Tag: VPL
April 22, 2026
Ben Kligman Leads Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections
Ben Kligman recently joined the Jackson School of Geosciences as the Curator in Charge of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections and an…
Read MoreOctober 28, 2021
Breaking the “Mummy’s Curse”
The challenge of turning mummified rodent remains into useful scientific specimens
Read MoreOctober 10, 2018
Newly Described Fossils Could Help Reveal Why Some Dinos Got So Big
By the time non-avian dinosaurs went extinct, plant-eating sauropods like the Brontosaurus had grown to gargantuan proportions. Weighing in as much as 100 tons, the…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2017
Taxidermy for Paleontologists
By Monica Kortsha The life of a paleontologist doesn’t always mean working with rock-encased fossils. Sometimes specimens can be downright fluffy. Last week Becky Desjardins,…
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