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Latest February 4, 2025 Research

Curiosity Erupts: A Paleoecologist’s Journey from the Field to the Lab

Velasquez-Franco is breaking ceilings as a first-generation student, a Latin American woman in STEM, a paleoecologist, and a postdoctoral researcher.

November 2, 2021
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Museums Play a Critical Role in Helping Scientists Find Diseases

Museums Play a Critical Role in Helping Scientists Find Diseases
October 27, 2021
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Did a Disease Wipe Out America's Ice Age Beasts?

Did a Disease Wipe Out America's Ice Age Beasts?
September 1, 2021
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Tracking Fossils to Follow Utah's Past Climate During the Eocene

Tracking Fossils to Follow Utah's Past Climate During the Eocene
August 25, 2021
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Rare Fossil Comb Jellies Uncovered in Utah's West Desert

Comb jellies aren’t the sort of creatures you expect to find in Utah’s west desert.
August 5, 2021
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Life is short, eat good mushrooms

Life is short, eat good mushrooms
July 28, 2021
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My Introduction to Range Creek: A Greater Appreciation for Archaeology

My Introduction to Range Creek: A Greater Appreciation for Archaeology
July 22, 2021
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Maddie’s Haddie: Sometimes Paleontology Field Work is Like the Movies

Maddie’s Haddie: Sometimes Paleontology Field Work is Like the Movies
June 29, 2021
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It's Firefly Season in the West

Learn more about fireflies in the West.
June 23, 2021
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Digging Up the Past to Understand Our Climate Future

While it's impossible to predict the future, paleontologists can still give us some idea of what to expect by looking to the past.
June 9, 2021
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Fireflies in New Mexico? Yes, if You Know Where to Look

Fireflies in New Mexico?
May 22, 2021
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Polar DinoFest: Marina Suarez

Polar DinoFest: Marina Suarez
May 17, 2021
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The Ecological Legacy of Bears Ears

Plant species richness at Bears Ears reveals archaeo-ecosystems, and implications for public land management