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Apr 28, 20211 min read
NEW DILOPHOSAURUS EXHIBIT AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
A new, life-size Dilophosaurus exhibit arrives at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum created by Paleo artist Brian Engh Friday, April 29,

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Apr 26, 20211 min read
Las Vegas Natural History Museum welcomes new dinosaur exhibit
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is debuting its latest exhibit featuring a new feathered dinosaur.
The new life-size


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Apr 8, 20211 min read
Kalifano’s Prehistoric Cave Bear Finds a Home at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum
A towering, ten-foot-tall, fossil cave bear skeleton is now on display at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, thanks to a generous donatio

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Mar 25, 20211 min read
13 Things To Do This Week In Las Vegas For March 29-April 2, 2021
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is hosting Ancient Artifacts during Spring Break, March 27. You can learn yucca cording , atlatl throwi

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Mar 14, 20212 min read
Las Vegas businesses start to see light at the end of the tunnel
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — It’s a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
On Monday, many local businesses were allowed to open at 50% capacity


Dr. Rowland
Mar 5, 20211 min read
The Famous Fossil Archaeocyathan Reefs of Nevada
You might not have guessed it, but among paleontologists who study fossil reefs, Nevada is quite famous. The earliest reefs on Earth, those


Dr. Rowland
Feb 26, 20212 min read
A new record for the antiquity of fossil DNA and the hybrid ancestry of Columbian mammoths
The 1993 movie Jurassic Park (yes, it was really 28 years ago ) introduced us to the idea of obtaining DNA from fossils and doing interestin

Dr. Rowland
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Camels in Southern Nevada's Fossil Record
Paleontologists from the LVNHM are actively working on a 15-million-year-old fossil site (Miocene Epoch) in the Horse Spring Formation, nort

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Jan 29, 20212 min read
What was the life span of enormous megalodon sharks?
Megalodons (technically Otodus megalodon) are an extinct species of school-bus-size sharks that lived between about 23 million years ago and

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Jan 27, 20211 min read
New Nevada Geology Exhibit Opens at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
A new geology exhibit, created in partnership with the Nevada Division of Minerals, with funding provided by the Commission on Mineral Resou

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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Rock 'n' roll with a new geological exhibit at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum has added a new geological exhibit.
With partnership from the Nevada Division of Minerals and the Comm

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Jan 27, 20211 min read
New Nevada Geology Exhibit Opens At Las Vegas Natural History Museum
A new geology exhibit, created in partnership with the Nevada Division of Minerals, with funding provided by the Commission on Mineral Resou

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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Nevada Rocks! New Nevada Geology Exhibit Opens at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
A new geology exhibit, created in partnership with the Nevada Division of Minerals, with funding provided by the Commission on Mineral Resou

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Jan 22, 20212 min read
How do paleontologists transport fragile fossil bones from the field to the lab?
Paleontologists often encounter a jumble of fragile fossil bones at an excavation site. Time may be short and the weather may be uncomfortab

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Jan 15, 20212 min read
Dire Wolf DNA Analysis Reveals a Surprising Ancestry
Dire wolves, which recently became famous in pop culture via 'Game of Thrones,' were real wolves! They were probably the dominant predators

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Jan 8, 20211 min read
What color were dinosaur eggs?
Some bird eggs are very colorful, such as the blue robin egg in the first photo (from the LVNHM bird egg collection). But no other egg-layin

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Jan 1, 20212 min read
The Days are Getting Longer: It’s Recorded in the Fossils
Dr. Rowland back for our first #FossilFriday of 2021!
Does it seem like the years are flying by, with each year going faster than the one be

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Dec 28, 20201 min read
Vegas Inc. The Notes: Philanthropy, Dec. 28, 2020
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum recently received two grants, totaling over $45,000, from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment

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Dec 21, 20201 min read
Vegas Inc. People on the Move: Dec. 21, 2020
City National Bank announced that Bruce Ford, senior vice president and Nevada regional banking manager, was appointed to the Las Vegas Natu

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Nov 30, 20201 min read
Las Vegas Natural History Museum Celebrates Giving Tuesday With $5,000 Donation Match
This GivingTuesday, an anonymous donor is inspiring generosity in Las Vegas by offering at match of up to $5,000 for all donations made to t
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