fossil plastered successfully

Getting Plastered

We most commonly find isolated fossil elements that are placed in bone bags or vials and brought back to the … 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

Montbrook timelaps screen Jan17

Time-lapse

Check out this time-lapse created by Sean Moran/FLMNH. It’s from a single day at the dig site, beginning with an … Continue

Digging at the Montbrook site.

Attention Teachers

An opportunity for K-12 science teachers to participate at our dig site and bring this experience back to the classroom: … 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

One lone digger

Season Forecast

The current volunteer forecast for the 2017 digging season: Weekends: max number of volunteers = 20 Weekdays: max number of … Continue