Research and Collections

bat stars, starfish

Climate Change Oceans

Digitization of collections unlocks climate clues.

blue belly lizard

Discoveries Reptiles

What to Wear When Lizard Watching

Choose your outfit carefully before you go on a nature walk.

A few of the six-million-year-old coprolites (fossilized feces) of extinct bone-crushing dogs; the one on the right has visible bits of bone sticking out. (Ouch.)

Dinosaurs Dire Wolves Discoveries Fossils

The Proof Is in the Pooping

Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct “bone-crushing” dogs