Jurassic Squid Drawn in Own Ink — Again

" Last month, Dr. Phil Wilby’s crew drew a picture of a belemnite — a Jurassic squid — with its own ink.70 “We felt … it would be the ultimate self-portrait,” Wilby said. From Dr. Wilby, and other scientists, we can tell a story of how his crew may have gotten the...

Movie Monster Master Dies

Special Effects god Stan Winston passed away last night."We’ve been hearing for a while that effects maven Stan Winston was in bad health, but this is still incredibly shocking. On June 15th, 2008, Stan Winston passed away at the age of 62.Over his long career, Winston was...

Jurassic Dinosaur Dung Sold at NYC Auction for Nearly $1,000

" NEW YORK (AP)  -- A 130-million-year-old pile of poo goes for $960.A spokeswoman for Bonhams New York says the prehistoric deposit fetched more than its pre-auction estimate of $450 Wednesday night in Manhattan.The auction house says the dinosaur dung is Jurassic...

Environmental disaster feared as hundreds of oil-covered seabirds washed up i...

Thousands of birds have been covered in black oil leaking from the MSC Napoli, which was beached off the Devon coast. The crowds who had excitedly combed beaches for the washed-up cargo of motorbikes,carpets, women's shoes and nappies were accused of increasing the long-term...

Velociraptor: Dinosaur Used Claws For Climbing

Scientists at Manchester University (UK) have discovered that a dinosaur traditionally regarded as one of the most violent actually used its giant razor-sharp claw to climb trees.The velociraptor* was immortalised in Steven Speilberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park, where it was...

"Monster" fossil found in Jurassic graveyard (Reuters)

" OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have found a fossil of a "Monster" fish-like reptile in a 150 million-year-old Jurassic graveyard on an Arctic island off Norway. The Norwegian researchers discovered remains of a total of 28 plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs -- top marine predators...

Weird Al skewers 'Jurassic Park'

"Any kid who grew up in the 1980s will surely recall with delight the good spirited nonsense that was Weird Al Yankovic. Yankovic was the musical equivalent of Mad Magazine, taking clever and often hilarious jabs at such pop icons of the day like Madonna, Huey Lewis and the...