I finished reading the May issue of Smithsonian yesterday, and thought I should mention the article "Where Dinosaurs Roamed" to the readers of this blog. It features some artwork from the Natural History Museum's Historical Art Collection, as well as a discussion of the unprecedented rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope (pictured, left) and Othniel Charles Marsh (pictured, right). But the real meat and potatoes of the article examines modern research being done on an old site of Marsh's: a spot near Morrison, Colo., where the original Apatosaurus (falsely remembered by many as Brontosaurus) was unearthed. Matthew Mossbrucker and Robert Bakker describe some of the new findings from the site, including trace fossil (footprint) evidence that baby Apatosaurus could run on their hind legs, like the modern basilisk (a.k.a. "Jesus Christ") lizard.