FOSSIL Project Spends a Day at Camp – Three to be Exact…
Summer is a time for fun and relaxation, except when you’re a grad student! It is a time to catch … Continue
YouTube “50 States of Fossils” Update
My PhD research focuses on plants from a particular formation that is found only in Oregon. Thus, in order to … Continue
Education: The Wenas Mammoth Foundation’s Educational Program
In 2005, while constructing a road on a hillside overlooking the Wenas Valley, north of Selah, in Central Washington State, … Continue
Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute Celebrates Its First Year
You last heard from us around this same time last year, when the Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute was a mere one … Continue
Introducing the Whiteside Museum of Natural History
The Whiteside Museum of Natural History (WMNH) was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation in December of 2013 due to … Continue
Faunal Interchanges, High School Students, and the Paleobiology Database
I teach an introductory paleontology research class for high school students (grades 10 and 11), which I have refined over … Continue
FOSSIL Project at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
In late October, the FOSSIL Project traveled to the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. There, FOSSIL … Continue
Shark Teeth Forensics and Diversity in Science
Editor’s note: While preparing for our Citizen Science in Paleontology technical session at the GSA annual meeting, the FOSSIL Project … Continue
A Dinosaur for California – Part II
Good news! California now has an official state dinosaur, as of September 23rd, when Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1540, … Continue
New Book! Introducing “Daring to Dig: Adventures of Women in American Paleontology”
Editor’s Note: Daring to Dig is a new children’s book published by the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), featuring the stories … Continue