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Why Does the U.S. Army Own So Many Fossils?
Turns out massive flood control projects are a great way to find dinosaurs.
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For Sale: A Bison's Skull Straight From the Ice Age
The safe way to encounter horns this big.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Ghost Ranch
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet
This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.
Cañon City, Colorado
Garden Park Fossil Area
The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.
Cuenca, Spain
Castilla-La Mancha Paleontological Museum
This museum is known as the "Land of the Dinosaurs," but its full-scale dino models are just the start.
Bolivia
Torotoro National Park Dinosaur Footprints
Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.
space exploration
Ethiopia’s Strange Volcanic Landscapes Are Irresistible to Scientists (and Tourists)
Dallol can teach us a lot about Mars, and it needs to be protected.
Texcoco, Mexico
Museo PaleontolĂ³gico Tocuila (Paleontological Museum of Tocuila)
Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.
mythology
Found: The Goofiest Crab That Ever Lived
It has the legs of a sea scorpion, the body of a lobster, and the eyes of an enormous larva.
Middlefield, Connecticut
Powder Hill Dinosaur Park
This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.
London, England
The Aurochs Skull
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
TĂ¼bingen, Germany
TĂ¼bingen University Paleontological Collection
One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Isle of Skye Dinosaur Tracks
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Lyme Regis, England
Lyme Regis Museum
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
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How It Came to Be That a Shark Dined on a Pterosaur
It's fun to imagine it leapt out of the water like a torpedo—but unlikely.
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Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken
The legacy we’re leaving behind looks like a post-apocalyptic KFC.
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