Join us for the STEAM Café this month! January’s STEAM talk, “Old Bones and New Stories from the Badlands”, will be presented by Ed Welsh, a paleontologist and the education specialist at Badlands National Park.

The Badlands of South Dakota was home to the first major fossil discoveries in western North America. These outcrops have provided more than 175 years’ worth of research, documenting past life during one of the most significant climate transitions since the end of the dinosaurs. Ed Welsh (MS Paleo 10), a paleontologist and the education specialist at Badlands National Park (known as “The Bearded Ranger” on social media), has been heavily involved in bringing new park discoveries to light. This presentation will highlight some of the more significant discoveries made in recent years, including new genera and species of fossil mammals, as well as what the future has in store.