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Right Whale #2030
Rock of Ages, Sands of Time
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Mapping the Planets in Silk and Sound
Evolution of the Human Skull
Layers of Life
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Maize
Did Dinosaurs Poop?
Past Exhibitions
2017
The Buzz Saw Sharks of Long Ago
2016
Into The Depths: Marine Paintings By Stanley Meltzoff
Vanished Worlds
2015
Ancient Microworlds
2014
Quirks of Nature
eARTh
Under the Isles of Shoals: Archaeology on Smuttynose Island
Moving Carbon, Changing Earth
Then & Now: The Changing Arctic Landscape
In Nature’s Wake
2013
Raising the Dead: the Art and Science of John Gurche
Our Expanding Oceans
Look Back with Barbara Page
2012
Within Nature's Design: Sarah Oros Photography
Sanctuary Reef and Sea Monsters
Capturing the Everyday
Did Dinosaurs Poop?
T. rex Go Boom: The Prehistoric Cartoonery of Dr. Richard Kissel
2011
2010
Science on the Half Shell
Enduring Shells
One Fish, Two Fish, Old Fish, New Fish
Under Siege: Marine Life vs. the Gulf Oil Spill
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First Friday Art Night at the Museum
Fossil ID Day
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BioBlitz 2017
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James Potorti Interpretive Gorge Walks
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Press Releases
PRI Hosting First Diamond in the Rough Hike-A-Thon to Raise Funds for Science Education (April 6, 2018)
Best Practices in Marcellus Shale Education Conference (Mar 20, 2013)
Did Dinosaurs Poop? Wins Award of Merit (Mar 1, 2013)
Allendale Columbia School Students Sleuth for Clues (Jan 3, 2013)
PRI Sends Out Climate Change Books to Every Teacher in New York (Jan. 29, 2018)
Daring to Dig: Adventures of Women in American Paleontology just published by the PRI (Oct 20, 2017)
Installation Starting on Fencing to Protect Old Growth Forest in Town of Ulysses (Oct 20, 2017)
The Paleontological Research Institution Honors Warren Allmon for 25 Years of Service (Oct 9, 2017)
PRI issues statement in response to U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (Jun 2, 2017)
Book Launch to Celebrate History of T-Burg's Smith Woods (Apr 18, 2017)
A Letter from our Director Regarding the Upcoming March for Science (Mar 22, 2017)
Darwin Days 2017 to highlight human evolution (Jan 31, 2017)
Library Access Program Provides Free Passes to Museum of the Earth, Cayuga Nature Center (Nov 22, 2016)
Museum of the Earth Unveils Sport Fish Exhibition, Into The Depths: Marine Paintings By Stanley Meltzoff (Oct 27, 2016)
Paleontological Research Institution Announces Publishing of Series of Teacher-Friendly Guides (tm) (Sept 21, 2016)
Museum of The Earth Awarded $137K Grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services (Sept 20, 2016)
Progress Report: Cayuga Nature Center working to become more accessible to visitors (Jan 29, 2014)
PRI Publishes "The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale" (Oct 21, 2013)
Musicians rock out under the whale to help build an outdoor dig site (Oct 10, 2013)
Weekend with Laurie Anderson (Sep 21-22, 2013)
Response to Ithaca Journal article regarding Cayuga Nature Center involvement (Aug 15, 2013)
NSF Graduate Research Award Winner
Glaciers and Coral Reefs Tell Tale of Climate Change (Apr 1, 2013)
Health Inspector Response Regarding Maple Fest (Mar 25, 2013)
PRI in the News
Handmade Humanity: Tburg Sculptor Release New Book
The Truth About Marcellus
Clam fossils divulge secrets of ecologic stability
The Posture of Tyrannosaurus rex: Why Do Student Views Lag Behind the Science?
Prof. Allmon Buries the Hollywood image of T. rex
Our Expanding Oceans Exhibit
Climate Change with Warren Allmon
High-Tech Teaching with Don Duggan-Haas
Cartoon Art with Richard Kissel
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Under Siege: Marine Life vs. the Gulf Oil Spill
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Interview with Dr. Jose Leal
Interview with Dr. Kumar Mahadevan
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PRI Docent Training in the News
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Right Whale #2030
Whale of a Tale
What is a Right Whale?
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Finger Lakes Geology
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Ithaca is Gorges
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PRI Records the Recent Earthquake in Japan
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Turritella Agate
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Dr. Gregory P. Dietl
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Conservation Paleobiology Workshop
Effects of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Oyster Reefs
Dr. Don Duggan-Haas
Dr. Jonathan Hendricks
Dr. Alexandra Moore
Dr. Robert M. Ross
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Dr. Ingrid Zabel
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Dr. Gordon Baird
Dr. Carlton Brett
Marla L. Coppolino
Dr. John C. Handley
Dr. Patricia H. Kelley
William F. Klose II
Dr. Veronica Padovani
Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley
Dr. Richard Waite
Dr. John Wehmiller
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Brendan M. Anderson
Jansen Smith
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Map of Lozier Pond
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Stratigraphy of Trench 3
Photos of Trench 3
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Photos of Trench HPM-2
Stratigraphy of Core LP2A
HYP Fact Sheet
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June 2000 Recon Trip
August 2000 Excavation
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Cornell Gilbert Mastodon
Cornell Gilbert Mastodon Research
Plant Macrofossils
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North Java Mastodon
Digsite at North Java, NY
Mastodon Matrix Project™
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The Minute 319 Project
Turritellids of the Gatún Formation
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2017: Val G. Gunther
2014: James F. Jenks
2013: Ralph O. Johnson
2012: Edward P. Dobrzanski
2011: Charles Ray Newsom
2010: Jim DuFoe
2009: Richard E. Petit
2008: Chris Garvie
2007: Don Badman
2004: Paul Krohn and Wayne Myers
2003: Jay Tinker
2002: Jim and Sylvia Konecny
2001: Joe Kchodl
2000: John A. Catalani
1999: William F. Klose II
1998: Gerald Gunderson
1997: Lloyd and Freida Gunther
1996: Stephen H. Felton
1995: Lelia and Bill Brayfield
1994: William D. Pitt
1993: James Nardi
Gilbert Harris Award
2016: Neil H. Landman
2014: Richard L. Squires
2012: Daniel B. Blake
2011: William Ausich
2010: John Pojeta, Jr.
2009: William J. Zinsmeister
2008: James T. Sprinkle
2007: J. Thomas Dutro Jr.
2006: Thomas Waller
2005: Robert J. Elias
2004: LouElla R. Saul
2003: Carole S. Hickman
1993-2002 Recipients
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About the Specimen Collection
Cenozoic Marine Mollusks of the Western Hemisphere
Paleozoic Marine Invertebrates of New York State
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Cenozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the U.S.
Helen Jeanne Plummer
Dorothy K. Palmer
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Fossils On Ice: The Zinsmeister Collection
William Zinsmeister
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