Trachemys skull in the lab.

Tiny Turtle Skull

1. Find the turtle skull This is the left side of the pond slider turtle’s skull that we find at … Continue

Photogrammetry screen shot of fossil at Montbrook.

Photogrammetry

CapturedĀ and published by one of our volunteers from Colorado! This is why photogrammetry is an awesome tool. You can capture … Continue

Terry Tydings with partial deer antler.

Oh Deer!

A partial antler of the extinct deer, Eocoileus gentryorum, was discovered by volunteer Terry Tydings on February 25th, 2017. This … Continue

Terry Tydings with a dwarf llama incisor.

Faunal List Expansion

This weekend, vertebrate paleontology collection manager, Richard Hulbert, discovered an upper molar of Hexameryx simpsoni, the six-horned pronghorn antelope. This … Continue

paleontologists at the dig

Productive Weekend

Curators of paleontology were digging at the site on Friday: It must’ve been lucky because on Saturday and Sunday this … Continue

MuseumSelfie Day on site at Montbrook

#Museumselfieday

Sue Tennant found something big in her square! It’s a gomphothere scapula out here at Montbrook. Also, it’s #museumselfie day, … Continue

UF News: Searching for red pandas

Searching for red pandas

UF News: Searching for red pandas … in an elephant graveyard “A new dig site near Williston, Florida, has revealed … Continue

montbrook dig site with volunteers and scientists

Montbrook Site description

Source: Montbrook :: Florida Museum of Natural History (An overall description of the Montbrook site) “Montbrook is the first late … Continue