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The Danger of Finding Noah Mt. Blanco’s Connection to the Movie When you have gone to the trouble and expense to climb Mt. Ararat, one of the most

We’ve received many questions and comments about  the giant human femur sculpture on display at the museum.  For clarification, here is Joe Taylor’s answer to this question someone

Smashed to Smithereens Mastodon Skull Raised & being Reconstructed If your skull had been submerged and waterlogged in peat bog for several centuries, and a huge steam engine

Waco Sudden Death Mammoth Site Largest Single Mammoth Death Site In July 2015, President Barack Obama declared the Waco Sudden Death Mammoth Site a National Monument. Joe Taylor

Trilobites are not simple. Trilobites have long been used to represent the so-called earlier life forms, being characterized as older and therefore “simple.” Actually, these marvelous little creatures are

Tracking Dinosaurs Archived Mt. Blanco Monthly Email Update August 2015 Making footprint replicas with Dr. Carl Baugh and David Rives It was a great treat for the Mt. Blanco

King Kong Gets Loose – Scares Natives Again! Jurassic World The new movie, Jurassic World, proves that old movie stories are still winners.  The CGI (Computer generated images)

Fish Tails . . . why so many?! Archived Mt. Blanco Email Update June 2015   Our May 2015 Kansas Dig These fossil sea beds rendered the usual

Making Joints Archived Mt. Blanco Email Update May 2015 The challenge of joining pieces of shattered mastodon skull Work continues on restoring the large, shattered mastodon skull, our

MT. BLANCO MONTHLY ARCHIVED MONTHLY EMAIL UPDATE April 2015 How can a mastodon lose a head that big?! Only at Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum would a mastodon skull

There is an overwhelming variety of opportunities and needs at Mt. Blanco! We need people with willing hearts to help out in many different facets at the museum,

How could someone steal a skull that big??!!! Who could possibly be responsible for this dastardly deed? Could it have been an in-house job? To prevent more theft

TV Show Episodes List & Links to Online Archive Videos   “Inside a Paleontology Lab” with Joe Taylor and Sara Bruegel Aired on March 18, 2015 Watch archive

This large female woolly mammoth is from the frozen tundra we presume from Siberia.  The tusk is stained brown with hints of blue from the minerals in the

  This partial female mammoth from the frozen tundra of Alaska has two beautiful, complete tusks that are over six feet long.  She was found with her lower