Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Find out the latest discoveries from our team of experts.

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  Snowmastodon Science Continues

  September 18, 2012
  The Snowmastodon Project science team was reunited in June! Scientists presented preliminary data from their areas of expertise during a three-day conference. 

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  Museum Announces Plans for Digging Snowmastodon Book

  December 19, 2011
  The Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Aspen-based People's Press are publishing a first-person account of the historic Ice Age fossil find near Snowmass Village.

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  National Geographic and NOVA feature Ice Age fossil find in early 2012

  December 15, 2012
  In early 2012 both National Geographic magazine and PBS member stations will feature the Ice Age fossil find near Snowmass Village.

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  Giant Bison on Display

  November 29, 2011
  One of the iconic specimens pulled from the Ice Age fossil site will be on display during the holidays on the Level 2 bridge near the indoor entrance to Phipps IMAX Theater.

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  Science Updates and Landscape Paintings of the Dig Site

  November 10, 2011
  Over the past four months, work has gone on behind-the-scenes as the Museum continues to preserve and curate the fossils, launched a thorough scientific analysis of the site, and commissioned a series of paintings that show the site during various time periods.

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  Museum Concludes Ice Age Fossil Excavation

  July 7, 2011
  The Museum has completed its largest-ever fossil excavation project at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village. The preserved series of Ice Age fossil ecosystems is one of the most significant fossil discoveries ever made in Colorado.

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  Ice Age Site Yields 4,517 Bones from 20 Different Animals

  June 30, 2011
  Fossil excavation at the Ice Age site near Snowmass Village wraps up on schedule this weekend, after crews from the Museum raced this spring to unearth more than 4,500 fossils and identify 20 different vertebrate animals from the site.

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  27 Experts Dig into Science, Bone Count Tops 4,000

  June 24, 2011
  A group of 27 scientists has joined the 50-person dig team at the Ice Age fossil site near Snowmass Village. With one week left in the dig at Ziegler Reservoir, the fossil excavation is accelerating to its completion.

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  Museum Finds Record Number of Fossils at Ice Age Site

  June 17, 2011
  Crews from the Museum are setting new records for the number of fossils uncovered each day. The total bone count has reached 3,253 with an average of 247 fossils found per day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week.

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  Team Finds Evidence of Ice Age Horse

  June 14, 2011
  The long list of Ice Age animals that once lived near Snowmass Village continues to grow-with the addition of an Ice Age horse.

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  National Geographic Follows Ice Age Dig

  June 10, 2011
  The National Geographic Society has confirmed plans to feature the Ice Age fossil find near Snowmass Village in National Geographic magazine and in a National Geographic-NOVA special on PBS -- both to be released in the next year.

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  Today marks halfway point in seven-week dig

  June 7, 2011
  The team from the Museum is accelerating their digging effort this week as they reach the halfway point in the seven-week project to remove Ice Age fossils from Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village.

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  Museum Uncovers Mastodons of all Ages

  June 3, 2011
  The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is uncovering mastodons of all ages -- including infants and juveniles -- at the Ice Age dig site near Snowmass Village.

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  Bone Count Reaches 546 at Ice Age Dig Site

  May 31, 2011
  The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has uncovered 546 Ice Age fossils and begins the third week of its largest-ever fossil excavation.

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  Ice Age Site Yields Five Mastodon Pelvises, Plus Two Tusks, Two Skulls

  May 27, 2011
  This week, the excavation team has uncovered many Mastodon bones -- including five pelvises, two tusks, and two skulls -- all located together among the sediments at the bottom of the area's original lakebed and on top of the glacial moraine.

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  Crews Pull More Than 100 Bones From Dig Site

  May 24, 2011
  The Museum is now more than a week into its largest-ever fossil excavation and continues to find a treasure trove of Ice Age fossils, despite challenging spring weather conditions.

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  The Paleontology Certification Program

  May 20, 2011
  There are 107 trained volunteers working at the Snowmastodon Project dig site this summer.  So, how did they get the skills necessary to dig up Ice Age fossils?

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  Scientists Add Camel to List of Ice Age Animals

  May 17, 2011
  A camel joins the list of Ice Age animals that once lived near Snowmass Village.

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  Museum Unveils Mastodon Specimens at the Capitol

  Thursday, February 24, 2011
  Representatives from the Museum brought select mastodon specimens -- a leg bone and a tusk -- to the capitol to display for one day only.

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  Museum Crews to Return in May

  Wednesday, February 23, 2011
  The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has reached agreements with the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District (SWSD) and the State Historical Preservation Office that will allow excavation crews to return to Ziegler Reservoir in May 2011.

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