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Drastic Park visible from the main road.
Windsor, Connecticut

Drastic Park

A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.
Itinerary

A Road Trip Into Colorado’s Prehistoric Past

From fossils to footprints to petrified trees, Colorado’s distant past awaits you at every turn.
Inside the Karonga Museum
Karonga, Malawi

Karonga Museum

A cultural center on the shores of Lake Malawi dedicated to preserving Karonga’s past and present, including the fossilized remains of the Malawisaurus.
Devon Meadows, Australia

Crystal World Exhibition Centre

A potpourri of rocks, fossils, and crystals is rounded out by a dinosaur garden and a 15-foot great white shark.
Using a surprise source of evidence, researchers believe an infamous dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth in the Northern Hemisphere spring.
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Did the Dinosaurs Die on a Pleasant North Dakota Spring Day?

Fish fossils may put "the single worst day for multicellular life on Earth" on the calendar.
Gemma Tarlach February 23, 2022
Today, the Changma Basin in China is a dry, rocky expanse but 120 million years ago it was a thriving lake teeming with Mesozoic birds.
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The World Has Two New Flying Dinosaurs

Or at least it used to. What can these recently identified dino-birds teach us about extinction?
Sarah Durn February 18, 2022
Jensen, Utah

Quarry Exhibit Hall

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
Subeng River dinosaur footprints.
Jonathans, Lesotho

Subeng River Dinosaur Prints

Take a step into the Cretaceous Period with these preserved dinosaur tracks.
Methuselah, an Australian lungfish, is at least 86 years old, and according to her keeper, biologist Allan Jan, she shows no signs of slowing down.
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How Do You Care for One of the World's Oldest Aquarium Fish?

It requires lots of figs and belly rubs to keep Methuselah happy and healthy.
Sarah Durn February 1, 2022
Just as it came out of the ground
Malta, Montana

Great Plains Dinosaur Museum

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.
Bells Bridge, Australia

Jurassic Ark

A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
Durham, North Carolina

Durham's Hidden Dinosaur

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
DInosaur tracks.
Tuba City, Arizona

Moenave Dinosaur Tracks

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
One of the largest <em>T. rex</em> skeletons ever found, "Scotty" was apparently at home in a swampy Saskatchewan.
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T. Rex Thrived in a Swampy Home, According to Amber 'Time Capsule'

Fragments of fossilized tree resin suggest the iconic dinosaur ruled an ecosystem similar to the Everglades.
Jack Tamisiea August 26, 2021
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Jerrassic Park - Metal Dinosaur Park

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.
A dinosaur sculpture at the site.
Fátima, Portugal

Pegadas de Dinossáurios da Serra de Aire Natural Monument

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.
Dinosaur State Park
List

14 Places to Walk in the Footsteps of Dinosaurs

Step into the land before time.
Jonathan Carey April 23, 2021
How many of you were there?
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The Thorny Problem of Tallying Every T. rex to Ever Live

Here’s why it’s really, really hard to count how many of the apex predators once stalked Earth’s surface.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 19, 2021