dinosaur

A fossil skull of a dinosaur head, the allosaurus.

A love letter to science

Riley Black
contributor, Natural History Museum of Utah blog
February 2, 2022

Science is an idea that’s accessible to anyone, a process by which we observe, test and learn something new.

Maddie’s Haddie: When you know, you know

Beth Mitchell
senior manager of external relations, Natural History Museum of Utah
August 18, 2021

A first-time paleontology volunteer used her keen intuition and some good old-fashioned beginner’s luck to find an impressive fossil skeleton.

An illustration that imagines what the dinosaur-like creature looked like while leaving the footprint millions of years ago. It's feet look like giant chicken feet - three toed with claws. Ferns are scattered in the background..

Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs

Translated and adapted by Randall Irmis from original CONICET release
July 10, 2020

An international team reveals discoveries about an unusual time called the ‘Carnian Pluvial Episode.’

NEW SPINY DINO DISCOVERY

Janelle Hanson
July 23, 2018

Fossils of a new dinosaur—Akainacephalus johnsoni—have been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Research quest

Chanapa Tantibanchachai
associate science writer, University of Utah Communications Office
October 12, 2015

Natural History Museum of Utah digitizes its paleontology collection for students to study in classrooms.