This week I would like your help in compiling a handy list of websites that report the latest news on dinosaur discoveries and other paleontological developments. I am not looking for a single article on dinosaurs but for an ongoing source of information specific to scientific progress. Newsweek and the New York Times have occasional reports on hot (and cool!) dino revelations but that is not their focus.
For example, I have a "newsfeed" from one of these sites on this blog already. On the right side is a continuously updated list of relevant headlines and links from http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs. There are many similar sources, some through news organizations but many through paleontology organizations and clubs. And many have already been shared by you in our weekly conversations within the class itself.
So please find a good website (maybe one with an option to subscribe to its "newsfeed") for keeping up with what paleontologists are unearthing. Your source must be completely different than a website already reported here by someone else in response to this topic. It must not be a "list of lists" but a primary source. And it should have current news. (Many of those "lists of lists" of dinosaur news sites are overwhelming and often out-of-date.)
Choose only ONE website so everyone has a fair chance to find a good one. Report on the source here (including its web address) and please describe a piece of its latest news! I can then add this convenient set of good web addresses (vetted by your skilled reviews!) to the resources page of this class. Thanks!
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So here is a site by Science Daily that has a specific paleontologists daily news feed that you can subscribe to. An article for February 9, 2011 is about a surprising new research that shows, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex--structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide--are present in abundance in fossils. This is the invention of a new powerful microscope that can reveal the chemical make-up of fossils. That is big news! They have a rotating news story and an archive to look at back news story AND an option to link to fossils, paleotonlogists, biology, acrchealogy, etc. I give it a thumbs up for sure. I say add it to our feeds DrB.!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/fossils_ruins/paleontology/
My submission is to a blog maintained by the Smithsonian.
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/
My go-to website for all things cool and interesting has to be the National Geographic site. I know it has been brought up here and there in the class by a couple of people (myself included), but I think it is a great resource for what is new in the world of paleontology and much more.
One current article that is currently in the "Daily News" section of this website is about a cache of Ice Age fossils found last fall in Colorado. This is an exciting find because there is not much known of high altitude living during the Ice Age, so this will help shine some light on a lesser-known ancient environment.
According to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the fossils are "exceptionally well preserved" and there is a "good chance" of recovering DNA from some of the specimens found. The fossils found include those of bison, ground sloth, mastadon, and mammoth (one of the few sites in the U.S. where mammoth and mastodon have been found together). So far, they have also found insects and plant matter from that time, very well preserved. The article has some great pictures and information, including some very cool "in the lab" stuff.
The link to this story:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/pictures/110209-ice-age-mammoth-fossils-cache-found-colorado/
Or just to the main page:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Honestly this site I found through my daughter. It is out of New Zealand. It also has great links to many other sites around the world. You can follow it on twitter, facebook, and it has an RSS feed.
Enjoy!
http://www.dinosaurnews.org/
This is DiscoveryNews' dinosaur news page.
http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/
There are stories on new discoveries (such as the one-clawed dino http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/single-clawed-dinosaur-china-110125.html)
Discovery News has a dino-specific news feed, found at http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/
One of their top level videos right now is labeled "Dino-Era Bird Fought Like Muhammad Ali."
http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/
This is a great site for the latest dino news. The most recent article is about the sex of Pterodactyls. Paleontologists have found the bones of a female Pterodactyl carrying an almost fully developed egg! This is the first time a positive identification of the sex of these flying reptiles can be made.
The Scientific American has a section devoted to Dinosaurs AND a section devoted the Paleontology & Archeology:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/dinosaurs
http://www.scientificamerican.com/archaeology-and-paleontology
Both have the option to follow them via RSS feed, and looking over the articles, seem like really interesting stuff! The lasted article in the Dinosaur section discusses a new fossil found of a injured pterosaur and the mature egg that she was carrying.
I have just discovered this informative and attractive site. it's chock full of recent discoveries and artwork. The site was established and is maintained by British astronomer and scientist David Darling. i had a good time clicking through the site and learned quite a few things. Here's the link:
http://www.daviddarling.info/paleo-news.html
I must give also props to enchantedlearning.com. It's a fun resource for dinosaurs, if not specifically dedicated to recent information. A fun site for kids and adults.
js
A site a really enjoy looking through, even though it is primarily geological is geology.com. There is a link to fossils on the left hand side and there are a bunch of cool articles about fossils, not always on dinosaurs but always interesting.
There was an interesting article about the richest and most extensive bone deposit. which includes all types of marine animals such as sharks and turtles.
http://www.itsdinosaurs.com/news.php
The most recent entry/news is from February 10, 2011, and it is a story of twin scientists Celina and Marin Suarez that are having a new species of dinosaur that they discovered named after them. It will be called, Geminiraptor Suarezarum (Gemini being latin for twins)!
This is a website with great information that offers many different aspects to the dinosaur culture. She seems to have a lot of insight on what is happening including museums and exhibits that are coming to certain places. She also posts many other articles that pertain to dinosaur culture. Hope you enjoy.
http://paleochick.blogspot.com/
http://www.planetdinosaur.com/dinosaur_news.htm
dinosaur deathtraps, are mud puddles the footprints of large sauropods?
http://www.dinosaurcentral.com/
When you do a Google search for, "the best website for updated dinosaur news," you really can't fight that it's not the greatest.
This site not only has tabs for various things like, "support," "mission," and "contact us," but they even advertise other sites and people working with the knowledge of dinosaurs!
"...a single, readily accessible source of comprehensive information about the many different dinosaur species...with more than enough information to keep you satisfied."
Even browsing for a few minutes led me to this interesting article on how to find the temperature of a dinosaur: "http://www.physorg.com/news201889154.html"
Just saying. Google searches are everything.
I kept coming across the same sites, but I then came across Yahoo!'s dinosaur dedicated newsfeed. I had no idea Yahoo! had a dino page.
http://news.yahoo.com/science/dinosaurs-and-fossils
The latest article is from today and is about how dinosaurs handed down their fingers to birds. Other recent articles talk about Triceratops, the T. Rex, and prehistoric bird tracks found in Alaska. This newsfeed does include other fossil articles, but they seem to be equally as interesting. There is actually one about Lucy from February 10th.
I found:
http://esciencenews.com/topics/paleontology.archaeology
It is a science news website but has specifics in paleontology and archaeology.
A recent story from talks about a discovery of what they believe is the father of Triceratops, called Titanoceratops.
I found what I think is a pretty interesting website. It has a lot of newer posts and information on dinosaurs. The website is from Discovery News, and I found an interesting topic about the T Rex. And the T Rex relatives. There was an article slash debate between two paleontologist posted about Jan. 26th, 2011. The debate is about the famous T Rex supposedly being the king of killing machines when it comes to dinosaurs is not true like thought for years. And It goes into details why. It is really quite interesting.
http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/tyrannosaurus-rex-hunter-scavenger-110126.html
I found what I think is a pretty interesting website. It has a lot of newer posts and information on dinosaurs. The website is from Discovery News, and I found an interesting topic about the T Rex. And the T Rex relatives. There was an article slash debate between two paleontologist posted about Jan. 26th, 2011. The debate is about the famous T Rex supposedly being the king of killing machines when it comes to dinosaurs is not true like thought for years. And It goes into details why. It is really quite interesting.
http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/tyrannosaurus-rex-hunter-scavenger-110126.html
I found a paleontology blog called "Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings". It is written by the British paleontologist Dave Hone, as the title suggests, and it features his findings, the findings of others, and sometimes interesting commentary on paleontology. In his most recent post (posted today, the 15th,) he talked about a specific pterosaurs called Monofenestratan, identifiable by their oddly shaped heads. The post included interesting review of the possible instability of our current listings of groups of dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/ Forgot the URL of the site!
http://www.crystalinks.com/dinosaurnews.html
Has very interesting articles & PICTURES. I LOVE PICTURES. I'm a little kid at heart.
A very awesome article from this website is about a non-avian dinosaur the size of a giraffe that could fly across continents! The flight muscles of these pterosaurs were 20% of their total body weight (crazy).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/8132327/Dinosaur-the-size-of-a-giraffe-could-fly-across-continents.html
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