FOSSILS IN THE NEWS

LINKS VERIFIED AS OF NOVEMBER 2009

BIRDS

National Geographic – First Proof: Ancient Birds Had Iridescent Feathers

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090826-iridescent-fossil-feather.html

Science Daily - Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-bird Links

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609092055.htm

REPTILES

BBC – Australia discovers new dinosaur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8224279.stm

CBC – Part-time paleontologist discovers crocodile remains

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/25/mb-prehistoric-crocodile-manitoba.html

Science Daily – Gaping Gila Monsters, Buzzing Insects, Clambering Ungulates: New Finds From Germany's Messel Pit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090814101831.htm

BBC – Runway found for flying reptiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8209505.stm

National Geographic – Pterosaur's Wing, "Hairs" Unlike Any Living Animals'

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090804-pterosaurs-wings-fossil-hairs.html

National Geographic – "Mighty" T. Rex Mostly Picked Off Youngsters?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090811-t-rex-dinosaurs-bully.html

BBC – How the turtle's shell developed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8142664.stm

National Geographic – Armadillo-like Crocodile Fossil Found in Brazil

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090708-armadillo-crocodile-brazil.html

BBC – Oldest dinosaur burrow discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8144000/8144199.stm

Science Daily – Mummified Dinosaur Skin Yields Up New Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707203728.htm

Science Daily – Reexamination Of T. Rex Verifies Disputed Biochemical Remains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729103737.htm

Science Daily – Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703070846.htm

3 dinosaur species discovered in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/03/science-australia-dinosaur.html

Dinosaur-age bones unearthed in Yukon's Peel River area

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/30/yukon-dino-bones.html

Science Daily – Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur Tooth Ever Found In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622103904.htm

Science Daily – Sands Of Gobi Desert Yield New Species Of Nut-cracking Dinosaur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617104905.htm

Science Daily – Beaked, Bird-like Dinosaur Tells Story Of Finger Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617171816.htm

BBC - Dinosaur skulls sold at auction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8078827.stm

Science Daily – Competition May Have Led To New Dinosaur Species In Northwestern Alberta

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134657.htm

National Geographic - Giant Dinosaurs Stuck Their Necks Out, Not Up?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090514-dinosaurs-long-necks.html

Science Daily – Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong: Sauropods Held Their Heads High, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm

National Geographic - "Lost World" of Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090501-dinosaur-lost-world.html

New dinosaurs found in Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8131915.stm

Possible new dinosaur species found in Alberta

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1604193

Lethbridge Herald – Dinosaur discoveries continually being unearthed

http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/111268/110/

*Dr. Donald Henderson interview

Science Daily – New Analyses Of Dinosaur Growth May Wipe Out One-third Of Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091031002314.htm

Science Daily – Terrible Teens Of T. Rex: Young Tyrannosaurs Did Serious Battle Against Each Other

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102121454.htm

The Australian – Turning turtle on links to north

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26228069-30417,00.html

National Geographic – ODD NEW PTEROSAUR: "Darwin's Wing" Fills Evolution Gap

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091013-new-flying-reptile-pterosaur-darwin-picture.html

National Geographic – A Third of Dinosaur Species Never Existed?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091009-dinosaur-species-never-existed.html

Science Daily – Crushed Bones Reveal Literal Dino Stomping Ground

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014102028.htm

Science Daily – Archaeopteryx Was Not Very Bird-like: Inside The First Bird, Surprising Signs Of A Dinosaur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091009090436.htm

Science Daily – First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa -- World's Biggest Snake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091012230441.htm

CBC – New pterosaur named to honour Darwin

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/tech-pterosaur-new-darwin.html

CBC – Dinosaur footprints found in France

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/07/tech-dinosaur-footprints-france.html

Science Daily – Trackway Analysis Shows How Dinosaurs Coped With Slippery Slopes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006135109.htm

Science Daily – Rare Evidence Of Dinosaur Cannibalism: Meat-Eater Tooth Found In Gorgosaurus Jawbone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006155909.htm

*U of A Phil Bell

French nature lovers discover huge dino footprints in sauropod stomping ground

http://green.ca.msn.com/news/canadianpress-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22117469

Winnipeg Sun – Dinosaur park planned for site just outside city

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2009/10/03/11269191-sun.html

CBC News – Small, horned T. rex relative found in Asia

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/05/tech-biology-dinosaur-small-t-rex.html

BBC – Dinosaur eggs are found in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8284695.stm

CBC - T. rex killed by parasite, not combat, scientists say

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/29/tech-dinosaur-t-rex-parasite.html

Science Daily – Feathery Four-winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090928205415.htm

Science Daily – Tiny Tyrannosaur: T. Rex Body Plan Debuted In Raptorex, But 100th The Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090917144115.htm

Early, smaller version of T. rex discovered

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090918/trex_small_090918/20090918?hub=SciTech

CBC – Tiny Raptorex lived long before T. rex

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/17/tech-dinosaur-tiny-t-rex.html

BBC – US dinosaur had Chinese cousin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8233797.stm

CBC – New dinosaur species found in South Africa

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/11/dinosaur-south-africa-evolution.html

BBC – Reptiles' walk 'evolved faster'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8256270.stm

MAMMALS

Science Daily - Fossilized Dung Balls Reveal Secret Ecology Of Lost World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093524.htm

Remains of ancient toothed whale found in California

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090813/whale_california_090813/20090813?hub=SciTech

Science Daily – Discovery Of Elephants' Oldest Known Relative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626084425.htm

Science Daily – Fossil Tooth Remains Of Extinct Rodent Species Discovered: Oldest Find Within This Genus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728083707.htm

BBC - Aquatic deer and ancient whales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8137000/8137922.stm

Science Daily – 54-million-year-old Skull Reveals Early Evolution Of Primate Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622171359.htm

National Geographic – Giant Prehistoric Elephant Discovered

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090622-indonesia-elephantfossil-video-ap.html

National Geographic – Rabbit-Size Elephant Ancestor Found -- Oldest Known

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090623-rabbit-elephant-oldest.html

Science Daily – New Fossil Tells How Piranhas Got Their Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625201822.htm

BBC – Mammoths survived late in Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8106090.stm

Science Daily - Fossil Teeth Of Three-toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608125103.htm

Science Daily – Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608131144.htm

CNN – South Bay Scientists Close To Recovering Ancient Whale Fossil

http://www.ktvu.com/news/19696823/detail.html

Science Daily – Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605110420.htm

Science Daily – 53 Million-year-old High Arctic Mammals Wintered In Darkness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601140932.htm

Science Daily – Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518103229.htm

Science Daily – Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507185535.htm

Science Daily – Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared To Macho Lions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105121050.htm

Science Daily – New Mesozoic Mammal: Discovery Illuminates Mammalian Ear Evolution While Dinosaurs Ruled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008143001.htm

CBC – New mammal species has an ear for evolution

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/08/tech-biology-prehistoric-mammal.html

Science Daily – HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090927145354.htm

Science Daily – Mice Living In Sandy Hills Quickly Evolved Lighter Coloration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827141342.htm

HUMAN ANCESTORS

Science Daily – Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810162005.htm

Science Daily – Social Competition May Be Reason For Bigger Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622152041.htm

BBC - Megafauna demise blamed on humans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8112885.stm

BBC – Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8099377.stm

CBC – 'Ida' was distant kin, not ancestor: scientists

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/21/tech-biology-fossil-primate-no-link.html

CBC – Hominid fossil 'Ardi' came a million years before 'Lucy'

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/01/tech-biology-hominid-fossil-ardi.html

Science Daily – African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915101355.htm

FISH

National Geographic – "Sea Monster" Bones Reveal Ancient Shark Feeding Frenzy

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090928-fossil-shark-feeding-frenzy.html

Science News - King of the ancient seas

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47658/title/King_of_the_ancient_seas

New Fish Species Discovered!

http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalTyrrellMuseum

INVERTEBRATES

BBC – Ink found in Jurassic-era squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8208838.stm

Science Daily – Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804211128.htm

BBC – Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107515.stm

Science Daily – Oldest Example Of Mutualism: Termites And Protozoa Discovered Together In Ancient Amber

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514153139.htm

National Geographic – Biggest Trilobite Sea Beasts Found ... in Swarms

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090511-giant-trilobites-swarms-picture.html

CBC – Ancient 'unicorn' fly had 3 eyes on its horn

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/28/tech-insect-unicorn.html

Science Daily – Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902122331.htm

PLANTS

Science Daily – Ancient Climate Change: When Palm Trees Gave Way To Spruce Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617131356.htm

Science Daily – Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172453.htm

Science Daily – Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930202249.htm

MISCELLANEOUS, CLIMATE CHANGE, EVOLUTION

Calgary Herald – Drumheller in running for dino capital of the world

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Drumheller+running+dino+capital+world/1864089/story.html

Tyrrell competes in second dino poll

http://drumhellermail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7869:tyrrell-competes-in-second-dino-poll&catid=13:headline-news&Itemid=156

Science Daily – Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729092536.htm

BBC – Evolution faster when it's warmer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8115464.stm

Science Daily – Sudden Collapse In Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming The Culprit?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618161150.htm

Bay of Fundy back in 7 wonders contest after Alberta park disqualified

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/06/16/nb-bay-fundy-7-wonders-423.html

Science Daily – Latest In Technology Looks Into Some Old Bones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612202952.htm

*CT scanning

Science Daily – Ancient Mammals Shifted Diets As Climate Changed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204255.htm

BBC – Early rocks to reveal their ages

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8080126.stm

Peace Country Sun – Dinosaur Centre may be moving forward soon

http://peacecountrysun.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1590492

Science Daily – Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142827.htm

CBC – Robots with fins, tails offer new insights into evolution

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/01/robots-fins-evolution874.html

Science Daily – Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of 'Snowball Earth' Glaciations On Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140846.htm

Science Daily – Link Between Sociality And Brain Increase In Carnivores Questioned By Evolutionary Biologists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090525173545.htm

BBC – Scientists hail stunning fossil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Science Daily – Time In A Bottle: Scientists Watch Evolution Unfold

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091018141716.htm

The Vancouver Sun – Dinosaur-killing space rock may have landed near India

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Dinosaur+killing+space+rock+have+landed+near+India/2111960/story.html

Science Daily – Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed Dinosaurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091015102246.htm

Science Daily – Sex In The Caribbean: Environmental Change Drives Evolutionary Change, Eventually

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728223020.htm

Science Daily – Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism In Soil-dwelling Creatures Of The Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006155913.htm

BBC – Logbooks may yield climate bounty

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8291267.stm

*Darwin

Science daily – Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002120412.htm

Science Daily – Mutations Make Evolution Irreversible: By Resurrecting Ancient Proteins, Researchers Find That Evolution Can Only Go Forward

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090923143335.htm

CBC – Darwin drama Creation spooks U.S. distributors

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/story/2009/09/14/creation-distribution-none-us.html

BBC – Mobile app sees science go global

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8258501.stm