Category Archives: Research

National Fossil Day with NSF

To celebrate National Fossil Day (October 11, 2017), the National Science Foundation featured four paleontologists on its social media accounts and on Science360 Radio. Dr. Laura Wilson was one of the featured scientists.  Her and Sternberg Museum Adjunct Curator Mike Everhart’s recent Science Friday segment was featured on the air, and pictures of her researchContinueContinue reading “National Fossil Day with NSF”

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”

Paleo-girls and boys and their toys

There are a lot of cool toys out there.  Not just Research Institute Legos, Paleontology Barbie, and a new generation of Jurassic World figurines, but toys that are products of technological advancement. What’s even cooler is that we have applied many of them to help advance our scientific knowledge.  Paleontology is no exception – technologyContinueContinue reading “Paleo-girls and boys and their toys”

You’re doing WHAT to those bones?

Cross section through the femur of a fossilbird called Hesperornis. Fossil bonespreserve many of the same structural featuresthat can be observed in modern bones. In thisimage, the marrow cavity is the black portionin the middle, and the bone tissue is thegolden/brown.Fossils are not renewable resources.  While there is the potential that animals alive today mayContinueContinue reading “You’re doing WHAT to those bones?”