Collecting plant and animal specimens is essential for scientific studies and conservation and does not, as some critics of the practice have suggested, play a significant role in species extinctions.
Collecting plant and animal specimens is essential for scientific studies and conservation and does not, as some critics of the practice have suggested, play a significant role in species extinctions.
Paleontologists Pascal Godefroit (RBINS) and François Escuillié (Eldonia) discovered the skull and feet of Deinocheirus in a private collection. This dinosaur with gigantic forelimbs and armed with impressive claws remained an enigma for nearly 50 years.
By Didier Vangeluwe (RBINS) and Sonia Rozenfeld (Moscow) with Alexander Dmitriev and Vincent Bulteau
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