Paleo Network

We did it! The Sternberg Museum of Natural History is staying open. Fort Hays State called off the December closure after people who love the place raised the money in less than a month. There's still matching money to unlock, so if you can, chip in. fossi.ls/sternberg

Joschua Knüppe's new book is nearly here. He flips through the proof of #Paleostream 3, and it opens on Kickstarter November 2. Follow it at fossi.ls/ps3

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas, could close to the public this December after state budget cuts at Fort Hays State University. A Hays foundation is matching gifts to save it dollar for dollar, up to $1 million. https://fossi.ls/sternberg

Happy National Fossil Day™. The animal on the logo is a titanothere, a rhino-sized plant eater with a forked horn on its nose. Its bones still weather out of the Badlands of South Dakota, some 34 million years after it lived. https://fossi.ls/nfd-pn

New from the network. #Paleostream 3, Joschua Knüppe's third book of stream sketches, goes to Kickstarter on Monday, November 2. Follow the pre-launch page and you'll know the moment it opens. https://fossi.ls/ps3

Pterosaurs: The Field Guide just funded, closing at $61,525 from 965 backers, more than five times its goal. A full-color guide to every known pterosaur from 252MYA, painted entirely by hand. Ships in January. Late pledges still open: fossi.ls/ks

PaleoTube just went live. Every great paleontology video on YouTube, organized by time period and taxon. @paleotube.com — https://fossi.ls/fZz9gG/bs

A book from inside the network. Pterosaurs: The Field Guide, five years in the making, is funding on Kickstarter now. Every known pterosaur species, illustrated. https://fossi.ls/ks

Pterosaurs: The Field Guide launches on Kickstarter this Saturday, August 1 at 10 AM Eastern. @pterosaursfieldguide.com — 388 pages, over 200 genera, every one illustrated. Published by 252MYA. https://fossi.ls/fgKS/bs

Pterosaurs: The Field Guide just showed the printed hardcover for the first time. Five years, twenty illustrators, 200+ genera. Kickstarter launches August 1. https://fossi.ls/Nev1YT/bs #Pterosaurs #PaleoArt

Paleontology has a new home. The Paleo Network is a set of independent sites, each covering its own slice of the fossil record, all built to actually be good. Some are open now, more coming. paleo.network