Formations | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:25:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Shark bites in the Cretaceous Sea https://boneblogger.com/shark-bites-in-the-cretaceous-sea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shark-bites-in-the-cretaceous-sea Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:12:03 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1682 One of the most exciting things in paleontology is being able to definitively establish the interaction of two species from the fossil record. It is thrilling to picture a moment in time, millions of years ago, when two animals were at the same place, at the same time, and be able from fossil evidence to […]

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]]> What’s the difference between igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks? https://boneblogger.com/what%e2%80%99s-the-difference-between-igneous-metamorphic-and-sedimentary-rocks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what%25e2%2580%2599s-the-difference-between-igneous-metamorphic-and-sedimentary-rocks Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:38:34 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1555 There is something basic in our desire to classify things. Early humans no doubt looked around them at the natural world and instinctively began to group, and subgroup, things. Maybe they grouped things that flew, things that swam, things with leaves, or whatever. And, we have been doing it ever since, trying to create a […]

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]]> My National Geographic moment https://boneblogger.com/my-national-geographic-moment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-national-geographic-moment Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:47:27 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1449 “A photographer from National Geographic wants to talk to you.” These words, or words to those effect, met me as I came into the museum office one day back in 2001, and they definitely caught my attention. It was 2001 and I was Assistant Director of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. We had just […]

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]]> Spending time in Purgatoire https://boneblogger.com/spending-time-in-purgatoire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spending-time-in-purgatoire Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:11:01 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1405 One of the many places that I have been fortunate to spend time in is Purgatoire. Perhaps not the same thing you are thinking, but I am referring to the Purgatoire River Canyon in southeastern Colorado. Located south of La Junta, this area is an often-overlooked gem. The scenic vistas could be used for your […]

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]]> Dinosaurs dragging their bellies—Huh? https://boneblogger.com/dinosaurs-dragging-their-bellies%e2%80%94huh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dinosaurs-dragging-their-bellies%25e2%2580%2594huh Thu, 27 May 2010 00:38:03 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1307 Isaac Newton famously wrote in 1676,“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” This gets to the heart of the scientific process—a gradual addition and refinement of human knowledge and understanding of the natural world. But, of course, sometimes even giants had wacky ideas. The particular “giant” to whom […]

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