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Dino-sized poop

By Sid Perkins / January 31, 2013

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Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Argentinosaurus, Arizona; Karen Chin, Boulder; James Farlow, coprolite, dinosaur, dung, feces, forensic science, getinvolved, Indiana University, Mountain Sky Middle School, paleontology, Purdue University, sauropod; Karl Flessa, scat, T. rex, teacher, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, University of Arizona; Amber Struthers, University of Colorado

Cool Jobs: Studying what you love

By Roberta Kwok / July 11, 2012

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Researchers study the same animals that fascinated them as kids

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils, STEM Careers | Tagged Alberta, biology, boa constrictor, Borneo, Burmese python, cool jobs, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Deinosuchus riograndensis, dinosaurs, Ecuador, Edmontosaurus, Everglades National Park, feature, Florida, Greg Erickson, herpetology, invasive species, JASON Project, jumping spiders, Lapsias lorax, Malaysia, Michael Dorcas, paleobiology, Paul Gignac, snake, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, Wayne Maddison