Illinois Center for Paleontology

Illinois Center for Paleontology This is the official page of the Illinois Center for Paleontology at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🥳Attenborough narrates and appears in a video, included in the article, ...
05/08/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🥳

Attenborough narrates and appears in a video, included in the article, about the collection and the specimen that bears his name.

A pygmy locust — a tiny grasshopper the size of a rose thorn that lived 18-20 million years ago and fed on moss, algae, and fungi — has been discovered in 20-million-year-old amber that was [Read more]

What a difference 6 years can make! Illinois Center for Paleontology Updates
01/15/2026

What a difference 6 years can make! Illinois Center for Paleontology Updates

Trick or Treat at the Illinois Center for Paleontology.
10/31/2025

Trick or Treat at the Illinois Center for Paleontology.

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