Paleontological Research Institution

You can see Cecil the Coelophysis again this Thursday in the Ithaca Festival Parade! If you would like to march with him, meet us on West Jay St (between Cayuga and Auburn) between 5:30 and 5:45 pm. To give Cecil enough time to get to the parade, the Museum will be closing at 4.

As always come to the Cayuga Nature Center tomorrow at 3 pm for a Tree Buds Phenology Walk hosted by Ingrid Zabel! Get out and enjoy the wildlife and find new "buds"! 🌳🌲🍃

Just a note, Museum of the Earth *will* be open for Memorial Day during our regularly scheduled hours (10 am to 5 pm). If you plan to be in Ithaca for the long weekend, stop by the Museum and say hi (to our lovely visitor services staff and to all our specimens)!

Happy Friday! Did you find a rock in your backyard that you think might be a fossil? We're here to help! Bring your fossil in tomorrow (or any other Saturday) for help identifying your fossil. Dr. Maureen Bickley will be working in the Prep Lab and is happy to assist you! 🪨🦴🦖

As many of you know, PRI had a tough year financially last year, and thanks to the incredibly generous donations we received, we were able to weather the storm. Thank you so much to the Community Foundation of Tompkins County for their help in our time of need!

Happy World Bee Day!!! Check out our online “Bees! Diversity, Evolution, Conservation” exhibit here: museumoftheearth.org/bees/ Hope you have a bee-autiful day, and keep bee-ing yourself! Hope to see you at the Museum soon. 🐝 🌻 🍯 #WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #MuseumOfTheEarth

We wanted to highlight a type of fossil you can find in our area: trilobites! Find out more using the Salmon Creek Field Guide: earthathome.org/finger-lakes-g… Reminder: Please don't walk through the creek now, as there is too much rushing water! 💧🌊

Come to the Cayuga Nature Center today at 3 pm for a Tree Buds Phenology Walk hosted by Ingrid Zabel! Get out and enjoy the spring wildlife! 🌳🌲🍃

Find out what Museum of the Earth exhibit you are based on your birth season! Visit the Museum from Thursday - Monday | 10 am - 5 pm to see them in person!!! Ticket link in our bio. ❄️🌷🏖️🍁

Join us this Saturday for a pay-what-you-wish day sponsored by Wegmans! When registering for a ticket, visitors will be able to choose from a donation range as their admission price. See you at the Museum!

Bring a drink, and join us for the last Science in the Virtual Pub until next fall! This Thursday at 7 pm, Dr. Ling-Wei Kong will present a lecture entitled "Can Science and AI Predict Ecological Collapse?" Register here: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Check out a FREE Workshop tonight at 7 pm hosted by PRI's Climate Team on Zoom! Using commonly available software (Microsoft’s PowerPoint and Apple’s Keynote), we’ll show you how you can make animations for use in teaching. Zoom link: tinyurl.com/y775nx2h

Come to the Cayuga Nature Center today at 3 pm for a Tree Buds Phenology Walk hosted by Ingrid Zabel! Get out and enjoy the spring wildlife! 🌳🌲🍃

This upcoming Monday, and every 2nd Monday of the month (NOTE THE NEW DATE), will be Mask Monday at the Museum! We recognize that some guests may feel more comfortable visiting the museum while others wear masks. Your safety is our top priority - see you with your masks on! 😷

Don't have any Mother's Day plans this year? That's okay! Just come with your kiddo(s) to Museum of the Earth. Anyone who identifies as a mother gets free admission! 🧑‍🍼 💖

It's too early for harmful algal blooms (HABs) on Cayuga Lake, and yet one was spotted and confirmed near the end of April. Why do you think this matters? Share your opinion and see what others say here: museumoftheearth.org/changing-clima…

Check out this new study by Gregory Dietl (PRI’s Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates) and his colleagues! They found that while 97% of researchers value clear visuals, only 34% think we’re doing it well. Better communication = better conservation! tinyurl.com/4ma6kwxv

Come to the Cayuga Nature Center today at 3 pm for a Tree Buds Phenology Walk hosted by Ingrid Zabel! It's a lovely day for a hike, so get out and enjoy the weather while you can! 🌳🌲🍃

In the 2nd part of our Salmon Creek Field Guide mini-series, we wanted to highlight a few of the types of fossils you can find in our area! Find the Field Guide here: tinyurl.com/tcu4twk6 Reminder: Please don't walk through the creek now, as there is too much rushing water.

This year's Spring BioBlitz starts tomorrow! Please join us from wherever you are in the Cayuga Lake basin! We are calling all nature observers to document the life around us using the iNaturalist app. Here's the link to sign up: inaturalist.org/projects/sprin…