Science Stories

Flora, Ira, and the whole Science Friday crew are on their way to Salt Lake City for a special, one-night-only, live performance and recording of Science Friday

In 2017, NHMU received 2,260 Cambrian fossils from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and are now working to digitizing this remarkable array of fossils.

Not all prehistoric animals were scary, ferocious reptiles. In fact, some were the ancestors of the clumsy, black-and-white birds we know and love — penguins.

Take a deep dive into prehistoric underwater worlds to discover the fascinating and terrifying creatures that lived within the ancient deep.

Explore our paleontology collection with NHMU’s Paleontology & Mineralogy Collections Manager, Carrie Levitt-Bussian.

Laura Wilson, Ph.D., is one of our keynote speakers for DinoFest 2025: Underwater Worlds. Check out her fascinating work as a paleoecologist!

Despite sharing the world with dinosaurs, the water-dwellers of the Mesozoic Era were not true dinosaurs.

Nuucichthys rhynchocephalus, a new fossil species from Utah’s West Desert, offers a glimpse into the evolution of animal life in the Cambrian.

Randy Irmis' ongoing research into the Triassic Period, set against Argentina’s fossil-rich landscape, is deepening our understanding of this pivotal era.

Meet Ally the Allosaurus, the first dinosaur exhibit at the newly expanded Salt Lake City International Airport.

Learn more about Allosaurus, the impressive predator of the Late Jurassic that is featured in the Salt Lake City Airport.