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    Blog
    Fossil Invertebrates Collection Biodiversity and Geography
  • A cast of an Ichthyosaurus skull fossil, displayed in a museum exhibit, with graphic panels behind and dramatic lighting.
    Article
    Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  • A man wearing a white lab coat uses a paintbrush to touch up the teeth of a Daspletosaurus dinosaur skeleton.
    Article
    Before SUE the T. rex, there was ‘Gorgeous George'
  • A vertebra bone that has iridescent rainbow coloring on one side.
    Article
    Working in Paleontology: An Introduction to the Collections
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    Video
    Ghost Lineages
  • Left: A mounted T. rex skeleton inside a museum gallery. Right: A long-necked titanosaur skeleton in a large classical hall.
    Article
    Which Dinosaur Bones Are “Real”?
  • The fossil Máximo the Titanosaur from the second floor mezzanine.
    Video
    Making Máximo the Titanosaur
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    Video
    Ask Emily! #15
  • Illustration of a forest scene, with prehistoric animals on either side of a creek. In the foreground, a black and blue striped lizard-like animal perches on a rock as it appears to hunt a winged insect. A smaller lizard crosses a log over the creek. On the other side, two flat-faced, pig-sized animals approach the water’s edge, and a dinosaur creeps in the background.
    Article
    These New Fossil Discoveries Show Why Evolution is the Coolest
  • Side-by-side graphic of SUE the T. rex, showing before and after changes. The areas that have been moved or changed are highlighted in gray.
    Article
    A Fresh Science Makeover for SUE
  • Image for Meet the Pterosaur Flock
    Article
    Meet the Pterosaur Flock
  • Five images of fossils are combined into a grid. Each fossil has text identifying it. A rounded seashell protruding from rock is labeled as an Orthospirifer brachiopod; a flat, leaf-like seashell is labeled as Strophomenid brachiopod; a circular ring in rock is a crinoid; a lacy fossil on a rock surface is a bryozoan; and a wavy depression in rock is a cephalopod.
    Article
    Guide to Fossils from Tropical Milwaukee
  • Looking down on a man holding a pipette and applying a liquid to a fossil dicynodont skull that is still partially buried in the ground.
    Article
    Fossils in Zambia Are a Window into Extinction
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    Video
    The Fossils in the Floor
  • In a 1922 Charles Knight mural, a group of Protoceratops gather on a sandy hill, one watching over a clutch of eggs, while two stand nearby. Another in the background eats leaves from a small tree.
    Video
    Paleoart: Painting the Land Before Time
  • A large dinosaur skeleton standing on a brown surface and leaning forward menacingly, in a museum gallery
    Article
    Meet SUE's Neighbors in the Hall of Dinosaurs

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