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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
Scientist Spotlight Videos
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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Paleoartists Bob Walters standing next to an easel with a drawing of a dinosaur on it.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Dinosaur Drawings

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Asteroid headed towards Earth at the end of the Cretaceous.

Mass Extinction of Large Dinosaurs and More

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Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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Grey stone with brown leaf imprint

Reading Climate Change from Fossil Leaves

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Small shells of various sizes and shapes.

Tracking Global Change Through Ocean Fossils

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Overhead view of Phytosaur skull

Triassic Life, Extinction, and Recovery

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An insect with large wings on the branch of a plant

Plant-Insect Relationships Through Time

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Black and white sketch of a landscape in rough shapes, with palm trees, ferns, a turtle, T rex, and salamander draw in more detail.

Paleo Art – Edge of Extinction: Make Your Own Dinosaur Ecosystem Mural

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A man and woman standing on either side of an easel with a drawing of a triceratops head on it.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Draw a Dinosaur: Triceratops

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Paleoartists Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger talk during a Zoom video webinar

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Draw a Dinosaur: Ceratosaurus

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A hand holding a pen and drawing a trilobite fossil on white paper.

Webinar: Drawing Fossils

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Cartoon-style game board for Evolve or Perish.

Evolve or Perish Board Game

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