U.S. Officials Send Chinese Dinosaurs Home

[MuseumProfessionals.org]

Much to the frustration of paleontologists, fossils are big business. Sites all over the world are raided for the petrified treasures, which are then shipped to private collectors. Such practices destroy dig sites, rob countries of their natural history, stifle our scientific understanding of the past, and deprive the public a chance of ever seeing the fossils. [Full Story]