The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, April 6, 2009, 7-9
pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking, enter the McWane parking deck from 2nd Ave. NORTH and proceed
to yellow level "C". Enter door marked "Special Events" and turn left
to the large auditorium.
McWane Science Center started a blog several months ago, and their paleontologist, James Lamb, will be contributing on a regular basis. His first blog entry is titled "Giant Snake Myths and Other Tall Tails". As they become available, BPS will provide links to these blogs in the
NEW DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR MARCH BUSINESS MEETING
CHANGE IN DATE AND LOCATION
See March 7, 2009 for details.
Dr. Donald R. Prothero: "Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It matters."
7:30 pm, March 9th, 2009.
Biology auditorium, University of Alabama, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL.
A number of transitional fossils have been documented by Dr. Prothero, including the "fishbian" and the "frogamander."
This talk is part of UA's ALLELE series.
BPS members gathered in NW Alabama for a full weekend field-trip February 7 and 8. We couldn't have begged, pleaded or prayed for better weather! Since we were slogging through a great deal of mud culling for Mississippian fossils, the unseasonal warmth was a treat! Lots of conglomerate "collections" were found, featuring the remains of archimedes, brachiopods and crinoids.
The Animal Planet Network has scheduled a couple of interesting paleo related programs on Thursday, February 12. Check your listings for exact times in your area.
Prehistoric Park - T-rex
Thursday 7pm, and Friday 2am
Nigel Marven travels back to the Cretaceous Montana: his mission - to rescue Tyrannosaurus Rex. He coaxes two baby T-rex through the time portal and into the park. He names them Terence and Matilda.
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, February 2, 2009, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The
This month the group had a "Scouting Outing" to a new location in Walker county. An initial quick survey of the site a few days before turned up few fossils, so there was some concern about taking a group. We also planned for
If you wanted a day/weekend out in the woods, you couldn't have custom-ordered more perfect weather or a more perfect spot to enjoy the outdoors. A small group of BPS’ers set out for Butler County to a site owned by a member’s relatives. They kindly let us in there at least once a year and a big THANK YOU goes out to them from BPS. We use the word “intrepid” a lot to describ
