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CATALYST

DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ONLINE MAGAZINE

Winter 2025

Welcome to the Winter 2025 issue of Catalyst!

On the cover: The underside of a fossil turtle shell of a newly named genus and species, Tavachelydra stevensoni, from Corral Bluffs, Colo., representing the world’s oldest known snapping turtle.

Catalogue number: EPV.143100

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Laser Shows

Laser Stranger Things

Laser Pink Floyd (The Dark Side of the Moon)

Laser Taylor Swift

Temporary Exhibitions

Brick Planet sculpture

Brick Planet: A magical journey made with LEGO® bricks
Magical Winter Nights graphic

Magical Winter Nights
The Secret World of Elephants

The Secret World of Elephants
A juvenile T. rex dinosaur plays in a natural setting, showcasing it's youthful energy and curiosity.

Discovering Teen Rex
A reconstruction of the “palm world” – forests were dominated by palms for the first ~300,000 years after the asteroid impact. Here, Loxolophus forages for palm seeds while another unnamed/undescribed mammal crawls down a palm frond. A pond turtle, Hoplochelys, looks on in the distance.

After the Asteroid: Earth's Comeback Story
Whale swimming in oceans

Immersive Voyager