American Paleontologist (ISSN 1066-8772) is a quarterly magazine for professionals, amateur paleontologists, and families interested in fossils and Earth’s history. It began in 1992 as a membership newsletter, but today has expanded to provide articles and other items of general interest. Each issue is themed, and past issues have covered such topics as mastodons, dinosaur eggs, living fossils, clams, crinoids, and fossil plants, to name just a few. AP includes feature articles by invited authors, regular columns on dinosaurs, amateur paleontology, and science education, news in paleontology and of PRI/MOTE activities, and book reviews. Also, in each issue, families will find a four-page children’s insert “Fossil Stuff” with an assortment of activities and information about the theme topic geared especially toward kids.

AP is available by single-issue purchase, subscription, as a membership benefit, or (mainly for libraries) free with subscription to Bulletins of American Paleontology.

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