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Dusting Dinosaurs and Elephants: How Specialists Keep the Museum’s Largest Treasures Spotless
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 hours agoThis makes sense from a storage perspective: The Smithsonian houses over 154 million objects, the...
Study reveals when the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
AccuWeather· 4 hours agoVisitors look at the skeleton of a gigantic Triceratops over 66 million years old, named "Big John,"...
Archaeoraptor: The Dinosaur-Bird “Missing Link” And One Of Science's Greatest Hoaxes
IFLScience· 6 days agoHeralded as the “missing evolutionary link” that proved modern-day birds evolved from feathered ...
More Than 1,000 Fossils, Including Rare Dinosaurs, Gifted to Brazil's National Museum Following Fire
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoSparked by an improperly installed air conditioning unit, the fire closed down the Rio de Janeiro institution—the oldest museum in Brazil. Among the fossils gifted to the ...
A Major Donation of Fossils Will Help Rebuild the National Museum of Brazil
The New York Observer· 6 days agoLocated in Rio de Janeiro, the 200-year-old institution lost the majority of its 20 million...
Fossil captures starfish splitting itself in two – showing this has been happening for 155 million...
The Conversation· 2 days agoThe starfish, or asteroid, is part of a group of animals called the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals that also includes sea lilies, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Starfish are among the ...
Fascinating archaeological discoveries from recent times
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFound by a farmer in northeastern China, it was the first fossil...
The fossils being formed today will show how humankind disrupted life on Earth
The Conversation· 7 days agoWhen we think of fossils it is usually of dinosaurs, or perhaps the beautiful spiral shape of an ammonite picked up on a beach during a summer holiday.
Journey Museum to unveil new dinosaur, host book signing
Rapid City Journal· 5 days agoThe skull is from an Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (high-spined lizard from Atoka), which gets...
5 Of The Best Museums And Cultural Hot Spots To Visit In Brussels, Belgium
Forbes· 7 days agoSlightly off the beaten path, the Museum of Natural Sciences is not to be missed. Back in the 19th...