Photo Galleries

Paleontology Fieldwork
Paleontologists use science, intuition, cutting-edge technology, and centuries-old techniques to discover and collect fossils in the field.

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Paleontology Labwork
For every hour paleontologists spend in the field looking for fossils, they spend many more hours preparing, studying, and describing fossils in the lab.

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Education

Fossils connect us with ancient ecosystems—plants and animals that lived thousands or even billions of years ago. Their lessons of migration, adaptation, and extinction are important today because we live on a changing planet.

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Fossils In situ
Fossils are found in many types of rocks across the country.

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Fossil Collections
Museums curators prepare and take care of fossils and their associated information, as well as provide opportunities for scientific study.

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Historic Photos
Fossils have transfixed humans for centuries and have been scientifically collected in and around national parks since the late 1600s!

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Fossils in Cultural Contexts
Fossils are also found in association with ancient humans, historic and prehistoric structures, as well as legends and other stories.

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