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Recent updates

Cindy and DoriThe Looy Lab paleo detectives: Dori and Cindy at the NMNH
April 24, 2013

Assistant Professor Cindy Looy and grad student Dori Contreras visit the National Museum of Natural History in our nation’s capitol for different reasons.

Return addressReports from Regatta: Two Cal Alumni and the USGS Menlo Park Collection
March 19, 2013

Documents found with the extensive US Geological Survey Menlo Park Invertebrate Collection add value to the specimens.

synchotronThe Looy Lab paleo detectives
February 26, 2013

See how the Looy Lab is using Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s synchrotron to look at fossils inside rocks.

Lisa makes her presentation to the classDarwin Day Roadshow
February 26, 2013

Lisa White brings evolutionary science to an Oakland, California, middle school as part of the 2013 Darwin Day Roadshow.

rareoctopusCaldwell's rare octopus research makes headlines
February 22, 2013

Read a San Francisco Chronicle story about a rare, beautiful, and so far unnamed species of octopus studied by Roy Caldwell and colleagues.

book coverNew bone histology book from UCMP and UC Press
February 11, 2013

The University of California Press has just published Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing methods, analysis, and interpretation.

trike_150x150Cataloging the Archives: Three Fine Trikes
February 8, 2013

Photos and field notes enrich the story of the discovery of adult, juvenile, and baby Triceratops skulls.

flowchartUnderstanding Science in the video spotlight
January 22, 2013

Watch the California Academy of Sciences’ new video that uses UCMP’s How Science Works flowchart to map the discovery of a new spider family.

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