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cowboystatedaily.com > 01/11/2026 > wyoming-dinosaurs-anchor-new-middle-eastern-natural-history-megamuseum-lobby

Giant Wyoming Dinosaurs Are The Stars Of New Abu Dhabi Natural History Museum

5+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1655+ words) The first thing visitors see when they enter the newly opened Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi are four massive long-necked dinosaurs. Three of these one-of-a-kind giants, and several other fossils in the world-class museum, are from Wyoming. The Natural…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 11/23/2025 > broken-dinosaur-tails-from-mating-injuries-may-reveal-which-fossils-belonged-to-females

Paleontologists Think They've Figured Out A Way To Determine A Dinosaur's Gender

Paleontologists Think They've Figured Out A Way To Determine A Dinosaur's Gender1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1741+ words) Have paleontologists found a way to tell the gender of a dinosaur? Based on some sexual kinks, preserved in their bones for over 66 million years, it's a possibility. It seems that while male dinosaurs got some tail, they broke some…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 11/18/2025 > wyoming-archaeologists-cheer-utah-womans-sentencing-for-vandalizing-petroglyphs

Wyoming Archaeologists Cheer Utah Woman’s Sentencing For Vandalizing Petroglyphs

Wyoming Archaeologists Cheer Utah Woman’s Sentencing For Vandalizing Petroglyphs1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (954+ words) A Utah woman's Monday sentencing for carving several figures into a petroglyph wall is being cheered by archaeologists in Wyoming. That's because vandalism is a growing problem at Wyoming's 666 petroglyph sites, and around the West. A woman was sentenced Monday…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 11/02/2025 > newly-designated-wyoming-dinosaur-mummy-zone-could-hold-a-perfect-t-rex

Newly Designated Wyoming Dinosaur ‘Mummy Zone’ Could Hold A Perfect T. Rex

Newly Designated Wyoming Dinosaur ‘Mummy Zone’ Could Hold A Perfect T. Rex2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1756+ words) New research has identified a dinosaur "mummy zone" in a series of ravines near Lusk, Wyoming. It's produced two mummies of a fleshy dinosaur with back spikes and hooves and scientists believe they could find a mummy of a preserved…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 09/28/2025 > wyomings-insect-cowboy-has-discovered-new-bugs-that-are-in-the-smithsonian

Wyoming’s Insect Cowboy Has Discovered New Bugs That Are In The Smithsonian

Wyoming’s Insect Cowboy Has Discovered New Bugs That Are In The Smithsonian3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1640+ words) Aaron Clark has a small cow-calf operation on a ranch near Wheatland. But what he likes to lasso most are insects, and he's discovered several new ones in Wyoming " and some are now in the Smithsonian. Cowboys traditionally aren't the…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 09/28/2025 > dinosaur-eggshell-could-lead-to-t-rex-nest-near-lusk

First-Of-Its Kind Dinosaur Eggshell Find Could Lead To T. Rex Nest Near Lusk

First-Of-Its Kind Dinosaur Eggshell Find Could Lead To T. Rex Nest Near Lusk3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1343+ words) The first dinosaur eggshell ever found from the Lance Formation in Niobrara County has paleontologists excited. They believe it came from a Tyrannosaurus rex nursery and that full eggs care still buried there. Paleontologists have announced a first-of-its-kind fossil find…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 09/20/2025 > people-flock-to-glenrock-to-dig-for-dinosaurs-in-the-dark

Digging Wyoming: People Flock To Glenrock To Dig for Dinosaurs In The Dark

Digging Wyoming: People Flock To Glenrock To Dig for Dinosaurs In The Dark3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1776+ words) People from around the world come to Glenrock to dig 67-million-year-old fossils from T. rex, Triceratops, and other famous dinosaurs. To make the most of the once-in-a-lifetime trip, they put on headlamps and dig in the dark. A plethora of paleontological…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 09/06/2025 > massive-near-complete-mammoth-skeleton-discovered-in-natural-trap-cave

Massive, Near-Complete Mammoth Skeleton Discovered In Natural Trap Cave

Massive, Near-Complete Mammoth Skeleton Discovered In Natural Trap Cave4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1797+ words) The latest discovery in Natural Trap Cave in the Bighorn Mountains, considered one of the world's premier Ice Age fossil sites, is the nearly complete skeleton of a massive mammoth. Getting out of the 85-foot-deep hole will be cold, wet…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 09/01/2025 > wyoming-history-bill-nye-not-the-science-guy-and-his-mule-named-boomerang

Wyoming History: Bill Nye (Not The Science Guy) And His Mule Named Boomerang

Wyoming History: Bill Nye (Not The Science Guy) And His Mule Named Boomerang4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1501+ words) Long before there was Bill Nye the Science Guy there was Laramie, Wyoming, newspaperman Bill Nye, one of the leading humorists of the late 19th century. His little orphan mule named Boomerang inspired him when life didn't seem so funny. The…...

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cowboystatedaily.com > 08/31/2025 > digging-wyoming-caspers-tate-museum-hauls-a-jurassic-ass-out-of-alcova

Digging Wyoming: Casper's Tate Museum Hauls A Jurassic Ass Out Of Alcova

Digging Wyoming: Casper's Tate Museum Hauls A Jurassic Ass Out Of Alcova4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1624+ words) A team of staff and volunteers from the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College spent the first half of August excavating the 150-million-year-old butt of a Brontosaurus-like dinosaur found on a hilltop near the Alcova Reservoir. What does it take…...