If you're looking for Alabama fossils, this is the place to come!
Exciting field trips, educational programs on paleontology and geology, and interesting people to meet! No prior knowledge required, just a desire to learn and a love of fossils and the outdoors. Professionals and novices of all ages are welcome.
We will be meeting at the HOMEWOOD LIBRARY this month. This is not our normal meeting location, but the Hoover Library is setting up voting booths for the Nov. 5 elections.
The annual National Fossil Day event at the Alabama Museum of Natural History will be held in Smith Hall on November 2, 2024 from 2pm until 3:30pm. This year's theme is "Dinosaurs". There will be exhibits by many different groups (including BPS), and some fossil give-aways. Since BPS is the only group in Alabama to ever find a new species of dinosaur, we will have some never-before-seen pictures from the dinosaur dig, and some short dig videos will be showing at our ex
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The events calendar has been updated to reflect new information.
Perhaps you wondered today why the BPS website looks so different...
BPS is pleased to announce that our new website is up and running! We've added a more friendly interface for mobile phones, with "hamburger" menus for ease of use. The site was updated earlier this year to use https (a secure method), rather than the more insecure http, which many large organizations, including museums, are not allowed to view. Nothing was lost in this conversion, and in fact, for the people behind the scenes, many new features have been added, making their job a bit easier.
The Directors of BPS were informed by Dr. Adiel Klompmaker that our society has been chosen for the honor of receiving the 2024 Alabama Avocational Paleontologist award at the National Fossil Day event being held on November 2, 2024. What a great honor!
