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Latest September 9, 2025 Invertebrate Zoology Research

Pack Rat Middens Offer Clues of Range Creek’s Past

Middens of rat feces, some thousands of years old, preserve valuable ecological records that deserve a closer look.

May 17, 2019
Research

What a Giant Fungus Can Teach Us About Cancer

What a Giant Fungus Can Teach Us About Cancer
April 29, 2019
Research

New Study Explores How Utah's Fremont Farmers Watered Their Crops

New Study Explores How Utah's Fremont Farmers Watered Their Crops
April 29, 2019

Carving Out a Kosmoceratops

Carving Out a Kosmoceratops
April 26, 2019
Research

The Hidden Potential of the World’s Biggest Organism

The Hidden Potential of the World’s Biggest Organism
April 18, 2019
Collections

Meet the “Father Cat” Who Stalked the Ancient West

The leopard-sized mammal had a blunt face, prominent canine teeth, clawed paws, and a long tail. But this was no feline. This was Patriofelis ulta.
April 17, 2019
Research

Magnificent Utah Beast Lived Under the Feet of Dinosaurs

Magnificent Utah Beast Lived Under the Feet of Dinosaurs
March 20, 2019
Education

Don't Fear the Widow

Don't Fear the Widow
March 11, 2019
Research

Tiny Tyrant Stalked Utah Before T. rex

Tiny Tyrant Stalked Utah Before T. rex
January 30, 2019
Collections

Historic Photography of Native Americans of the Southwest

We discover the more magical and remarkably detailed world of lantern slides.
December 31, 2018
Collections

How to Prepare a King

If you’ve wandered by the fossil prep lab windows in the Past Worlds gallery lately, you might have noticed someone looking back at you.
December 18, 2018
Exhibitions

Ceratosaurus - An Ornate Jurassic Chomper

Stroll along the Past Worlds Exhibit in the Eccles Gallery and eventually you’ll meet Ceratosaurus.
November 22, 2018
Research

How Environmental Shifts Killed Africa’s Prehistoric Megaherbivores

How Environmental Shifts Killed Africa’s Prehistoric Megaherbivores