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By Caren Shin, 2023 Science Communication Intern Brittney Stoneburg is a vertebrate paleontologist and museum professional. She specializes in mammals from the Miocene (23 to 5 million years ago) and Pleistocene periods (2.6 million years ago to [...]
By Caren Shin, 2023 Science Communication Intern Carmi Milagros Thompson is a museum specialist and paleoecologist. They study fossil marine (saltwater) invertebrates from the Caribbean to investigate how the past ecosystem and environment has [...]
The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic introduced us to the idea of ‘bending the curve’: that acting early to reduce infection rates made a huge difference in whether the peak in infections was manageable or not. The exponential nature … [...]
This big beastie is a superb specimen of the ammonite Lobolytoceras costellatum showing the intricate fractal pattern of its septa. This lovely measures to a whopping 230 mm and hails from Oxfordian outcrops near Sakara, Madagascar. Lovingly prepped [...]
Young Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus
The lovely fellow you see here is a young Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus, with a wee dusting of barnacles and his mouth ajar just enough to show his baleen.
Two Pacific Ocean populations are known to [...]
Titanites occidentalis, Fernie AmmoniteThe Fernie ammonite, Titanites occidentalis, from outcrops on Coal Mountain near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. This beauty is the remains of a carnivorous cephalopod within the family [...]
Time Slows at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State ParkHigh on the hillside up a long entry road sits the entrance to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in central Nevada. A worn American flag and sun bleached outbuildings greet you on your way to the outcrops. Away [...]
This lovely ocean dancer with her long delicate tentacles or lappets and thicker rouched oral arms is a jellyfish. Her brethren are playing in the waters of the deep all over the world, from surface waters to our deepest seas — and they [...]
I Won't Live Forever Because of the Dinosaurs!
Mammals were at the bottom of the food chain when dinosaurs were the top predators and therefore to survive mammals became small, nocturnal and short-lived. They had to reproduce rapidly and did not [...]
Die Lehre aus dem Libby-Desaster Libby ist eine kleine Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Montana mit knapp 2600 Einwohnern (Stand 2000). Vor gut 30 Jahren war sie Schauplatz eines handfesten Umweltskandals, dessen Auswirkungen auch heute noch spürbar …
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