The mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology Your Thanksgiving turkey is a direct dinosaur descendant. Check out this site, by UCMP alum Matt Wedel, to learn more about how you can do paleontology in the kitchen!
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Archosaurs are a group of specialized reptiles which ruled the Earth during the Age of Dinosaurs. The only archosaurs that survive today are crocodiles and birds. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. ...
University of California Museum of Paleontology Erin Meyer, a UCMP and Integrative Biology graduate student, is helping to curate the museum’s Invertebrate Collection. Over 31,000 catalogued specimens of corals, crabs, bivalves, snails, ammonites… both fossil and recent — if it doesn’t have a backbone, it’s in this collection!
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The UCMP Invertebrates Collection includes over 31,000 catalogued specimens! Corals, crabs, bivalves, snails, ammonites… both fossil and recent — if it doesn't have a backbone, it's in this collection. ...
University of California Museum of Paleontology Paleontologist Jack Horner was on 60 Minutes this weekend - watch the interview and learn about B. rex, the dino chicken, and more!
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60 Minutes on CBS News: B-Rex - Lesley Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film Jurassic Park and reports on how famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner is shaking up the paleontology world.
University of California Museum of Paleontology Over the past 3.5 billion years, earth's inhabitants have gotten a whole lot bigger. Learn why in the most recent Evo in the News report, on the Understanding Evolution website.
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Evolution is everywhere — including in the news! That's why each month we publish a new Evo in the News feature on our Understanding Evolution website. This month, we focus on oxygen as an evolutionary constraint. ...
University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP curator Mark Goodwin was in today's New York Times!
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Two paleontologists argue that two dome-headed dinosaurs are not separate species, but rather younger growth stages of another dinosaur.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology New Paleo Video! UCMP Curator Mark Goodwin and colleague Jack Horner argue that there were fewer species of pachycephalosaurs - dome-headed dinosaurs - than we thought. Watch this video to see why!
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During the Cretaceous, dome-headed pachycephalosaurs roamed through what is now the Hell Creek Formation, covering parts of Montana, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota. But UCMP Curator Mark Goodwin and ...
University of California Museum of Paleontology Sometimes, the study of basic biology can lead to technological advances - a recent discovery about mantis shrimp vision provides insight that could improve the technology inside DVD players.
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Sometimes, the study of basic biology can lead to technological advances, and a recent discovery about the vision of mantis shrimp is a perfect example, providing insight that could help us improve the technology inside DVD players. What is the connection? Circularly polarized light!
University of California Museum of Paleontology Brazilian PhD student Daniel Fortier visited the UCMP for two weeks this summer, investigating the taxonomy of South American crocodilians - crocodiles, caymans, and gharials.
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Daniel Fortier visited the UCMP for two weeks this summer, investigating the taxonomy of South American crocodilians — crocodiles, caymans, and gharials. Daniel is from Brazil, where crocodiles are fairly common. ...
University of California Museum of Paleontology Flat Stanley visits the UCMP! Learn about his adventures: he saw snails, a mammoth, and Flat Darwin!
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The UCMP has hosted several Flat Stanleys this year, as part of the Year of Science 2009. Flat Stanley is a fictional character from a children’s book, written by Jeff Brown in 1964. In the original story, ...
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Archaeopteryx's bones grew slowly - more like reptiles than birds - says UCMP alum Greg Erickson, in a new paper published in PLoS One. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/
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PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.
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UCMP Assistant Director Mark Goodwin's research on Triceratops is featured on National Geographic Channel's video of the week! Be sure to check out the full program on the National Geographic Channel, Sunday the 13th at 9pm, and Tuesday the 11th at 9pm. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/blog/archiv
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UCMP Assistant Director Mark Goodwin's research on Triceratops is featured on National Geographic Channel's video of the week. Triceratops are named for the three horns that protrude from the skull — and ...
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UCMP and the other Berkeley Natural History Museums are well represented on a new exhibit in the Bancroft Library – Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/blog/archiv
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UCMP and the other Berkeley Natural History Museums are well represented on a new exhibit in the Bancroft Library — Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory. We had a special tour of the exhibit last week thanks to UCMP Faculty Curator – and exhibit co-curator – Kevin Padian.
University of California Museum of Paleontology This week's issue of The Economist features UCMP Faculty Curator Tony Barnosky!
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As the climate warms, conservationists might consider looking to the past to protect the future
