Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. The FREE international Dinosaur webzine read in more than 80 countries each week. This Week's Headlines (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** Linwood geologist excavates giant dinosaur It may be a dinosaur for the record books, perhaps the biggest that ever walked the Earth ** Las Vegas Natural History Museum has some staying power In the wake of "The Tiniest Giants" departure, the museum was given the exhibit's life-size aluminium sculpture of an Argentinosaurus and a colourful collection of dinosaur eggs and hatchlings ** Fossil presentation: "The Fossils of Florissant" A free slide presentation by Herb Meyer, author and palaeontologist for Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, will be at 7 p.m. in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History's Dinosaur Hall __________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Send an email to: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ ** Professor back from second icy expedition Kihm and nine fellow scientists hoped to explore Vega Island, a fossil-rich site where they knew two partial plesiosaur skeletons could be found ** Children's Museum makes room for new guest Bucky," the first juvenile T. rex fossil at The Children's Museum, was uncrated Monday morning, the first step in a process that will see him prepared for an exhibit that will open in June ** Feature Site: Planet Patagonia Planet Patagonia is the exhibition of 1:1 replica dinosaur fossils found in the region of Patagonia, which lies between the countries of Argentina and Chile in South America ** Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight The recent discovery of spectacular fossils from China provides exciting new evidence concerning the on-going debate about the relationships of dinosaurs and birds and the origin of flight ** Digging in Patagonia: Montanans fight elements in dinosaur hunt Nate Murphy never expected his dinosaur-digging expedition to the extreme south of Argentina to be a walk in the park, but he wasn't counting on quite so many difficulties, either ** Ancient Giants - is the first workshop in a K-12 professional development series entitled "Reptiles Past and Present" DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, 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).