BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 22, 2023
UC Museum of Paleontology
Research & Ideas
JUNE 18, 2023
‘Of intrinsic value to the world’: The many marvels of UC’s museums, libraries
Prying eyes will find before them the stories of the planet and its people, collected from across space and time. Campus’s 10 collections and 22 libraries hold some of the rarest pieces in their fields.
Research & Ideas
JUNE 18, 2023
‘Of intrinsic value to the world’: The many marvels of UC’s museums, libraries
Prying eyes will find before them the stories of the planet and its people, collected from across space and time. Campus’s 10 collections and 22 libraries hold some of the rarest pieces in their fields.
Research & Ideas
APRIL 05, 2022
T. rex hunting and feeding habits may explain short arm length, study finds
A new hypothesis for the evolution of T. rex’s short arms was formulated by Kevin Padian, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of integrative biology and curator of paleontology at the UC Museum of Paleontology.
Research & Ideas
APRIL 05, 2022
T. rex hunting and feeding habits may explain short arm length, study finds
A new hypothesis for the evolution of T. rex’s short arms was formulated by Kevin Padian, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of integrative biology and curator of paleontology at the UC Museum of Paleontology.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
UC Museum of Paleontology team develops global change curriculum
A team from the UC Museum of Paleontology spent five years developing a series of K-12 teaching modules that were recently made available online to help students understand climate change through a global lens.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
UC Museum of Paleontology team develops global change curriculum
A team from the UC Museum of Paleontology spent five years developing a series of K-12 teaching modules that were recently made available online to help students understand climate change through a global lens.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 03, 2020
Giant birds lived far earlier than previously estimated, study reveals
A study published Oct. 26 revealed that previously discovered giant “bony-toothed” birds lived much earlier than scientists previously estimated.
Research & Ideas
NOVEMBER 03, 2020
Giant birds lived far earlier than previously estimated, study reveals
A study published Oct. 26 revealed that previously discovered giant “bony-toothed” birds lived much earlier than scientists previously estimated.
Homecoming 2019
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Homecoming events to boost your love for UC Berkeley
Homecoming weekend is here, and we want to make sure you are prepared to experience some of the very best that UC Berkeley has to offer.
Homecoming 2019
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Homecoming events to boost your love for UC Berkeley
Homecoming weekend is here, and we want to make sure you are prepared to experience some of the very best that UC Berkeley has to offer.
Research & Ideas
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
UC Berkeley researchers find extreme diversity and parasitism in squat lobster fossils
UC Berkeley researchers found extreme diversity and parasitism in the largest known collection of Jurassic squat lobster specimens, according to Adiël Klompmaker, co-author of the study and a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Museum of Paleontology.
Research & Ideas
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
UC Berkeley researchers find extreme diversity and parasitism in squat lobster fossils
UC Berkeley researchers found extreme diversity and parasitism in the largest known collection of Jurassic squat lobster specimens, according to Adiël Klompmaker, co-author of the study and a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Museum of Paleontology.
Campus
AUGUST 21, 2019
'Maybe if I just put a beard on my face, people would listen to me': The Bearded Lady Project premieres at Lawrence Hall of Science
The Bearded Lady Project was started in 2014 by Ellen Currano with the goal of whimsically upending the gender disparity within paleontology.
Campus
AUGUST 21, 2019
'Maybe if I just put a beard on my face, people would listen to me': The Bearded Lady Project premieres at Lawrence Hall of Science
The Bearded Lady Project was started in 2014 by Ellen Currano with the goal of whimsically upending the gender disparity within paleontology.
Research & Ideas
APRIL 23, 2018
UC Berkeley acquires more than 1,500 fossils for analysis
Researchers at the UC Museum of Paleontology, or UCMP, at Berkeley have been given more than 1,500 specimens — including 25 whale skulls — that were discovered at the Calaveras Dam.
Research & Ideas
APRIL 23, 2018
UC Berkeley acquires more than 1,500 fossils for analysis
Researchers at the UC Museum of Paleontology, or UCMP, at Berkeley have been given more than 1,500 specimens — including 25 whale skulls — that were discovered at the Calaveras Dam.
Obituary
APRIL 12, 2018
'The quintessential academic': UC Berkeley professor emeritus of geography Roger Byrne dies at 78
During his time on campus, Byrne established the Quaternary Paleoecology Lab and was an associate curator with the UC Museum of Paleontology, or UCMP.
Obituary
APRIL 12, 2018
'The quintessential academic': UC Berkeley professor emeritus of geography Roger Byrne dies at 78
During his time on campus, Byrne established the Quaternary Paleoecology Lab and was an associate curator with the UC Museum of Paleontology, or UCMP.
Research & Ideas
OCTOBER 28, 2015
UC Berkeley researchers find mammal extinction may have affected current ecosystem
In a study published Monday, researchers, including one from UC Berkeley, discovered that the extinction of large land mammals near the end of the Ice Age had permanent effects on the Earth’s ecosystem.
Research & Ideas
OCTOBER 28, 2015
UC Berkeley researchers find mammal extinction may have affected current ecosystem
In a study published Monday, researchers, including one from UC Berkeley, discovered that the extinction of large land mammals near the end of the Ice Age had permanent effects on the Earth’s ecosystem.
