Solved: the mysterious skull of a so-called ‘Nanotyrannus’

Glittery ancient arthropods, a tumbleweed traffic jam, and 'Alec the Goose.' Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. January 07, 2020 Solved: A Dino-Size Mystery For the last century or so there has been a paleontological debate surrounding a single, pointy-toothed dinosaur skull that came out of the Montana rock in 1942. It looked a lot like that most famous of dinos, Tyrannosaurus rex, except much smaller. So what exactly is it? Read More → When Ancient Arthropods Turn Into Gold In upstate New York, ancient, fossilized trilobites are anything but ordinary—they sparkle. Their soft tissues had been filled in perfectly with pyrite, the mineral commonly known as fool’s gold, preserving the arthropods with incredible detail. Read more → Wiltshire, England Bloody Ditch Roundway Hill in Wiltshire has excellent views of the local countryside and is full of Iron Age archaeological history. The site also offers a taste of more recent politics and warfare in a place known as the Bloody Ditch found on the northern side of the hill fort. Read more → Tumbleweed Traffic Jam Last week, a stretch of highway near Richland, Washington, was faced with a different sort of winter foe: Not a blizzard or an ice storm, but a terrible confetti of thousands of tumbleweeds. Read more → Bovey, Minnesota Experimental Forest The carbon-storing peat bogs of Northern Minnesota, such as the Marcell Experimental Forest, are an ideal place to study and research the possible effects of climate change. Read more → Sponsored by Travel Portland Rhododendron Wonderland This often overlooked Portland garden is home to over 2,500 rhododendrons. Read more → Belfast, Northern Ireland ‘Alec the Goose’ “Alec the Goose” is a sculpture dedicated to a popular goose who used to waddle around this area of East Belfast in the 1920s. During his short life, the goose was a regular at St. George’s Market, as he belonged to a local poultry vendor. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222