#fossilfriday Here's a skull of the tyrannosaur Bistahieversor from the late cretaceous of New Mexico. On display at thr New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque. #newmexicomuseumofnaturalhistoryandscience #tyrannosaur #prehistoricnewmexico #cretaceous

#museummonday life amongst the mangrove roots (magnified several times life size). On display at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. #floridamuseumofnaturalhistory #mangroves #florida #marinelife

The fifth and final installment of #maystodon2026 . These foot prints were made by a mastodon (or gophothere) near the town of Barstow, California around 15 million years ago. On display at the Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont. #fossilfriday #raymondalfmuseum #mastodon #footprints

#throwbackthursday part of what used to be ice age Lake Manix. Taken on a museum field trip, San Bernardino County, California 2010. #iceage #lake #prehistoriccalifornia #sanbernardinocounty

#museummonday recreated excavation of a Native American pueblo. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. #maxwellmuseumofanthropology #universityofnewmexico #nativeamerican #pueblo

Fourth installment of #maystodon2026 . A partial skull of an American mastodon found along the Kansas River. On display at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence. #fossilfriday #universityofkansasnaturalhistorymuseum #prehistorickansas #mastodon

#museummonday tule elk along the Kern River near Taft, California. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. #naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #California #tuleelk #wildlife

Third installment of #maystodon2026 is the skull of the middle miocene Miomastodon. Was on display at the Oregon Muaeum of Science and Industry, Portland (don't if it still is). #fossilfriday #oregonmuseumofscienceandindustry #mastodon #prehistoricoregon

#throwbackthursday A pair of polar bears play underwater. San Diego Zoo, California, 2012. #sandiegozoo #California #polarbears #arctic

#museummonday a coyote chases a rabbit in Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, the Dalles, Oregon. #columbiagorgediscoverycenter #thedalles #oregon #wildlife

Second installment of #maystodon2026 . A crushed skull and tusks of an American mastodon found in Prescott Valley, Arizona. On display at the Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott. #fossilfriday #sharlothallmuseum #prehistoricarizona #mastodon

#throwbackthursday tufa towers along the shore of Mono Lake. Tufa only forms underwater, so we can only see these because the lake level has dropped. Mono Basin National Scenic Area, California, 2013. #monolake #California #geology #lake

#museummonday skull of a beaked whale (can't remember the species) next to a sperm whale jaw. Used to be on display at the California Academy of Sciences, San Fransisco, California, 2018. #californiaacademyofsciences #sanfrancisco #beakedwhale #marinemammal

Welcome to #maystodon2026 . For our first installment is the female Pacific mastodon from Rancho la Brea. On display at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles, California. #labreatarpitsandmuseum #losangeles #prehistoriccalifornia #mastodon

#throwbackthursday one of the tour boats gets ravaged by a Dilophosaurus during the breakout. The old Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, California, 2013. #jurassicpark #jurassicparktheride #universalstudios #hollywood

#museummonday Stewart Island diorama. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado. #denvermuseumofnatureandscience #newzealand #wildlife #marinemammals

#fossilfriday skull of an ice age peccary found in Denver, Colorado. On display at History Colorado Center (also in Denver). #historycoloradocenter #prehistoriccolorado #iceage #peccary

#throwbackthursday a petroglyph believed to depict a macaw on rocks outside of Albuquerque. Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico, 2018. #petroglyphnationalmonument #newmexico #parrot #nativeamerican

#museummonday fish of the Gulf. Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Texas, 2023. #corpuschristimuseumofscienceandhistory #corpuschristi #gulfofmexico #fish

#fossilfriday skeleton of the wolf-sized bone crushing dog Aelurodon stirtoni. This was in the old fossil hall. On display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. #smithsonian #nationalmuseumnaturalhistory #dog #prehistoricnebraska

#throwbackthursday a couple of alligators chilling in "Florida's Amazon", Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, 2017. #fakahatcheestrandpreserve #florida #alligator #swamp

#fossilfriday adult and juvenile skulls of the boomerang-headed amphibian Diplocaulus from the famous Permian Red Beds of Oklahoma. On display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman. #permian #samnoblemuseumofnaturalhistory #prehistoricoklahoma #redbeds

#throwbackthursday a 20 mule team wagon (actually more like a 18 mule 2 horse team wagon). Death Valley National Park, California, 2007 #deathvalleynationalpark #california #history #wagon

#fossilfriday a skull of the coyote-sized Oligocene dog Mesocyon. Found in the John Day formation of Oregon. On display at the Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene. #oregonmuseumofnaturalandculturalhistory #universityoforegon #prehistoricoregon #dog

#throwbackthursday the old Carnotaurus model at the Natural History Musem of Los Angeles County, California, 2006 #naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #dinosaur #carnotaurus #mesozoic

#museummonday a grizzly bear forages along a stream in a coastal rainforest. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada. #royalbritishcolumbiamuseum #victoriabc #grizzlybear #rainforest

Finishing off #mammothmarch2026 is a skeleton of the now defunct Jefferson's mammoth (Mammuthus jeffersoni). On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln. #universityofnebraskastatemuseum #prehistoricnebraska #mammoth #fossilfriday

#throwbackthursday a Scutosaurus as some roadside dinosaur park we stumbled across in Oregon (sometime in the early 2000s). #oregon #dinosaurpark #scutosaurus #prehistory

Third installment of #mammothmarch2026 a cast of a Columbian mammoth footprint found at the Carson City Prison, Nevada. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California. #fossilfriday #naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #prehistoricnevada #mammoth

#throwbackthursday Andean condor, Los Angeles Zoo, California #losangeleszoo #losangeles #California #andeancondor

#museummonday seabirds on their spring migration, Seward Penninsula, Alaska. On display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Colorado. #denvermuseumofnatureandscience #Colorado #Alaska #seabirds

#mammothmarch2026 for the second installment we have the tusk and teeth of Carnegie, found 19 miles southwest of Cleburne, Texas in 1981. On display at the Layland Museum of History, Cleburne. #mammothmarch #laylandmuseumofhistory #cleburnetx #mammoth

#throwbackthursday The cleanest elephant in the world. She's been in that shower for 71 years! The Jungle Cruise, Disneyland, California, 2014. #disneyland #California #junglecruise #elephant

#museummonday the entrance hall at the Mayborn Museum, Waco, Texas #maybornmuseum #bayloruniversity #Waco #tyrannosaurusrex

Welcome to the first installment of #mammothmarch2026 kicking things off is this skull of a Columbian mammoth from Anza Borrego, California. On display in the Visitor Center, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. #fossilfriday #mammothmarch #anzaborregodesertstatepark #prehistoriccalifornia

#fossilfriday skull of an early Miocene camel from Cajon Pass, California. On display at the San Bernardio County Museum, Redlands. #sanbernardinocountymuseum #prehistoriccalifornia #camel #miocene

#fossilfriday skeleton of a soft shell turtle. On display at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. #floridamuseumofnaturalhistory #prehistoricflorida #turtle

#throwbackthursday mantis shrimp at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, California, 2010. #cabrillomarineaquarium #California #mantisshrimp #marinelife

#fossilfriday type specimen (specimen used to name a new species) of Pteranodon sternbergi. On display at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hayes, Kansas. #sternbergmuseumofnaturalhistory #pterosaur #pteranodon #mesozoic

#throwbackthursday Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, 2009 #lassenvolcanicnationalpark #lassenpeak #volcano #california

#museummonday the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry display at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Shot this at SVP back in 2016. #naturalhistorymuseumofutah #saltlakecity #jurassic #dinosaurs

#fossilfriday a front leg if the giant camel Gigantocamelus (which may or may not be valid). I really had to crouch to get the whole thing in frame. On display at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence. #universityofkansas #naturalhistorymuseum #prehistorickansas #camel

#museummonday a Channel Island gray fox lounges by the beach next to an old Native American midden. Scene: San Nicholas Island, California. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. #naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #californiachannelislands #grayfox #wildlife

#fossilfriday skull of an extinct beak whale from the Pliocene of southern California. Used to be on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum (took this in 2003 with my first ever digital camera, a mere 2 mp). #sandiegonaturalhistorymuseum #prehistoriccalifornia #beakedwhale #marinemammal

#throwbackthursday the Barstow Syncline, Rainbow Basin Natural Area, Barstow, California, 2013. Taking on one of the field trips i used to do with the San Bernardino County Museum. #rainbowbasinnaturalarea #barstow #miocene #geology

#fossilfriday skeleton of the chunky early miocene oreodont Merycochoerus. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln. #universityofnebraskastatemuseum #prehistoricnebraska #oreodont #miocene

Swimming hippo, San Diego Zoo, California, 2003. #sandiegozoo #sandiego #california #hippo #hippopotamus

#fossilfriday : this funsize terror is Dallasaurus. It is considered one of the earliest mosasaurs in North America. Found in Dallas County, Texas and on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas. #perotmuseumofnatureandscience #prehistorictexas #mosasaur #marinereptile

#fossilfriday since im at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County i thought I'd post something from there. Lower jaw of Allison's sea cow (Dioplotherium allisoni). 15 Mya, found in Laguna Hills, California. #naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #losangeles #prehistoriccalifornia #seacow

#museummonday antique oil rig, ca. 1925. On display at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. Though I don't know for how much longer... #panhandleplainshistoricalmuseum #panhandle #plains #museum #canyontx #texas #texashistory #oil #oilrig