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Connect with Us!

Interested in what we're discovering? We regularly live stream and tweet direct from our annual expeditions to public audiences and can answer your questions.

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Our team of paleontologists, students, and volunteers conduct annual expeditions to collect dinosaur and other vertebrate fossils from around the world.  If you're interested in learning more about paleontological fieldwork, want to be the first to know about new dinosaur discoveries, or just want to connect with the expedition team you've come to the right place.  We live stream back to the museum from the field to give you real time updates on our expeditions,

connecting you to real science, in real time. 

 

Connect via the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences YouTube channel to talk with us live from our expeditions between May and October each year. Ask us your questions and meet one of our scientists.

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2022 Live Stream Event Schedule

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Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: May 26th 12pm EDT

Moreno Hill Formation, Zuni Basin, New Mexico: June 3rd 12pm EDT

Crystal Geyser Quarry, central Utah: June 23rd 12pm EDT

Mussentuchit Member, San Rafael Swell, central Utah: August 6th 12pm EDT

Hell Creek Formation, Montana: August 26th 12pm EDT

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We also tweet and post on Instagram from our annual expeditions, keeping you up-to-date on the latest discoveries. 

Welcome to ExpeditionLive!

the Real-Time Expedition Hub for the Zanno Lab

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WANT TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ZANNO LAB IN PERSON?

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The fossils we bring back from our field expeditions are removed from their plaster jackets and prepared live in the Paleontology Research Lab on the 3rd floor of the Nature Research Center wing of the museum. If you visit the lab you can observe our staff and volunteers hard at work preparing our newly collected fossils for scientific research.

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Science Tonight: Live from a Dino Dig!
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Science Tonight: Live from a Dino Dig!

It's Science Tonight with Chris Smith! VIDEO CHAT FROM A NEW MEXICO DINOSAUR QUARRY Go back 80 million years ago to a time when dinosaurs ruled the planet. Paleontologists will be live online from the Menefee Formation in New Mexico where our team of scientists are excavating duck-bill and predatory dinosaurs. Join the expedition, ask questions and interact with paleontologists in the field. TONIGHT’S GUEST Dr. Lindsay Zanno is Head of Paleontology at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University where she is part of the Paleobiology and Forensic Anthropology Research Group and Paleobiology Minor. At the Museum she oversees the unit’s collective research and educational activities, three research collections (Paleobotany, Invertebrate Paleontology, & Vertebrate Paleontology), and directs the on-exhibit Paleontology Research Lab in the Nature Research Center building.
Lunchtime Discovery: Live Chat from a Dinosaur Dig
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Lunchtime Discovery: Live Chat from a Dinosaur Dig

Join us online for a live video chat from a dinosaur quarry! Paleontologist Eric Lund will be live online from Utah where a team of scientists are searching rocks dating back to the Late Cretaceous around 96 million years ago. They hope to find fossils of undescribed orodromine dinosaurs, dinosaur egg sites, new meat-eating dinosaurs, and more. Our live call will give you the chance to join the expedition, ask questions and interact with paleontologists in the field.
Live! Video Chat from a Dinosaur Dig
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Live! Video Chat from a Dinosaur Dig

Join us online for a live video chat from a dinosaur quarry! Paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno will be live online from Utah where her team of scientists are searching rocks dating back to the Late Cretaceous around 96 million years ago. They hope to find fossils of undescribed orodromine dinosaurs, dinosaur egg sites, new meat-eating dinosaurs, and more. Our live call will give you the chance to join the expedition, ask questions and interact with paleontologists in the field. Join us for the latest updates from the dinosaur quarries on: July 20 at Noon EDT August 4 at Noon EDT

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