Helicoprion
See a new life restoration of the enigmatic Permian shark, Helicoprion.

Underground Rainforest
Preserved in the ceiling of a coal mine 250 feet below.

Dinosaurs!
Some of the most important dinosaurs known to science stand in our exhibit halls.

Geologic Time
The story of a changing earth through time.

Life of a Vertebrate Fossil
Follow what paleontologists do in each stage in the life of a vertebrate fossil.

Burgess Shale
The famous Canadian fossils discovered by Smithsonian's Charles Walcott.

Blast from the Past!
New evidence of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago.

Paleo Art
Paleontological art has been used to disseminate our research findings since 1846.

Giant Fossil Scale Tree
One of the largest plant fossils ever collected, weighing more than 16 tons.

Polyglot Paleontologist
Downloadable English translations of hundreds of paleontological papers.

Shark Tooth Key
How to sort out and identify fossil shark teeth.

Archaeocete Whales (pdf)
Bibliography of all scientific, and some popular, works.
(Endnote version here)