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Paleontology

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How Scientists Are Recreating a Mating Call Last Heard in the Jurassic Period

Preserved in stone, a set of ancient insect wings are “chirping” once again thanks to the work of entomologists

A cautious Camptosaurus approaches a resting Allosaurus. Even though the carnivore undoubtedly hunted the herbivore at times, the two weren’t constantly at war with each other.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dinosaurian Oddities

Matthew Carrano, a paleontologist with the National Museum of Natural History, recommends Dinosaur State Park in Connecticut for those evotourists interested in dinosaurs.

A Smithsonian Paleontologist Suggests His Evotourism Sites

For even more ideas on where to take an evolution vacation, we turned to one of our own dinosaur experts

The badlands north of Worland, Wyoming, shown here, expose sediments deposited during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.

Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #9: Why It’s Called “Breaking Camp”

Some trick of the human psyche makes a patch of sagebrush feel like home

The horns of Marsh's Bison alticornis, now recognized as those of a ceratopsian dinosaur.

When Triceratops Was a Giant Bison

The giant with the “three-horned face” was originally mistaken for a very different creature

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The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush

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Twenty Years of Tyrannosaurus Sue

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How Dryptosaurus Got Its Name

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Uncovering Seitaad: An Interview With Mark Loewen

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Who Pays for Dino Research?

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“Bird” Wrists Evolved Among Dinosaurs

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Why We Need Another Paleontology Book

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Were Dinosaurs Meant to Fly?

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Paleontologists Announce New Tiny Dinosaur

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Early Bird Archaeopteryx Grew More Like A Dinosaur

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Dinosaur Science

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What Kind of Music Do Dinosaurs Listen To? Rock!

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Africa’s New Fossil Frontier

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Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road

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Digging Into Dinosaur Science History

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