Judge orders ruling on rare plant
Federal protection would halt plans for lithium mine By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
Published: April 26, 2021, 6:05am
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2 Photos Tiehm s buckwheat blooming at Rhyolite Ridge in the Silver Peak Range of Western Nevada in 2019. A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether to formally propose endangered species protection for a rare wildflower. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity) Photo Gallery
RENO, Nev. A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether to formally propose endangered species protection for a rare desert wildflower at the center of a fight over a proposed lithium mine in Nevada.
Did tyrannosaurs live in groups? Experts discuss new fossil clues.
A new fossil site reveals a group of tyrannosaurs that died together, providing fresh evidence that these predators engaged in some form of social behavior.
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In July 2014, researchers looking for fossil turtles in southern Utah’s public lands found hints of a “monstrous murderer”: the ankle bone of a tyrannosaur named
Teratophoneus. Within hours, they had brushed through the sand between pinyon junipers and found the jumbled remains of multiple
Teratophoneus all of which seemed to have died in the same place, at the same time.
Scientists unveiled the site to the world in a study published last Tuesday in the scientific journal
Full containment of Lavaside Fire expected at 6 p.m. Saturday, officials say
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FIRTH – Crews have been working steadily on the Lavaside Fire near Hell’s Half Acre west of Firth.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Chris Burger tells EastIdahoNews.com the 1,192-acre blaze is 60% contained, as of 8 p.m. Friday night.
Full containment is expected at 6 p.m. Saturday.
As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland says other agencies involved in battling the flames have pulled out. BLM crews will remain there to protect structures and extinguish hot spots.
Tyrannosaurs may have hunted in packs like wolves, a new study says Apr 25, 2021, 10:58 AM
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A tyrannosaur s skull found two miles north of the “Rainbows and Unicorns Quarry” on February 26, 2019.
BLM photo courtesy of Dr. Alan Titus
New evidence suggests that Tyrannosaurus Rex hunted as a pack animal.
The T. Rex remains were found in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
Scientists had previously thought that the T. Rex brain was too small for this kind of complex behaviour.
Tyrannosaurs were probably social animals who hunted in packs, according to research from the University of Arkansas published this week.
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