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Sternberg scientists hit the airwaves!

Though it may not be news to paleontologists and visitors to the Sternberg Museum, not everyone in the country knows that Kansas was covered by an ocean 85 million years. To address this, Sternberg paleontologists had the opportunity to take to a national stage and talk about the ocean that covered Kansas in the Cretaceous. OnContinueContinue reading “Sternberg scientists hit the airwaves!”

Paleontologists Abroad

Every year, paleontologists from around the world converge on an unexpecting city to share research, make new connections, and unite with old friends at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) annual meeting. This year’s meeting was in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) – a stronghold in Canadian paleontology. Six current students and two recent alumni from theContinueContinue reading “Paleontologists Abroad”

Collections Progress Report: August 2017

In 2016, the Sternberg Museum’s Paleontology Department was awarded two National Science Foundation grants to support collection improvement projects. “Implementation of a relational database for the Sternberg Museum paleontology collection” is funded though the Collections in Support of Biological Research program, and “ The Cretaceous World: Digitizing Fossils to Reconstruct Evolving Ecosystems in the Western InteriorContinueContinue reading “Collections Progress Report: August 2017”

Achievement Unlocked: Paleontology Prep Lab Funded!

It has been a big year for the Paleontology Department at the Sternberg Museum. In the beginning of 2017, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation awarded Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History a matching grant of $81,000 to renovate the museum’s fossil preparation lab. Expanding the preparation lab benefits all who work, visit, volunteer andContinueContinue reading “Achievement Unlocked: Paleontology Prep Lab Funded!”

Ecuador Adventure Guest Blog Series 8/8

Sternberg Museum of Natural History Education Director, David Levering, lead a spring break study abroad trip of seven Fort Hays State University undergraduate students to mainland Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The students documented their adventures and explorations during the trip, and these travelogues will be featured here through a series of eight posts (with a finally reflectionContinueContinue reading “Ecuador Adventure Guest Blog Series 8/8”