Dinosaurs /tags/dinosaurs Dinosaurs en-US Copyright © 2024 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT 'Dramatic way to go': Lightning likely killed mastodon found on Principia College campus /health-science-environment/2024-12-06/prehistoric-mastodon-remains-emerge-elsah-illinois Students and faculty at the Elsah, Illinois, college concluded the excavation of the mastodon’s skull on Thursday. A college staff member found the ancient creature’s remains in 2022 by accident. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-12-06/prehistoric-mastodon-remains-emerge-elsah-illinois Will Bauer St. Louis Science Center to host 'SUE: The T. rex Experience' /health-science-environment/2024-06-05/st-louis-science-center-to-host-sue-the-t-rex-experience Visitors can see, touch and smell a dinosaur at the St. Louis Science Center beginning Saturday. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-06-05/st-louis-science-center-to-host-sue-the-t-rex-experience Lauren Brennecke ‘Missouri is dinosaur country,’ says fossil hunter Guy Darrough /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-12-14/missouri-is-dinosaur-country-says-fossil-hunter-guy-darrough The state dinosaur of Missouri was long thought to be a sauropod. Amateur paleontologist Guy Darrough’s recent discovery reveals that Parrosaurus missouriensis is actually a duck-billed dinosaur. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:00:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-12-14/missouri-is-dinosaur-country-says-fossil-hunter-guy-darrough Emily Woodbury Missouri Paleontologist Shares Story Of Unearthing Rare Triceratops Skull /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-18/missouri-paleontologist-shares-story-of-unearthing-rare-triceratops-skull Earlier this summer, Missouri paleontologist David Schmidt and a small team unearthed a rare triceratops skull in the South Dakota Badlands. Schmidt describes what the excavation process was like and what he and his fellow researchers hope to learn from the bones of the dinosaur they named “Shady.” Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:30:51 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-18/missouri-paleontologist-shares-story-of-unearthing-rare-triceratops-skull Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury ‘I Was In Denial': Missouri Paleontologist Unearths Rare Triceratops Skull /health-science-environment/2020-08-17/i-was-in-denial-missouri-paleontologist-unearths-rare-triceratops-skull A team from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, spent nearly two months carefully excavating the fossil, which measures about seven feet long and weighs more than 3,000 pounds. Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:33:46 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-08-17/i-was-in-denial-missouri-paleontologist-unearths-rare-triceratops-skull Shahla Farzan Despite its small size, there's a lot to learn from studying a Triceratops brain /health-science-environment/2018-04-06/despite-its-small-size-theres-a-lot-to-learn-from-studying-a-triceratops-brain On a late morning at the St. Louis Science Center, ecology educator Brian Thomas showed two elementary school students a fossil that looked like a very… Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:02:53 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-04-06/despite-its-small-size-theres-a-lot-to-learn-from-studying-a-triceratops-brain Eli Chen St. Louisans present when vandalized dinosaur skeleton discovered in Alberta /health-science-environment/2012-07-27/st-louisans-present-when-vandalized-dinosaur-skeleton-discovered-in-alberta This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 27, 2012 - When members of the St. Louis Explorers Club purchased a trip to Alberta, Canada,… Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:18:44 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-07-27/st-louisans-present-when-vandalized-dinosaur-skeleton-discovered-in-alberta Josie Butler Dig it -- Man who made DinoQuest models started with finding fossils /health-science-environment/2010-05-02/dig-it-man-who-made-dinoquest-models-started-with-finding-fossils This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 2, 2010 - As his mom and dad hunted, the little boy dug. In creek beds, he'd sift through the… Mon, 03 May 2010 02:06:49 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-05-02/dig-it-man-who-made-dinoquest-models-started-with-finding-fossils Kristen Hare On Science: Are birds dinosaurs? /health-science-environment/2010-02-10/on-science-are-birds-dinosaurs This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 10, 2010 - I was forced to learn to spell archaeopteryx in 1989, when my daughter Nikki came… Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:50:05 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-02-10/on-science-are-birds-dinosaurs George Johnson Science Center reveals colorful, feathered, fast-moving dinosaurs /health-science-environment/2009-11-06/science-center-reveals-colorful-feathered-fast-moving-dinosaurs This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 6, 2009 - If you still think of dinosaurs as overgrown lizards, the spectacular new exhibit at… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:14:21 GMT /health-science-environment/2009-11-06/science-center-reveals-colorful-feathered-fast-moving-dinosaurs Jo Seltzer