3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (404+ words) Once upon a time, all the way back in 1878, a professor by the name of James H. Kerr discovered what he thought was a mix of "21 different sea monsters" in Colorado Springs" Garden of the Gods. Little did he know, what…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (285+ words) A new trail of major prehistoric significance has opened on Colorado's Front Range and it's sure to be a hit. According to Jefferson County Parks and Open Space, the grand opening of aptly-named "T. Rex Tooth Trail' took place on May…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (354+ words) In case you haven't heard, the "world's largest continuous dinosaur track site' was opened to the public in 2024, also known as the West Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado's Ouray County. The tracks were left by a long-neck sauropod dinosaur,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (512+ words) Rugged bluffs and a surprisingly green, forested part of Colorado Springs" eastern plains are known among researchers of natural and human history. Among the broader public, Corral Bluffs and Jimmy Camp Creek are lesser known." But people can get familiar…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (664+ words) Back in September, as heavy machinery broke the asphalt of a parking lot at Dinosaur National Monument, Re Becca Hunt-Foster carefully watched." "We knew that there was the possibility of encountering fossils," the paleontologist said. She and staff knew, as…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (329+ words) Dinosaur National Monument recently announced that dinosaur fossils were revealed during a recent parking lot construction project, resulting in the first fossil excavation in the area of Quarry Exhibit Hall since 1924. According to a press release on the matter, the…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (961+ words) Back in September, Malinda Barberio received an email from someone claiming to have a Wollemi pine." No way, thought Barberio, the University of Colorado Boulder greenhouse manager. "Because I know what they are," she said." She knew the Wollemi pine…...