Club Corner: Friends of Stonerose
What’s cheaper, and more entertaining, than taking the family to a movie? It’s visiting Stonerose Interpretive Center to dig for … Continue
Featured Paleontologist: Rebecca Hunt-Foster
This issue, we spotlight Rebecca Hunt-Foster, District Paleontologist for Bureau of Land Management Canyon Country District in southeastern Utah. Her … Continue
Amateur Spotlight: David Kohls
David Kohls received the 2009 Harrell L. Strimple Award in recognition of his significant contributions to paleontology, including the donation … Continue
Recognizing the Contributions of Amateurs
Two major professional societies are devoted to paleontology in the U.S. These are the Paleontological Society, founded in 1908, and … Continue
Featured Fossil: Megatylopus matthewi metatarsal
The Backstory After looking for fossils in Panama this summer with the GABI RET team, I was excited to get … Continue
Featured Fossil: Miocene Peccary Lower Jaw
Although peccaries resemble pigs, they actually occupy their own family—the Tayassuidae. They are artiodactyls (i.e., the even-toed ungulates), a large … Continue
Club Corner: Western Interior Paleontological Society
The Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS) is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that promotes scientific and educational activities related to paleontology. … Continue
Featured Paleontologist: Bonnie Jacobs
Bonnie Jacobs is a renowned paleobotanist in the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University. She … Continue
Education: Fossil Horses Go to School
Evolution forms the basis for all biology, yet teachers face many challenges in their efforts to teach this material. The … Continue
Research: The Paleopathology of Laminitis in Horses
As a veterinarian as well as a paleontologist, I’m interested in how diseases that we see in today’s animals might … Continue