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Latest January 14, 2025 Paleontology Collections

Monsters of the Sea: Diving Into Ancient Underwater Worlds

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

May 24, 2016
Research

Power Tools of the Trade: Paleontology

Tylor Birthisel (pictured below) is an NHMU Paleontology Preparator and Preparation Lab Manager, and takes such a liking to his power tools that he names them.
May 24, 2016
Collections

Where the Black Widow Plays Near the Velcro Weed

Our guides, Christy Bills and Elizabeth Johnson, gleefully led us through the Wasatch foothills on one of the final Wildflower Walks of the spring 2016 season.
May 20, 2016
Collections

Collections Manager Tip #389: Don’t Shellac the Mammoth Tusk

Collections Manager Tip #389: Don’t Shellac the Mammoth Tusk
February 15, 2016
Education

Friends in High Spaces

A full auditorium waited anxiously for the start of “An Evening with Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly”.
October 20, 2015

Indian Art Market 2015: Andy Marion, Best in Show

A third-generation Navajo silversmith, Andy Marion works with raw silver and gold, brass, and copper to create one-of-a-kind jewelry.
October 20, 2015

Indian Art Market 2015: Gilmore Scott, 2nd Place Winner

Indian Art Market 2015: Gilmore Scott, 2nd Place Winner
October 17, 2015

Indian Art Market 2015: Norman Lansing, 3rd Place Winner

Indian Art Market 2015: Norman Lansing, 3rd Place Winner
October 20, 2013

Indian Art Market 2013: Pahponee, 2nd Place Winner

Pahponee is one of the top Native American potters and has been working with clay since the early 1980s.
August 30, 2013

In the Tiny World of Starch Grains, Bigger is Better

Starch grains are tiny structures made by most plants as products of photosynthesis.