The Geology Department at The Field Museum has its primary focus on paleontology, systematics, and evolutionary theory, with seven of its eight curators covering a variety of fossil animals and plants. Most of the department's paleontologists take an interdisciplinary approach in their research programs, combining fossil and living organisms together to extract information of broad evolutionary significance. One curator specializes in the study of meteorites. The Field Museum collections of fossils and meteorites are world renowned, drawing researchers from around the globe to study them. The scientists in the Department of Geology, together with colleagues at local universities, form one of the nation's largest concentrations of paleontologists, and one of the key meteoritics research groups in the world. The Museum's curators are active in education through the training of graduate and undergraduate students, the development of exhibits, and a number of special programs for the public. Calling All High School Students! Go behind the scenes and into the field with FM curator Lance Grande this summer for a four-week intensive program in paleontology, offered jointly by The Field Museum and the University of Chicago Summer Session. More information. Expedition to East Greenland Follow the Field Museum on Expedition to East Greenland. Discover some of the richest Triassic-Jurassic age fossil plant deposits in the world. Learn about their importance in understanding the third-greatest mass extinction event in Earth history and future climate change! Meteorite shower hits Chicago suburbs First ever in heavily populated area A bright fireball was observed around midnight on Wednesday, March 26, 2003, in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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