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Bone Yard - Funding has run out at the museum! All your reference materials have been moved to a library off-site. All the more-experienced scientists have been reassigned. It's up to you to sort through all the old fossil specimens and bones and try to put them back together again. Just pick the level of difficulty you want in this fun game, pulla drawer, and get started. Let's see, the hip bone's connected to...?
Dilophosaurus! - Visit a very special account of the discovery and reconstruction of this dinosaur. The exhibit is narrated by UCMP's own Sam Welles, who discovered Dilophosaurus!
Dino-ROAR - OK, you have seen dino bones and seen robotic dinosaurs move--but have you ever heard a dinosaur roar? Scientists took a parasaurolophus fossil and through the magic of computer modeling, managed to re-create the sound passages of its head. At this site, you can hear the eerie sound of--something. Is it the re-created voice of a dinosaur or just extreme technology?
Dinorama - Are there still dinosaurs alive today? Some people would argue that birds are actually the last of the dinos. You can read about that theory, and catch up with recent news on dinosaur egg discovery in China, computer-animated dino models, and what's up with the T. rex named Sue at this site from the National Geographic Society.
Dinosaur Art and Modeling - Now here's something different! If you really love dinosaurs, you won't want to miss these exhibits. Here are the works of the world's most well-known dinosaur artists and model makers, including animatronic model makers known for creating the moving dinosaurs in movies. Lifelike paintings, action sculptures, and life-size models created for museums are all included here.
Dinosaur Eggs @ Nationalgeographic.com - According to National Geographic, dinosaur eggs and nests have been found at 199 sites around the world, mostly in China, Mongolia, Argentina, India, and the Great Plains of North America. So, unless you live in one of those places, that egg-shaped rock you found in your backyard is probably just a rock! Some of the eggs found in China and elsewhere have had tiny fossilized dino embryos inside them. See what happens when scientists "hatch" dino eggs and try to model what the dino babies would have looked like.
Dinosaur Extinction - You may have heard the theory that dinos became extinct after a giant meteor or asteroid hit Earth, creating a chain of disasters that wiped out their food supply. But that's not the only explanation. There might have been an orbital shift of Earth or possibly a supernova of a nearby star. Another theory says volcanoes made life too hot, while another guess is that disease took its toll. What's true? Visit this site and see which you think is correct.
Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette - All the Dinosaur News that's Fit to Print - The motto at this site is Scientia, Sapientia, Joci Ridiculi , which is Latin for "Science, Wisdom, Silly Jokes"! That pretty much sums it up. You can get all the latest dino news at this site, such as the fairly recent discovery of giganotosaurus (which makes T. rex look like the runt of the litter). If you like Monty Python, you'll love this site.
Discovering Dinosaurs - Beautifully illustrated with animations, artwork, and archive photography, Discovering Dinosaurs traces dinosaur hunters and their discoveries across time. You'll learn how the cutting edge of science has changed over the past century and a half, and on every page of Discovering Dinosaurs, the actual artwork of the time comes alive as evolving animations show how dinosaurs were perceived from one era to the next.
Field Museum of Natural History On-Line Exhibits - Where can you see pictures of dinosaurs, hear their names pronounced, and then watch them run? You can do all of this and more by visiting the exhibit pages at the world-famous Field Museum of Natural History. Here you can see birds dodge Jurassic dinosaurs and listen to the Triassic forecast (1-900-CLIMATE) on the dinosaur weather report. Tours include the following: Life Before Dinosaurs; Dinosaurs!; Teeth, Tusks, and Tarpits: Life After Dinosaurs. Make tracks to go see it!
Fossil Horses in Cyberspace - Scientists compare animals by looking at them very carefully and noting their similarities and differences. Not all hoofed animals are alike. Some have an even number of toes (goats and pigs), while others have an odd number (horses, elephants). The closest living relatives of the modern horse are the rhinoceros and the tapir. Early horses had three toes on the ground, although today's horses have only one. This very interesting site explains how this happened over time. The Florida Museum of Natural History has a special interest in fossil horses, since there is a rich archaeological dig site nearby. See what's new from down under ground.
Giganotosaurus - The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia exhibits a reconstruction of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever to walk the earth: giganotosaurus. Although the display is called "T. rex Meets His Match," the creatures never would have met in real life. For one thing, they lived 30 million years apart, and for another, T. rex lived in North America and giganotosaurus' turf was South America. This fossil was discovered in Argentina. One of the most fascinating parts of the story is that the bones could not leave Argentina, since the law forbids removal of such materials. The bones had to be copied in resin and then reconstructed for the museum. For more on this colossal creature, visit Dino Don's site, listed above.
Hadrosaurus foulkii - Where in the world was the first, nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur found? It was found in Haddonfield, New Jersey. In the summer of 1858, vacationing fossil hobbyist William Parker Foulke led a crew of workmen digging "shin deep in gray slime." Eventually he found the bones of an animal, larger than an elephant, that once swam and played about the coastline of what is now Pennsylvania. Read about the discovery that started our fascination with dinosaurs!
History of the Earth - Step right up to Eternity Canyon. Not too close, there, sonny! I'll be your guide to the major geological time periods as we tour the canyon today. I'll be pointing out representative plant and animal life, describing conditions as they were then, and in general trying to give you an overview of each eon, era, period, epoch, and age. Now, I must warn you that it could get a little dusty as we tour Precambrian time, but if you'll just walk this way And please note the sign up ahead: "This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest competition."
Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit - Sometimes it's great to read all about dinosaurs. And sometimes it's more fun to look at pictures. Hey, how about looking at all kinds of fossils and sculptures while someone reads to you? Here you can see the dinosaur bones and sculptures while listening to one of the exhibit's founders talk about them. These fossils are replicas of the originals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
NOVA Online-Curse of T. rex - Dinosaurs roamed the earth between 250 million years ago and 65 million years ago, but they didn't have the whole place to themselves. There were other animals, insects, and plants, of course. This site gives you an overview of those other species we don't hear too much about. If you were going to look for dino fossils, where would you look? This takes you through that discovery process.
Royal Tyrrell Museum Homepage - Take a virtual tour of this famous museum in Alberta, Canada. You can stay on the guided tour, or you can use the virtual maps to go from exhibit to exhibit in any order you want! There are fantastic dinosaur exhibits with lots of pictures, and you'll find information on the second floor in Dinosaur Hall. In addition to all the dinosaurs, you can visit a paleoconservatory, which is a greenhouse full of primitive plants. Try the link to Dinosaur Provincial Park, where most of the museum's exhibits have been excavated.
Sue at The Field Museum - In 1997, the Field Museum of Chicago purchased the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, nicknamed Sue. During the museum's business hours, you can watch the preparation of the fossilized bones on the site's web cam. Even if the camera isn't on, you'll read a great deal about the process as the bones are cleaned, repaired, mounted, and displayed. Sue's enormous skull alone weighs 2,000 pounds. Don't miss the "Just for Kids" section, where you can print out and create a running Triceratops "flip book" and enjoy other fun activities.
The Dinosauria - Can we start making new live dinosaurs from DNA, as in the movie Jurassic Park? No way! There are a lot of good scientific reasons why cloning dinosaurs would be impossible--read about it in DinoBuzz. From this site you can get lots of interesting information about dinosaurs.
The Mammoth Saga - This virtual exhibition of mammoths, other animals, and plants of the ice ages is based on an exhibition held at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden. In it, you'll explore the U.S. Midwest of 16,000 years ago and take a look at a woolly rhinoceros, a sabertooth cat, and ancient reindeer. Siberian nomads lived in huts made of mammoth bones, and you can see a re-creation of one here! There are also nice links to other places on the Web that will help you learn more.
Walking With Dinosaurs - They ruled the Earth for more than 150 million years, evolving into the largest — and some of the strangest — creatures ever to walk the planet. Go back in time and explore their world with this spectacular site brought to you by the Discovery Channel. Find out about the makings of the show, Walking with Dinosaurs, including online clips, and be sure to visit the Fossil Zone where you can build a dinosaur and hear dino sounds.
Walking with Dinosaurs - This resource, the companion site to an Australian TV series called Walking With Dinosaurs, offering fascinating facts and video clips, as well as games, activities, and lots more. If you have trouble knowing your Ankylosaurus from your Utahraptor, check out the multimedia glossary.
Zoom Dinosaurs - Dinosaurs, dinosaurs and more dinosaurs! Explore the world of incredible dinosaurs, discover new finds like Giganotosaurus and Unenlagia, learn about extinction theories, dinosaur extremes (biggest, fastest, deadliest, etc.), fossil types and formation and more. Ask questions and get answers, read jokes, play games, view a geologic time-line, get classroom activities and take a dinosaur quiz.
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