They lived 145 million years ago, walked on four legs, were three times as tall as giraffes, were as long as humpback whales and weighed up to 88 tons

LiveScience.com – The fossilized remains of a tiny 100 million-year-old crustacean reveal evidence of what to her at least would have been giant sperm, measuring perhaps as long as her body.

While the sperm itself was not preserved, 3-D images of the female’s specialized receptacles indicate she had just finished having sex and that they were filled with sperm that has since degraded. (The oldest direct evidence of sperm comes from a springtail living some 40 million years ago, according to the researchers. …

AP – A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world’s best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.

It’s a Jurassic curiosity: As far as anyone can tell, the fossilized, three-toed dinosaur tracks in north-central Wyoming and on the coast of Scotland are indistinguishable

We hear funny, though alarming, stories about villagers using these “dino rocks” as chutney grinders in their homes!

From small teeth, to towering life-size robots and fish tunnels, an exhibition of rare dinosaur fossils in Mexico is breathing new life into the beasts that roamed the earth millions of years ago

Eastend is already the site of a T. rex Discovery Centre, featuring information on “Scotty” the large tyrannosaurus whose fossilized remains were discovered nearby 18 years ago

AP – Scientists at one of Utah’s major new dinosaur quarries have found 60 to 70 new bones this spring, including what appears to be a 20-foot-long neck bone discovered this week.

AP – It’s a Jurassic curiosity: As far as anyone can tell, the fossilized, three-toed dinosaur tracks in north-central Wyoming and on Scotland’s coast are indistinguishable.

AFP – A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world, British paleontologists announced, in a report being published this week in the journal Science.