Museum displays fish fossils Aug 28, 2008
(The fish fossil collection) has been given to us over the years by different people, Akersten said. We ve had several rock hounds pass away and will their collections to us. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Museum project presents 19th century life Jul 7, 2008
The project joins an extensive American Indian collection and fossil collection the museum also has on display, Huibregtse said. During the year, docents provide tours for grade school pupils. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Carnegie Museum shares fossils with Japan Jun 18, 2008
Carnegie Museum shares fossil collection with Japan ... Carnegie Museum shares fossil collection with Japan Wednesday, June 18, 2008 By Pohla Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mineral museum offers field trips Jun 15, 2008
Fossil Collecting in Southwestern Montana: Saturday, July 19, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 20. Participants will travel to either Ruby Reservoir or Clark Canyon Reservoir areas. (Montana Standard, MT)
Smithsonian Institution pays homage to Lee Creek mine May 26, 2008
Bohaska and his team got started on a fossil collecting expedition of their own early Sunday morning. The hunters mined Lee Creek from 8 a.m. until about 2 p.m.. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Code aims to safeguard fossils Apr 11, 2008
Minister for the Environment Michael Russell said: "Fossil collecting is an increasingly popular hobby and amateur collectors often unearth rare and important finds.". Dinosaur remains. (BBC News -- UK)
What's the difference? Apr 11, 2008
When Colin Patterson, senior paleontologist at the prestigious British Museum of Natural History, which houses the world's largest fossil collection, 60 million specimens, was asked why he didn't include any transitional fossils, he confessed that if I knew of any, he would have certainly included them in his book "Evolution." No transitional fossils seem to me overwhelming evidence for biblical creation and a devastating if not knockout blow to evolution. Waite also states the best evidence we... (Longview Daily News, WA)
County appeals T. rex lawsuit ruling Mar 17, 2008
Battey in last month's ruling noted that Harding County was knowledgeable about fossil collecting leases, and the judge described the attention given to the transaction by the state's attorney as "perfunctory." He also said that the county can't claim it was mistaken about the prior discovery of the fossil. Tinker, excavated north of Belle Fourche in the summer of 1998, was thought to be the first nearly complete skeleton of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Treasure trove of biodiversity Feb 11, 2008
Scientist Sanjay Kumar said that their fossil collection which also include rice, wheat and paddy husks would stand as strong proof for the food habit of people who lived during the Indus Valley civilisation. The scientists have kept the carbonised parts of the grains in the exhibition. (Newindpress)
Punxsutawney Phil's 2008 Prediction: More Cold Weather Ahead Feb 3, 2008
"Dinosaurs in Their World" will allow Carnegie Museum of Natural History to exhibit much more of its world class fossil collection than before, displaying 16 major dinosaur skeletons. For more information on Punxsutawney Phil's prediction and what to do in Pennsylvania during any season, go to visitPA.com. (PR Newswire)
Fossils Fuel a Chinese Boom Jan 11, 2008
As fossil collecting becomes the next big thing for China's nouveaux riches and even Hollywood leading men Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage reportedly recently got into a bidding war over the remains of a $276,000 Asian T-rex the paleontological paradise of Chaoyang is under threat. Farmers and dealers are hard at work disturbing potentially valuable sites in the race to find specimens to sell. (Time.com)
At home with Attenborough Jan 10, 2008
His fossil collection sits behind his sofa, which itself faces a large collection of wildlife paintings, tribal artefacts and one unexpectedly massive state-of-the-art television. From outside, the house is immediately identifiable for it lacks the patios and SUVs of its neighbours and instead has a winding path surrounded by lush greenery. (Nature News Service)
Australian hunt for the world's biggest dinosaur Dec 9, 2007
"In Queensland now they are looking to find the biggest dinosaur the world has ever seen," said Robert Jones, fossil collection manager for the Australian Museum. "It's the same as Olympic records - people are always looking for a bigger or better one.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Peabody director brings plans, continuity Dec 3, 2007
Because of his experience and interest in invertebrate fossils, he was also asked to serve as the curator of the Peabodys relevant fossil collection ... The Peabodys invertebrate fossil collection, because of the animals small size, numbers between four and five million specimens ... Briggs will take charge after his 2008 sabbatical, during which he plans to work on fossil collection in Germany, out of the University of Bonn; in the meantime, direction of the museum will fall into the hands... (Yale Herald, CT)
'Blockbuster' exhibit sets records before it opens Nov 19, 2007
Nine new freestanding dinosaur skeletons have been assembled from the museum's vast fossil collection, bringing the total to 19. The exhibit's space increased from less than 8,000 square feet to 23,000. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Experts Discover Rare Amphibian Imprints Oct 31, 2007
DENVER (AP) -- A rock that sat untouched in a Pennsylvania museum's fossil collection for years has rare full-body imprints of not just one, but three, ancient amphibians ... David Fillmore, who was doing postgraduate work with Kutztown University geology professor Edward Simpson, found the impressions two years ago when the two were studying Mauch Chunk Formation footprints in a fossil collection at Pennsylvania's Reading Public Museum. (Washington Times)
Laws under review for fossils on native land Oct 25, 2007
For instance, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which has a fossil collection from the western plains dating from the 1800s, recently declined his requests for physical access to fossils after it was concluded that his correspondence seemed to be threatening to repatriate the fossils. The museum instead pointed him to online databases that it said would provide the information he requested. (Nature News Service)
Huge New Dinosaur Had A Serious Bite Oct 4, 2007
Thanks to more than 100 years of fossil collection, scientists know more about the Cretaceous dinosaurs from North American than they do from any other time or continent on Earth, Sampson noted. While G. monumentensis gulped down its greens and tried to avoid predatory tyrannosaurs down in Utah, closely related but different species of duck-billed dinosaurs were doing the same thing farther north, in places like Montana and Alberta, Canada. (Science Daily)
Who Went There? Matching Fossil Tracks With Their Makers Sep 19, 2007
Sebastian Voigt, a trackway expert from the Institute of Geology, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany, and David Berman and Amy Henrici of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, who study fossil skeletons, took a close look at an exceptional fossil collection from 290-million-year-old sediments of central Germany known as the Tambach Formation. The Bromacker locality in the Tambach Formation has been famous for its fossil footprints for well over a century, but... (Science Daily)
Interest in old bones on the rise Aug 26, 2007
The growing popularity of fossil collecting is a concern for Kevin Padian, a paleontologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Researchers and educators lose when commercial prospectors "rip stuff out of the ground and clean it up to sell it," he said. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Rock hounds roll in search for prehistory Aug 4, 2007
There are different rules for fossil collection. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management publishes a guideline for fossil hunters, which OKs collecting plant and small quantities of invertebrate fossils but nixes keeping human artifacts or fossils featuring the skeletons of dinosaurs, mammals or fish. (Anchorage Daily News)
Carlsbad, Oceanside known for fossils Jul 8, 2007
The Los Angeles museum has a massive fossil collection in part because it operates the famed La Brea Tar Pits research area ---- where crude oil has been seeping out of the ground for some 40,000 years, creating a sticky mass that entraps animals. But the tar pits only date to the Ice Age, when mastodons roamed the Earth. (North County Times)
Crocodile fossil hunt is big, and really old fish story Mar 26, 2007
Anyone who thinks fossil collecting is easy should bear in mind that Bland spent the next six months air-blasting rock away from the fossil to reveal all its jumbled pieces. The team hopes to show the "Crook County croc" at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Ore. (USA Today -- Tech)
* Kenya's `Turkana Boy' the heart of a stormy debate Feb 9, 2007
He's calling on his flock to boycott the exhibition and has demanded the museum relegate the fossil collection to a back room -- carrying some kind of warning that evolution is not a fact but merely one of a number of theories. Samuel Muteti, a research scientist at Kenya National Museum in Nairobi, holds a replica of the ''Turkana Boy'' on Feb. 1. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Evangelicals try to keep ancient skeleton in the closet Feb 7, 2007
He's calling on his flock to boycott the exhibition and has demanded the museum relegate the fossil collection to a back room -- carrying some kind of warning that evolution is not a fact but merely one of a number of theories. Against him is one of the planet's best-known fossil hunters, Richard Leakey, whose team unearthed the bones at Nariokotome in West Turkana, in the desolate, far northern reaches of Kenya in 1984. (CNN -- World)
Marsupial lion reignites megafauna debate Jan 26, 2007
Prideaux says the fossil collection included two species of tree kangaroos, which today only live in rainforests. "What the hell were they doing in the Nullarbor?" he asks. (ABC Science Online)
Paleontologist tries to bridge academics and commerce Jan 15, 2007
Tim Johnson even introduced a bill after the case to clarify laws on fossil collection on federal lands. The Sue story could have been different. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
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Dr. Allen Kihm from Minot State University will share his experiences from the South Pole in his presentation: Fossil Collecting In Antarctica at 1 p.m. Dr. Kihm has an extensive history of field research and publications in geosciences. Like last year, snowshoes will be available at no charge all day in both children and adult sizes. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Head of Carnegie Natural History Museum resigns Jan 10, 2007
His departure comes several months before the Oakland facility is set to open a giant exhibition hall for its signature dinosaur fossil collection. Bill DeWalt, who has led the museum since 2001, announced today that he is leaving to become president and director of an international musical instrument museum in the city. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Schools must promote scientific thinking Jan 7, 2007
There was Laub in his field gear, setting the stage for a morning of fossil collecting. "There is no such thing as an unassailable fact in science," he began. (Buffalo News -- Opinion)
Update 2006: UM expansion moving full steam ahead Dec 30, 2006
As Montana State University in Bozeman has its Museum of the Rockies to showcase its fossil collection and the science that surrounds it, UM will have a museum that focuses on arts and culture, Koostra said. e will fill a state mission that isn't being met right now, she said. (Missoulian, MT)
Journal editorial, 12-29: 'Cultural campus' near Journey a good concept Dec 29, 2006
A separate Museum of Geology would allow South Dakota School of Mines ology to exhibit more of its fossil collection, which is one of the best in the United States, but which between The Journey and the School of Mines campus is not completely on display. It's the preferred location for the proposed performing arts theater and the Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates believes the area would be ideal for its proposed powwow grounds, arena, living history village and outdoor American Indian art... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Religion May Put Kenya's Famed Fossils at Risk Dec 6, 2006
Famed Paleontologist Richard Leakey Is Taking on Church Leaders Who Are Pressing Kenya's National Museum to Hide Its World-Famous Fossil Collection. By BILL REDEKER. (ABC News)
Travel briefs Nov 19, 2006
Fossil collection donated to Lehi museum ... Gunther, an 89-year-old retired wildlife manager, was introduced to fossil collection as a young boy by Hutchings himself. (North County Times)
Fossil collection donated to Utah museum Nov 11, 2006
Gunther, an 89-year-old retired wildlife manager, was introduced to fossil collection as a young boy by Hutchings himself. Gunther spent his life traveling the United States for work and collected the minerals and fossils wherever he went. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fossil Mammal Resembling Dog-Hare Hybrid Found in Bolivia Sep 20, 2006
A new species of ancient mammal has been discovered in the fossil collection of the National Museum of Natural History in La Paz, Bolivia. RELATED. (National Geographic)
Evolution Attack Goes Global Sep 19, 2006
"They do not. Human evolution is still a theory and this cannot be called as evidence. The Evangelical Alliance's attack targets a giant in the world of evolutionary and primate studies. The Nairobi museum's fossils include the famous , an almost complete skeleton of a juvenile who lived about 1.6 million years ago that was unearthed by Richard Leakey's team of paleontologists in 1984. It also includes bones of early hominids that are believed to have made and used stone tools. "The fossil... (Wired News)
Evolution debate hits Kenya exhibit Sep 5, 2006
" "However, it also has the responsibility of ensuring that the integral research findings that have been developed over time are preserved," he said. "This includes the fossil collection that's the scientific evidence that shows the relationship between apes' fossils dated millions of years back and the modern man. " The exact display plans for the exhibitition when the 75-year-old museum re-opens in June 2007 are still being discussed, but officials said they hoped to keep it in a position of... (Aljazeera.Net)
Experts trek to Pitt's new site in Wyoming's 'dinosaur graveyard' Jun 10, 2006
Pittsburgh's historic role in dinosaur fossil collecting also helped persuade Mr. Cook to consider deeding his land there, even though he has no ties to Pitt. The land is valued at between $5 million and $7 million. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fossil collection draws crowd Mar 10, 2006
The large mammal's bones, which were unearthed from the lake at Edison College, are part of a new fossil collection in the campus library -- "The Yarger Collection," named for Richard Yarger, founding provost of the Charlotte campus. The college unveiled the collection -- which was donated by Yarger, a longtime fossil collector -- Thursday afternoon. (Charlotte Sun Herald)
