• Wings for speed (BBC OnLine)(5/5/99)

• Largest Meat-Eater Skeleton? New Dinosaur Find in Patagonia (ABC News) (4/30/99)

• Sauropod Eating Habits Closer to Cows Than Giraffes (ABC News) (4/30/99)

• First Transatlantic Dinosaur Found (BBC On-Line)(4/29/99)

• Armored Dinos Uncovered- Part of a Big Family (ABC News)( 4/27/99)

• Clues to Plant-Eating Dinos-New Finds Reveal Mysteries of Titanosaurs (ABC News) (4/14/99)

• Dinosaur eggs, and a surprise, unearthed in the Patagonian Desert (ABC News) (4/12/99)

• Dinosaurs On Isle of Wight (ABC News) (4/8/99)

• Bozeman Scientist Returns from Famous Dinosaur Nesting Site in Patagonia (4/7/99)

• Mapping Dinosaur Eggs- Site in Patagonia Reveals Reproductive Patterns (ABC News) (3/30/99)

• Evidence Mounts of Feathered Dinosaurs (ABC News) (2/26/99)

• Rare Fossil Shows Theropod Dinosaurs Are Fast, Dangerous
  'Turbocharged' Reptiles (1/21/99)

• Turbocharged Dinosaur (BBC-OnLine) (1/21/99)

• World's Oldest Duck-Billed Dinosaur Discovered (1/20/99)

• First Dinosaur Embryo Skin Discovered --Unhatched Embryos Are First Ever Found Of Giant-Plant Eating Dinosaurs (11/17/98)

• A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids (11/13/98)

• Fossil of Hulking Beast Found in Africa (ABC News - includes video) (11/12/98)

• New Evidence of Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds (6/23/98)

• Remarkable Skull of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed on Madagascar (5/14/98)

• New Sickle-Clawed Fossil from Madagascar Links Birds and Dinosaurs (3/20/98)

• New Dinosaur Finds in Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture of Past Ecosystem (2/6/98)

 

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