The next meeting of the BPS will be Monday, January 5, 2009, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.  

The speaker will be James Lamb, Curator of Paleontology at McWane Science Center.

Once again, BPS took a trip south to Dallas county, Alabama, to search in the extensive Cretaceous chalk gullies found there.  This was our last gully trip of the season, since hunting season is about to start, so we were in a frantic hurry to collect the items we had previously flagged, and find as much as we could so it could be preserved, and not get washed down a gully, and potentially los

The "Fossils of the Black Belt - A Hands-On Field Workshop" was a huge success!  This fossil workshop was sponsored by the Geological Survey of Alabama, The University of West Alabama, and Discovering Alabama.  Approximately 35 teachers from around the South arrived bright and early in Livingston, Alabama to learn about fossils and field geology.  After a morning lecture, the group

The next regular meeting of the BPS will be Monday, November 3, 2008, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.  Our speaker will be Dr. Mark Uhen, a paleontologist at the Alabama Museum of Natural History.  Dr. Uhen's specialty is the evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins).  His lecture is titled "Where Did Whales Come From?".

In October 2008, Dr. Uhen spoke on NPR's All Things Considered, on the topic "Legs Propelled Whale Ancestor".

A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils.  Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.

Day 1 Friday         Day 2 Saturday         Day 3 Sunday

Nic Minter is a visiting paleontologist from the Univ. of Bristol in the UK. Dr. Minter specializes in coal-age fossil footprints/trackways. He is visiting the fossil trackways at McWane and the Alabama Museum of Natural History over the next few weeks and will be speaking at the Dept. of Geological Sciences' seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 24th. His talk will be held on the Univ. of Alabama campus in Smith Hall (the AL museum), room 205, at noon. The title of his talk will be: "Terrestrial trace fossils from the Permian of the southwest USA”.

3D Wall of Photos

Now you can view BPS trip photos in a very unique way, as if they are posted on a wall of a huge art gallery!  There is a new menu link in the left sidebar "3D Photo Wall" that links to all the trip photos since the website was upgraded in 2007 (prior photos are housed on a different server).  Download and install the free

BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center. Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event Center, and follow signs to the meeting. The program begins at