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Dinosaur Tracking: How Did the Siberian Dinosaurs Die?

New research from a Russian site suggests that some dinosaurs were able to thrive in very cold temperatures
By Maura McCarthy

Dinosaur Tracking: Snowbirds From Another Era

Strangely enough, some dinosaurs might have migrated much like birds do now
By Smithsonian.com

The search yields bones believed to be from a sauropod, a suborder of dinosaurs

Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 9, 10 and 11

A new site and more digging yields a dinosaur discovery
By Michelle Coffey

Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 6, 7 and 8

The team survives the Death March dig and makes an essential stop in Thermopolis
By Michelle Coffey

Belemnite fossils found during the first day in the field

Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 3 and 4

The paleontology team is finally in place. After setting up camp, the dig begins. Fossils are found and dinosaur tracks investigated
By Michelle Coffey

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Follow a paleontology team as they dig up dinosaurs in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin

Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds By Donovan Webster

New research from a Russian site suggests that some dinosaurs were able to thrive in very cold temperatures By Maura McCarthy

Strangely enough, some dinosaurs might have migrated much like birds do now By Smithsonian.com

A new site and more digging yields a dinosaur discovery By Michelle Coffey

The paleontology team bids a fond farewell to Wyoming’s Big Basin By Michelle Coffey

The team survives the Death March dig and makes an essential stop in Thermopolis By Michelle Coffey

The paleontology team is finally in place. After setting up camp, the dig begins. Fossils are found and dinosaur tracks investigated By Michelle Coffey

Michelle Coffey moves from biology class to the Bighorn Basin and prepares for her first dinosaur dig By Michelle Coffey

Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived By Genevieve Rajewski

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Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds
By Donovan Webster

New research from a Russian site suggests that some dinosaurs were able to thrive in very cold temperatures
By Maura McCarthy

Strangely enough, some dinosaurs might have migrated much like birds do now
By Smithsonian.com

A new site and more digging yields a dinosaur discovery
By Michelle Coffey

The paleontology team bids a fond farewell to Wyoming’s Big Basin
By Michelle Coffey

The team survives the Death March dig and makes an essential stop in Thermopolis
By Michelle Coffey

The paleontology team is finally in place. After setting up camp, the dig begins. Fossils are found and dinosaur tracks investigated
By Michelle Coffey

Michelle Coffey moves from biology class to the Bighorn Basin and prepares for her first dinosaur dig
By Michelle Coffey

Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived
By Genevieve Rajewski