Meet Ian, a fossil Mosasaur at Tennessee's "Discovery Park of America" and hear a discussion of how fossils can gradually decay when they're on display and how much work it takes to keep them on display and in tact.
thestemsquad Oh, and in case you missed it on the instagram story a few days ago... Here's a little video of the Ghost Ranch paleontology museum curator pointing out Coelophysis fossils in the quarry block! Turn on sound for detail 🔊
Chicago Field Museum curator out in the field identifying dinosaur eggshells
Head inside the Smithsonian Museum archives, for a brief glimpse at the 99% of the museum collections that aren’t on display - only used for science and archiving.
And here we have the rare species “paleontologist” in their natural habitat, carefully working to extract a fossil from the surrounding rock. Plus a wave!