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10/29/2026

This is my favorite movie poster. The design reaches back to the vintage paleo art tropes. You have the exploding volcano, the pterosaur flying in the background with the roaring rex over its vanquished foe.

10/26/2026

RE: Sternberg Museum - The Fort Hays State University president testifies before the Kansas state budget committee.
Thanks to Mike Everhart for the update!

10/24/2026

Recently saw one of Oklahoma's venomous centipedes. This was about 12 inches long, but was already dead when found.

10/23/2026

Its another
Looking at a few isolated Permian fossils from the Wellington formation, Noble County Oklahoma, 280mya. Short vert is likely from Brachydectes, long vert is likely Diplocaulus (my favorite, boomerang head) along with and indet tooth, from one of the many amphibians.
Last pic is some of coprolites (fossilized f***s)

10/22/2026

10/15/2026

Schmidt Foundation announces $1 million matching gift for the Sternberg Museum

10/15/2026

Happy National Fossil Day!

Kansas is abundant with fossils from many different ages (our state hosts a nearly 300 million year span of geologic time!) and has a rich history of exploration—paleontologists from all over the world come to study, observe, and analyze the collections in our state.

Celebrate the wonders of the ancient world at these Kansas events throughout the week:
🦖 10/14: KU Natural History Museum, Lawrence. Free admission (always) and Pleistocene Palooza gallery activity
🦖10/18: Sternberg Museum, Hays. Free admission all day, and free paleontology collections tours from 1:00-4:00 pm.

Images in collage credits: KU Biodiversity Institute, Yale Peabody Museum, and iDigBio website

10/11/2026

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