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  1. article Continued focus on fossil fuels detrimental

    Saturday, October 18, 2008 7:06 pm

    Like a huckster of patent medicine in 19th-century America, John McCain is trying to convince us that drilling, drilling and more drilling is the instant remedy for the pain Americans feel approaching a gas pump these days.

  • article Fossil store closes briefly for renovation

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:37 pm

    Fossil at Scottsdale Fashion Square has closed temporarily.

  • article Rare Ice Age fossil unearthed

    Friday, April 13, 2007 6:03 am

    It took brute force to transport the ancient beast’s bones from the Safford area to downtown Mesa, but somehow they got them here intact.

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  • Rare Ice Age fossil unearthed

    Paleontologist Robert McCord and his museum staff are jacketing the fossil so they can transport it to Mesa. Jacketing entails wrapping the fossil with plaster and burlap. (Michael Pasenko, Paleontologist)

  • article India fossils show snake preying on dino eggs

    Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:30 am

    BANGKOK — The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday.

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  • India fossils show snake preying on dino eggs

  • India fossils show snake preying on dino eggs

    This 2008 photo shows blocks preserving the snake Sanajeh indicus in association with a partial clutch of three sauropod eggs and a sauropod hatchling. The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

  • India fossils show snake preying on dino eggs

    In this 2007 photo released by Monica Wilson, field assistant Shiva Rathore carries two recently excavated sauropod eggs back to a truck in at Gujarat, central India. The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

  • article Utah announces 'major dinosaur fossil discovery'

    Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:09 am

    SALT LAKE CITY - A newly discovered batch of well-preserved dinosaur bones, petrified trees and even freshwater clams in southeastern Utah could provide new clues about life in the region some 150 million years ago.

  • article Rare camel fossil unearthed in southeast Gilbert

    Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:34 pm

    When paleontologist Robert McCord comes to Gilbert, he knows he’ll probably dig up something interesting. As chief curator of natural history at the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, McCord has been called in at least twice to excavate prehistoric fossils unearthed at Gilbert constructions sites.

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  • Rare camel fossil unearthed in southeast Gilbert

    Robert McCord, the chief curator of the Arizona Museum of Natural History shows a bone similar to one found in Gilbert of a Camelops while construction crews were digging. The bone was found not far away from mammoth bones were found two years ago.

  • article Scientists finish up Gilbert fossil dig

    Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:27 am

    The final prehistoric bone was excavated Friday from a central Gilbert dig site.

  • article Scientists finish up Gilbert fossil dig

    Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:28 am

    The final prehistoric bone was excavated Friday from a central Gilbert dig site.

  • article In 30 years, Mesa museum becomes focal point for fossils

    Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:03 am

    Mesa Southwest Museum was born inside a single room in the old city hall building in 1977. It only had one employee to oversee its exhibits. There were no moving dinosaurs or towering bones of a Tyrannosaurus bataar in the lobby.

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  • In 30 years, Mesa museum becomes focal point for fossils

    Students file past bones of a Tyrannosaurus bataar in the lobby of the Mesa Southwest Museum on Wednesday. The museum will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Friday.

  • article Lucy’s upcoming tour will work to bring fossil home

    Monday, November 27, 2006 2:02 am

    The trappings of her planned U.S. tour would befit a rock star — hype, controversy, strict security and the promise of huge crowds. However, the star of this tour has been dead for 3.2 million years and her appearance left a lot to be desired from a showbiz standpoint — an ape-like female only 3½ feet high, walking upright on two feet but retaining the ability to scamper through the treetops when necessary.

  • article SCC science educator helps fossil lover get his TV ‘wish’

    Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:29 am

    Merry Wilson hopes to someday fix a gaping hole in earth science education. Wilson, a geology professor at Scottsdale Community College, said this branch of science carries a poor reputation as a topic relegated to the bottom rung of learners. High schools sometimes call it "rocks for jocks.’’

  • Yurt

    The Ranch at Fossil Creek, on the Mogollon Rim in Strawberry, offers overnight camping in a custom-made yurt.

  • Gem and mineral show aims to crack open kids’ curiosity

    Schoolchildren dig into the earth and its mysteries on the Fry’s Rockin’ Fossil Dig at last year’s Arizona Rockfest. The 200-ton \"dig\" is seeded with fossil finds of various sizes, and experts help kids decipher what they find. ARIZONA R

  • Create your own undersea garden

    Fossils are among the most attractive art pieces to add to the undersea tableau. Below, this great, colorful aloe is the octopus inhabitant of the undersea garden.

  • Judge: Mesa impact fees for museums OK

    Dr. Robert McCord, chief curator of Natural History and curator of paleontology at the Mesa Southwest Museum, speaks about the Rhynchotherium fossils. April 10, 2007.

  • Swimming areas to the north offer cool relief

    A swimmer floats in the clear water of Fossil Creek outside Strawberry. Getting to Fossil Creek entails a 10-mile drive along a narrow dirt and gravel road. The last 4 1 /2-mile stretch follows a steep and narrow canyon.

  • Heat brings out scorpions, sort fact from fiction

    Scorpions have a protein coating on a layer in their exoskeleton that will glow under ultraviolet light. Fossils of scorpions dating back hundreds of millions of years still glow. SOURCE: Univ. of Arizona / Arizona State Univ. / Scott Sheils

  • 40th annual Flagg Gem & Mineral Show coming to Mesa

    40th annual Flagg Gem & Mineral Show: Browse a number of fossil, gem and mineral exhibits, including the famed Peralta Stone maps (pictured) from the Superstition Mountains and a fluorescent display, at this show with free activities for children and free mineral samples for children and teachers.

    DETAILS >> 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Ave. Free admission and parking. (480) 814-9086 or www.flagshow.info or http://www.mines.az.gov

  • article Museum display examines link between dinosaurs, birds

    Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:38 pm

    "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a dinosaur" reads the sign that sits outside a new exhibit at the Arizona Museum of Natural History in downtown Mesa.

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