Sunday, May 11, 2008

Fossils found coated in diamonds (Channel 4)

Fossils found coated in diamonds (Channel 4)
Ancient sea creatures living after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs had a thing for bling which was out of this world. Scientists have discovered that they coated themselves with tiny diamonds made from carbon brought to Earth in the space rock.

Smuggled fossils seized in Tucson returned to Argentina (KVOA Tucson)
Associated Press - May 8, 2008 1:24 PM ET TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. officials have returned to Argentina more than four tons of rare fossils illegally brought to this country and seized at the...

Smuggled fossils seized in Tucon returned to Argentina (Mohave Valley Daily News)
TUCSON, Ariz. - More than two years after federal authorities seized four tons of rare fossils illegally imported for sale at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, the relics were returned to Argentina on Thursday.

English Channel coast bursts with of fossils (San Francisco Chronicle)
At first glance, it looks like another pebbly English beach - what the Brits call a "shingle beach": an expanse of gray-white rocks stretching from the white, chalky cliff faces on one side to the choppy waters of the English Channel on the other. But then,...