Wyoming
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #8: Polecat Bench Badlands
Can the team drill past an ancient river channel?
August 24, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #7: The Excitement—and Dread—of Coring
Looking ridiculous, we rush around like inexperienced wait-staff in a busy restaurant
August 18, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #6: Bringing Up a Core
One thing everyone has told us is that you never know what you will find underground
August 10, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #5: An All-Star Team of Scientists
A geologist, a geochemist and a paleontologist go into an (ancient sand) bar
August 04, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #4: Paleontologists’ Summer Family
Mired in the mud? Need an emergency place to stay? The Churchill family has helped out for more than 80 years
August 02, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #3: How to date a fossil
The Bighorn Basin’s colorful stripes reveal an ancient riverbed
July 20, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #1: Why 56 Million Years Ago?
What did the earth look like during the Paleocene Epoch? A Smithsonian researcher investigates
July 13, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Wyoming Dispatch #2: The Scene at Field Camp
Before digging, the paleobiologists must go through the arduous process of setting up camp
July 13, 2011 |
By Scott Wing
Dispatches From a Smithsonian Dig Site
Follow paleobiologist Scott Wing as he looks for 56-million-year-old specimens in the fossil-rich fields of Wyoming
July 13, 2011 |
By Smithsonian.com
Day 1: A Geological Trip Back in Time
Smithsonian Secretary Clough flies to Wyoming to learn about a period of intense global warming that occurred 55 million years ago
July 23, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Day 2: Uncovering Earth’s History in the Bighorn Basin
Secretary Clough tours the different Smithsonian excavation sites and discovers some prehistoric fossils while there
July 23, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 9, 10 and 11
A new site and more digging yields a dinosaur discovery
July 03, 2008 |
By Michelle Coffey
Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 6, 7 and 8
The team survives the Death March dig and makes an essential stop in Thermopolis
July 03, 2008 |
By Michelle Coffey
Dinosaur Dispatch: Day 14
The paleontology team bids a fond farewell to Wyoming’s Big Basin
July 03, 2008 |
By Michelle Coffey
Dinosaur Dispatch: Day 1
Michelle Coffey moves from biology class to the Bighorn Basin and prepares for her first dinosaur dig
July 03, 2008 |
By Michelle Coffey
Dinosaur Dispatch: Days 3 and 4
The paleontology team is finally in place. After setting up camp, the dig begins. Fossils are found and dinosaur tracks investigated
July 03, 2008 |
By Michelle Coffey
Wyoming
Deer, antelope and, yes, buffalo still roam in the "Cowboy State." America's Wild West history is unmistakably imprinted on Wyoming and lives on through its untamed landscape, folklore and people.
November 06, 2007 |
By Smithsonian.com
Jewel of the Tetons
They were the prime movers behind the great Wyoming park. This summer, the Rockefellers are donating a final 1,106 acres, a spectacular parcel to be open to the public for the first time in 75 years
June 2007 |
By Tony Perrottet
End of the Road?
Development threatens to block the ancient migration of a herd of pronghorn antelopes in western Wyoming. Without new protections, conservationists say, the speedy animals are running out of time.
January 2007 |
By Daniel Glick
For Sale By Owners
Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people
October 2004 |
By Michelle Nijhuis
