Like island dwellers today, it may be that the Mendip Island Triassic animals included forms that had changed body size in response to island life, perhaps being smaller or sometimes larger than relatives elsewhere, as seen here for some taxa, such as the evidence of a large Clevosaurus. ...
During air travel, I’ve gazed down upon huge open-pit mines. Colorful, terraced chasms span miles near the Rockies. In nearby Arizona, Gary and Peggy Martin carved out a similar deep copper mine that we could walk into (GR, April 2008). Their Eagle Mountain Railroad snakes four feet dow...