Press

As the fossil preparation progressed, the UCMP entertained visits from several local news media outlets as well as published a few blog posts authored by the undergraduate students.

Blog posts by students:

Science and the arts are not incompatible

Working in the UCMP fossil prep lab

The Tale of Sandbox Whale

 
News Articles and Video:

UC Berkeley News:

Calaveras Dam fossil trove gives researchers greatest local find in decades

DailyCal:

UC Berkeley acquires more than 1,500 fossils for analysis

San Jose Mercury News:

Dam project unearths whale skulls, giant shark teeth now heading to UC Berkeley

CBS Local:

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/3987287-uc-team-examines-1000s-of-fossils-from-calaveras-dam-construction-site/

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/04/17/calaveras-dam-project-fossils-providing-glimpse-of-prehistoric-bay-area/

NBC Bay Area:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Fossils-15-Million-Years-Old-Found-at-Calaveras-Dam-Rebuild-480067443.html/

KTVU:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/calaveras-dam-fossil-discovery-could-be-new-whale-species