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Sunrise over South Texas, by Hugh Powell. That’s right - a sunrise. In every ending there’s a new dawn, after all. See you at Food and Think)

Gisting Off Into the Sunset

Picture of the Week - Deep-sea Octopi

Megeleledone setebos (bottom left), an octopus species endemic to the Southern Ocean, surrounded by related octopus species that evolved in the deep-sea

Aerosteon

A Kerfuffle Revisited, and an Update on Tracks

Slow Monsoon Seasons Led to End of Chinese Dynasties

Like ice cores or tree rings, stalagmites (those are the ones that grow up from the cave floor) can record ancient history

Tyrannosaurus rex

Dinosaurs Ain’t What They Used to Be

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Turok: Realistic Dinosaurs, Unrealistic computer game

Chilled-Out Dinosaurs in the Alaskan Tundra

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Purple Rain: Tomatoes Get New Color Scheme

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You say “Velociraptor,” I say “Deinonychus”

Scientists evaluate the accuracy of raptors depicted in Jurassic Park

Aerosteon

Bone Wars in the Blogosphere

American author and speaker Michael Crichton speaking at Harvard.

‘Jurassic Park’ Novelist Dies at 66

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Here Be Dragons

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That’s Edutainment: The Problems with CGI-Based Documentaries

Laura Helmuth

Laura Helmuth on “Seeing is Believing”

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What Big Teeth You Have: Was the Heterodontosaurus an Herbivore or a Carnivore or an Omnivore?

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Standing Tall

Niger’s giraffes and our 16th president

Some biologist suggest that the emergence of the long neck on a giraffe was driven more by sexual success: males with longer necks won more battles, mated more often and passed on the advantage to future generations.

Things Are Looking Up for Niger’s Wild Giraffes

Wild giraffes are making a comeback despite having to compete for resources with some of the world’s poorest people

A fallow deer with its impressive but unevenly formed antler looks straight into the light of the setting sun.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Bats’ barotrauma, fallow deer, Tahitian vanilla, lucky dinosaurs

A fallow deer with its impressive but unevenly formed antler looks straight into the light of the setting sun.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Bats’ barotrauma, fallow deer, Tahitian vanilla, lucky dinosaurs

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Dino Blog Carnival: Edition #1

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