News About the Site

Nearly complete red panda skeleton found – Additional funding provided for essential laboratory and field personnel at the new East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center at the Gray Fossil Site has already paid off with a significant one-of-a-kind find -- a nearly complete skeleton of the fossil red panda (Pristinailurus bristoli)... Click here for more.

Fossil Show and Tell night at the museum - The East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum will host the first “Fossil Show and Tell” night on Thursday, October 4 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.  Click here for more details.

Summer class - Dr. Wallace is offering Field Methods in Paleontology (GEOL 4307/5307 - 3 credit hours) this summer. Much of the class will take place at the site. Contact him directly (wallaces@etsu.edu) for details.

Something Old ...Something New - Site visitors center ready for occupants, Johnson City Press (February 28, 2007)

Can this old leg bone tell time?  Knoxville New Sentinel (February 11, 2007)

Sloth science - Animal’s bone to be used to determine age of Gray Fossil Site, Johnson City Press (February 7, 2007)

Older than dirt - Researchers unearth second, earlier red panda specimen in Gray Fossil site excavations, Johnson City Press (September 21, 2006)

Important Recent Finds - Sept. 19th.

Gray fossil site - Museum about 70 percent complete, Johnson City Press (August 13, 2006)

Digging for Answers - Scientists announce some clues they’ve unearthed in Gray at ETSU’s Pride Week luncheon, Johnson City Press (August 3, 2006)

We have a new director - July 1, 2006

No bones about it - Things are moving along quickly at Gray Fossil Site’s $10 million visitors center, Johnson City Press (April 21, 2006)

Fossil museum on schedule for 2007 opening, Johnson City Press (April 19, 2006)

Something old, something new ... Eastman Credit Union gift helps fund fossil site center, Johnson City Press (January 20, 2006)

Gray Fossil Site: When saber- toothed cats roamed East Tennessee, Johnson City Press (October 2, 2005)

Construction finally begins! Click here to see photos and get updates on the progress.

ETSU searches for a Director of the Museum under construction at the Gray Fossil Site.

ETSU hopes federal grant can go toward fossil site visitors center, Johnson City Press (August 4, 2005)

Gray fossil site - Official: Visitor center work should launch this summer, Johnson City Press (June 18, 2005)

Call goes out for volunteers at Gray fossil site, Johnson City Press (May 5, 2005)

Fossil site project stalls, Johnson City Press (April 15, 2005)

Fossil site facility delayed until 2007, Johnson City Press (January 20, 2005)

Book on Gray Fossil Site: A story millions of years in the making, Johnson City Press (January 9, 2005)

Groundbreaking for visitors center at fossil site gets delicate attention, Johnson City Press (November 17, 2004)

Gray visitors center to become a reality, Johnson City Press (October 10, 2004)

Diggin up bones, Johnson City Press (October 10, 2004)

More rhinos found at Gray Fossil Site, Johnson City Press (October 4, 2004)

Wallace's Nature article introduces new species (September 29, 2004)

Reece Exhibits: Fossils, works from State Museum (September 22, 2004)

Rhino remains found at Gray Fossil Site (July 21, 2004)

Gray Fossil Site benefits from students' trip to Arkansas (March 8, 2004)

Rare find uncovered at ETSU's Gray Fossil Site (February 13, 2004)

Governor announces $8 Million grant for Gray Fossil Site Visitor Center (September 2002)

Articles about the Site

Wallace publishes article in Nature on discovery of two new species, ETSU Accent (October 4, 2004)

Steven C. Wallace and Xiaoming Wang, Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America, Nature 431 , 556 - 559 (30 September 2004); doi:10.1038/nature02819.

Miocene Fossils Discovered on Tennessee DOT Road Project

Rhino fossil found at Gray site reveals that mother was expecting (Johnson City Press, 8/5/2004)

Bear, cat latest big finds at Gray site (Johnson City Press, 10/6/2003)

Past, present come to life (Johnson City Press, 11/10/2002)

History slowly exhumed from graveyard (Johnson City Press, 5/5/2002)

Johnson City Press: Search on keyword "fossil" for more articles.