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The research team worked on-site in Big Bend to uncover the Alamosaurus fossil.
Posted inScience

New dinosaur fossil uncovered in Big Bend National Park

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

A group of university students on a research mission in Big Bend National Park retrieved a large dinosaur bone belonging to an Alamosaurus.  The Alamosaurus is the largest known land-dwelling animal to have lived in North America. Researchers have found fossils from this dinosaur in the park before, but they are usually fragmentary and poorly […]

A close up view of the new plant species "wooly devil."
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First New Plant Species Discovered in a U.S. National Park in 50 Years

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
View from Mather Point on the South Rim after a recent snow.
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Five national parks to escape the winter chill

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson December 5, 2024January 5, 2025

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