By: Julie Gordon
TORONTO (REUTERS).- The Canadian oil sands, a vast expanse of tar and sand being mined for crude oil, yielded treasure of another kind this week when an oil company worker unearthed a 110-million-year-old dinosaur fossil that wasn’t su…
Scientists from the George C. Page Museum Dig for Ice Age Fossils in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles tens of thousands of years ago. Like many unsuspecting creatures of the last Ice Age…
Portland-based Artist to Exhibit for Art For Arts’ Sake Opening of the New Orleans Art Season
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents “Other Living Things”, new works by Portland-based artist Brian Borrello in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will explore the delicate balance between human advancement and e…
World War II Tanker Off California Coast may still Pose Threat
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- A tanker ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II near California’s scenic Central Coast may still represent a danger to the environment, according to scientists investigating the rusting hulk. The 440-foot Monteb…