Selected Science Publicity - Index

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Smithsonian Magazine
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A Vietnam Veteran Collected Fossils for 66 Years. One, Mislabeled ‘Baby Lamprey,’ Made Paleontologists Reconsider How Vertebrates Moved From Water to Land

June 2026
Eli Stark-Elster

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Atlas Obscura

​This Arachnid in Illinois Had Armored Spikes on Its 8 Legs: ​the new species is too strange to be assigned a category

May 2024
Olivia Young

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Header image (left to right): Pete Rock, Jr., Richard Rock and Field Museum researchers Bill Simpson, Arjan Mann, and Jason Pardo meeting to discuss Richard's hatchling tetrapod fossil donation and details of their groundbreaking study on tetrapod development - June 14, 2024. ANDREW YOUNG