Coordinator of Current Science Programs at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Chris Smith discusses how a chance to work with rare dinosaur fossils is bringing students to North Carolina episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 7 MIN

Coordinator of Current Science Programs at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Chris Smith discusses how a chance to work with rare dinosaur fossils is bringing students to North Carolina

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Two complete dinosaur fossils found in Hell Creek Montana in 2006 are bringing students to North Carolina for paleontology research. Visitors at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences can see the specimens in the SECU Dino Lab in Durham. Chris Smith, coordinator of Current Science Programs at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the program.

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