Here's what we need to create a 'Jurassic World' — beyond the dinosaurs

See Also Like many moviegoers this summer, I plan to watch Jurassic World. And because I'm a paleontologist, I'll cheer for the movie's protagonists (the dinosaurs) and jeer at the villains (the humans). But no matter how thrilling this movie may be, one question will plague me throughout: where are the dung beetles? Dung beetles — which are beetles that eat and breed in dung — would be only one of many ecological necessities for an actual Jurassic World-style theme park. Yes, cloning long-extinct dinosaurs is impossible. But even if dinosaur genomes were available, the animals couldn't simply be plopped anywhere. So for the sake of argument, let's say an extremely wealthy corporation did...