Prime Links

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
The day job. Home to the world's longest dinosaur, a walk-through volcano, and Permian footprints galore. Lots of good info under the Science and Research pages.

PowerSharks!
A fintastic game for card sharks of all ages, developed by Ray Troll & myself.

Ray Troll's Fin Art
Longtime friend of the Hairy Museum and our very own curator of Ich-theology, please spend some time acquainting yourself with Ray's incredible art and unique take on both the deep seas and the deep past.

Daily Reads

ScienceBlogs
Dozens of excellent science-based blogs, hosted by Seed Media Group. All are worth reading; my favorites are Afarensis, Pharyngula, The Loom, Living the Scientific Life, and A Blog Around the Clock.

Palaeoblog
Evolution. Extinction. Fossilization. (Repeat)

el PaleoFreak
Yo no tuve infancia... tuve prehistoria (Comentarios sobre evolución)

Rigor Vitae
Wildlife, Art, and Wildlife Art

Olduvai George
Blogging through life, natural history illustration, and the last 65 million years.

science made cool
A compendium of discoveries, inventions, and commentary from Zygote Games

John Fleck on NM Science, Technology and Weather
jfleck at inkstain
A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things living in New Mexico

From the Studio

The World of Charles R. Knight
One of the first. One of the best.

Staab Studios
Scientific sculpture and incredible illustration from Gary Staab. Don't miss the incredible SuperCroc sculpture.

Douglas Henderson
Modestly titled "Earth History Illustrations," Doug Henderson's skill at placing the viewer in lush prehistoric landscapes has rarely been equalled.

Zdenek Burian
The first of 7 galleries of the amazingly prolific Zdenek Burian's prehistoric paintings. Long load time, but worth it.

Luis V. Rey's Art Gallery
Brilliant, lively dinosaurs leap from Luis Rey's paintings.

Prehistoric Times
The bimonthly magazine of prehistoric art and paleo-pop published by Mike Fredericks.

CM Studio
The prehistoric sculptures and models of Charlie McGrady Studio

Paleontology

Palaeos
An outstanding collection of notes, images, and links detailing the history of life on earth. May not be up much longer--enjoy it while you can!

Palaeontologica Electronica
Online journal of Paleontology

Tree of Life
Collaborative attempt to create the family tree of life on earth on the web.

AMNH Scientific Publications
A fully-searchable free access to PDFs of nearly every scientific publication ever put out by the American Museum of Natural History.

Oceans of Kansas
Mike Everhart's comprehensive collection of life and death in the Western Interior Sea.

Vertebrate Paleontology at Milano University
Focusing on the unique Triassic localities of Northern Italy, and the wild and wonderful animals fossilized there.

The Fossil Mammal Hall
A good introduction to fossil mammals at the AMNH.

Pterosaur Info
The talented Dave Peters presents his unique (although not widely accepted) take on pterosaurs.

Old-Timey Science

Paper Dinosaurs
Wonderful online exhibit from Kansas City's Linda Hall Library showing changes in the way dinosaurs were portrayed from 1824–1969.

American Monster
Paul Semonin's book and website exploring the science and politics surrounding fossil probiscideans in early America. Grab some Mastodon Nation bumper stickers while you're there.

Adrienne Mayor
Independent scholar researching the potential fossil sources for ancient legends. More like this at Strange Science.

Other Institutions

AMNH
The American Museum of Natural History

AkMNH
The Alaska Museum of Natural History

CMNH
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History

CMNH
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

CMNH&S
The Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science

DMNH
The Dallas Museum of Natural History

DMNS
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science

FMNH
The Field Museum

FLMNH
The Florida Museum of Natural History

GMNH
The Georgia Museum of Natural History

HMNH
The Harvard Museum of Natural History (who knew?)

HMNS
The Houston Museum of Natural Science

IMNH
The Idaho Museum of Natural History

KMNH
The Kentucky Museum of Natural History

KMNH
The Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History

KUNHM
The Kansas University Natural History Museum

LACMNH
The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural Science

LMNH
The Louisiana Museum of Natural History

MJT
The Museum of Jurassic Technology

MMNH
The Midwest Museum of Natural History

NDK
Nakasato Dinosaur Kingdom

NHM
The Natural History Museum

NMNH
The National Museum of Natural History

NMMNH&S
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

PMNH
The Pakistan Museum of Natural History

ROM
The Royal Ontario Museum

RMDRC
The Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

RTM
The Royal Tyrell Museum

SMNH
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

SMNH
The Schmidt Museum of Natural History

SMNH
The Slovenian Museum of Natural History

SMNH
The Sternberg Museum of Natural History

SMNH
The Swedish Museum of Natural History

SBMNH
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

SDNHM
The San Diego Natural History Museum

SNOMNH
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

UCMP
University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

UMNH
The Utah Museum of Natural History

VMNH
The Virginia Museum of Natural History

WDC
The Wyoming Dinosaur Center

WMNH
The Worldwide Museum of Natural History

YPMNH
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History