While perusing the e-shelves on the Libby app I stumbled upon this little gem called Geo Lino Extra. It’s a German Language magazine for kids 8-14, or at least the main GeoLino is, I am not sure about the Extra one. Always interested in how dinosaurs and paleontology are portrayed for kids I took a dive into Die welt für junge Entdeckerinnen und Entdecker (“The World for Young Explorers”) to see what it had to say about Die erste Saurier-Expertin de Welt (“the World’s first dinosaur expert.”) Even though none of Mary Anning’s finds–marine reptiles, pterosaurs, and invertebrates–were technically dinosaurs.
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Darwinning or Dar-Winning
Another installment of my son’s exhibits outside my office. Timely as ever we just finished this one up before the building closes for Christmas break. And as the HMS Beagle set sail with Darwin aboard on December 27, (1831), it’s worth sharing now.
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My Mentor; My Friend
I’ve been sitting on this for over a month. Well, not sitting, more cobbling together thoughts and experiences from over 15 years of knowing, learning from, and working with Dr. Jim Westgate.
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Red (Long) Dead Redemption 2
This was one of the lost posts that still had text crawled on wayback. I tracked down the images and the video to recreate it on April 23, 2025. It was originally published November 23, 2018, and I’m backdating it to keep it in order.
Dinosaurs, or at least paleontology, makes an appearance in the newest and hottest video game out by RockStar games. There are a gazillion things to do and move through in it but I want to uncover a tiny piece of the fun. SPOILER warning for anyone who wants to play blind, there are video walkthroughs and maps ahead.
Summer at the Museum
I was originally just going to throw some fun screen grabs from these early time machine Phineas and Ferb episodes up on the Paleo Porch facebook page and be done. While going through the episodes for the shots though I noticed there was more to say and show about the museum than just the “back-in-time-with-dinosaurs” trope.
Shead Geologic Map
To continue from the end of the previous post, this will just highlight the largest painting completed by Ralph B. Shead. This Oklahoma Geologic Map is dated 1938, making it another in the line of WPA paintings.
