3D scanning, Avizo, and more!
Lately Justy and I have been spending a lot of time working with the computer program Avizo in order to … Continue
Fossil Friday 2/20/15: A bear dog
For this week’s Fossil Friday, we have a dentary (mandible) of an amphicyonid from the Cucaracha Formation of Panama. This … Continue
A Quick Prep-Me-Up
My name is Will Tifft and I am one of the PIRE interns working in invertebrate paleontology. I graduated from … Continue
3D Horse Teeth!!!
I’m super excited to be rolling up my sleeves and finally getting some 3D imaging experience. My big passions being … Continue
Fossil Friday 2/13/15: Fossil Wood
This Fossil Friday we are lucky to be showcasing an Early Miocene fossil wood specimen from the Lirio East locality, … Continue
First Weeks
My name is Andrea De Renzis and I’m a PCP-PIRE Museum Intern here at the FLMNH. I’m interested in Vertebrate … Continue
Adventures at the Florida Museum of Natural History
My name is Ariel Guggino and I’m a PCP-PIRE museum intern from the University of Puerto Rico. I study geology … Continue
“Catching” Crabs…
¡Hola! It’s Adam, and I’m excited to share a bit of what I’ve learned with my first post. It’s been nearly … Continue
Reason to Dig
We arrived in bustling Panama City at the beginning of the fourth meeting of the Network for Neotropical Biogeography, or … Continue
Fossil Friday 2/6/14: A cephalopod
This Fossil Friday we have another invertebrate for you, Aturia. Like last week’s turritellid, Aturia is a mollusc; however, it … Continue
¡Saludos desde Panamá!
My name is Sophie Westacott and I’m one of four field interns currently digging up fossils here at the Panama … Continue
Summer 2015 Field Internship Application Available!
Application Deadline: 5PM EST on March 9, 2015 Are you interested in a geology and paleontology? How about traveling to … Continue
Fossil Friday 1/30/15: A turritellid
This Fossil Friday we’re going for a slight change of pace by introducing you all to an invertebrate! This specimen … Continue
Fossil Friday 1/23/15: A rhinocerotid
The subject of this week’s Fossil Friday is a rhinocerotid (commonly known as rhinos) that has been found in Florida and … Continue
Fossil Friday 1/16/15: A fossil camel
This Fossil Friday I would like to introduce you to a floridatraguline camel from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation … Continue