TODAY: Stampeding Dinosaurs on The World

[Ari Daniel Shapiro]

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In early March, I traveled to Australia to report a series of radio stories for NOVA and The World -- everything from magnetic termites to how one community is keeping its residents safe from saltwater crocodile attacks.  They're airing once each week for the next 5 Wednesdays, starting this afternoon.

Today we travel back in time 95 million years.  In what is now Australia’s Outback, a herd of dinosaurs left behind footprints that have been interpreted as a stampede to escape a giant tyrannosaur.  But now a young paleontologist is suggesting a very different interpretation.

The story airs 20 minutes after the hour on The World, and I'll have the audio available on my website by tomorrow.

Thanks!

ari