Oliver Creek Field Trip

Saturday, August 15^th

Explore a hidden Cretaceous creek and uncover ammonites, sea urchins, and a wealth of ancient marine fossils.

Wednesday, August 12^th

Journey through the forces that shaped our planet and discover the stories behind Earth's most remarkable rock formations.

Bus Trip to Waco Exhibits

Saturday, July 25^th

Journey to Waco to experience giant prehistoric sea monsters and Ice Age mammoths.

Saturday, July 18^th

Uncover ancient shark teeth from Texas's richest Cretaceous fossil sites.

Wednesday, July 08^th

Journey across Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming through remarkable fossil discoveries and field adventures.

Saturday, June 27^th

Uncover ancient shark teeth from Texas's richest Cretaceous fossil sites.

Wednesday, June 10^th

Mastodons of Snowmass: Exploring Colorado's Ice Age Giants.

Wednesday, May 27^th  to Friday, June 05^th 

Join a fossil-focused loop through the western U.S., visiting renowned localities including Florissant Fossil Beds, the U-Dig Trilobite Site, and the Green River Fish Quarries, along with several additional fossil sites along the way.

Wednesday, May 13^th

A discussion of Early Paleozoic microfossils from the Arbuckle Mountains of southern Oklahoma.

Saturday, April 11^th

Join us for a fossil-collecting trip through the Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Lower Washita–Upper Fredericksburg Groups, exploring the Duck Creek, Kiamichi, and Goodland Formations. Discover and collect fossils while learning about the ancient marine environments preserved in these geologic formations.

Saturday, April 08^th

A discussion of diversity and preservation of fossils in the Finis Shale of north Texas.

Saturday, March 14^th

Uncover the extraordinary diversity of fauna found at this site.

Wednesday, March 11^th

Explore the fascinating ichthyosaurs of Nevada and the emergence of ocean-going tetrapods, with a focus on fossil discoveries from the Augusta Mountains and Fossil Hill.

Saturday, February 21^st

Join us for a Lower Cretaceous fossil-collecting trip to the Duck Creek Formation, where you can search for ammonites, heart urchins, Inoceramus bivalves, and other marine fossils.

Sunday, February 15^th

Join us at Horseshoe Bend of the Red River to search the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation for some of the largest ammonites found in Texas and Oklahoma, including Eopachydiscus and Mortoniceras, along with Holaster simplex, shark teeth, and other marine fossils.

Wednesday, February 11^th

Discover how exceptionally preserved fossil soft tissues can reveal new insights into the lives, biology, and deaths of ancient marine reptiles.

Saturday, February 07^th

Join us for an exclusive indoor field trip to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, featuring a guided tour of its extensive paleontology exhibits and Paleo Prep Lab led by museum experts.