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McCay, Winsor

(Encyclopedia) McCay, Winsor, b. 1867 or 1869, d. 1934, American newspaper cartoonist and film animator, b. Canada or Spring Lake, Mich. McCay began painting signs and posters in Chicago, later…

75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Voice Heard Again

A team of computer scientists and paleontologists from Sandia National Laboratories and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Museum has recreated the sound that a Parasaurolophus…

Alvarez, Luis Walter

(Encyclopedia) Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911–88, American physicist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1932, Ph.D. 1936. He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of a…

Gobi

(Encyclopedia) GobiGobigōˈbē [key], Mandarin Yintai shamo, great stony desert of N central Asia, c.500,000 sq mi (1,295,000 sq km), extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) from east to west across SE…

John R. "Jack" Horner

Paleontologist Melissa Sogard Horner has suggested that perhaps the T. rex was really more of a scavenger than a predator. Did you know? Jack Horner refers to many common dinosaurs…

<i>T. rex</i> on the Silver Screen

A history of dinosaur movies by Beth Rowen Related Links Dino Grudge MatchDinosaur CentralDinosaur Hall of FameDinosaur QuizWith the enormous success of the Jurassic Park film franchise—the…

Plants & Animals

Dinosaur Fossils (By US State!) List of Dinosaurs... By US State! Frequently Asked Questions: Animals Frequently Asked Questions: Animals Frequently Asked Questions: Animals 75-Million-Year-Old…

Using Search Engines

By Pearson Education Development Group There is an enormous amount of information on the Web! However, there's an easy way for you to find specific information without searching…

The Great Brontosaurus Hoax

by Borgna Brunner Will the real dinosaur please stand up?Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus © Joe Tucciarone Dinosaur Hall of Fame See our informal guide to the biggest, smallest, fastest,…

Tyrannosaurus Sue

The prehistoric giant stands again Sue is a sensation. It's not just that she's 42 ft long and 65 million years old. She's the world's most complete, best preserved, and largest Tyrannosaurus…