Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. For the full story visit the FREE webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org. The headlines: ** Dinosaurs 'grew horns to win mate' The horns, frills, crests, plates, spikes and other striking features of dinosaurs probably evolved to impress females ** Rain threatens dinosaur tracks While many in Southern Utah were relieved by the recent rainfall, palaeontologists have worried about it damaging 225 newly found dinosaur tracks stored in Hildale, which have been appraised at $1.5 million ** One of our dinosaurs is about to go missing A rare 195 million-year-old dinosaur fossil that geologists say is of vital historical importance is to be sold for up to £100,000, possibly to foreign collectors ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Send an email to: [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ ** Museum to celebrate important dates of its most famous resident Carnegie Museum of Natural History is avoiding a fossil faux pas this weekend by celebrating not the birth, but the discovery -- 100 years ago -- of its mounted skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex ** It's the Little Asteroids that Get You Forget about looking for the six-mile-across monster asteroids. A much smaller one could trigger a nuclear incident ** China Writes Major Chapter on World's Dinosaur Research China has become a mecca for palaeontologists worldwide due to constant new discoveries of ancient fossilized organisms ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ Advertisement: New Coins from the Perth Mint - 4 Dinosaurs and a FREE dinosaur encyclopaedia http://www.perthmint.com.au/gc/dinosaur.asp ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ ** Ferocious Feathered Dinosaurs Fly in to Sydney to Prove Dinosaurs Aren't Extinct! Four spectacular life-sized dinosaur reconstructions have arrived at the Australian Museum, representing "missing links" between dinosaurs and birds - smart-thinking, flesh-eating, feathered dinosaur ** This Week's Feature Site The Judith River Dinosaur Institute is dedicated to the responsible preservation of our paleontological resources and works in association with museums, universities, and private and public land management agencies to identify, research, and protect these sites DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Books, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions [log in to unmask] ** Apologies for any cross postings ** ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).