The Lauer Foundation traveled to the UK to visit friends who happen to be renowned fossil shark experts. We met with David and Alison...

Our colleague, Dr. Chris Duffin, presented Fossil Fish Section at Scientific Associates Day at the Natural History Museum-UK. Dr. Duffin...

The Lauer Foundation was privileged to receive a private tour of the Jura Museum in Eichstätt Germany in August 2021. We met Dr....

The Lauer Foundation visited Germany and met with Rene Lauer’s co-authors of our first scientific paper: The Integument of Pelagic...

The Lauer Foundation visited the Solnhofen area of Germany in late July to early August 2021 to visit the quarries and meet with...

We are happy to announce our first published paper has just been released. We are honored and humbled to be part of the research team,...

The Lauer Foundation is participating in scientific work with the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (ESCONI) and Jack Wittry on a...

The Lauer Foundation is honored to be mentioned in Dr. Roy Plotnick's new book "Explorers of Deep Time Paleontologists and the History of...

The Lauer Foundation has been very busy starting new collaborative projects with scientists all over the world. Covid has certainly...

The Lauer Foundation is pleased to announce it has purchased a small plot of land in northeast New Mexico. The parcel contains a rich...

The Lauer Foundation is proud to announce their participation in a special exhibit at the Jura-Museum in Eichstátt, Germany titled...

How did the curators spend the Covid shut in? This was a perfect opportunity for Bruce to get up to speed on the Specify Collection...

Covid has certainly completely halted all of the Foundation’s outreach programs with the local schools. We miss interacting with the...

Several years ago the Lauer Foundation visited the Field Museum Mazon Creek collection of fossils and recognized the need for some...

Bruce and Rene Lauer were co-authors along with Dr. Chris Duffin and David Ward on a poster for the 2020 Virtual Society of Vertebrate...

On February 27, 2020 the Lauer Foundation presented a cultural program at Sandburg Elementary's Multicultural Day in District 200. The...

On February 13, 2020 the Lauer Foundation participated in a Steam Expo at Graham Elementary School in Naperville, Illinois.  Over 150...

The Lauer Foundation participated again this year in District 200 Student Excellence Foundation’s STEM Expo on November 8th.  This event...

The Lauer Foundation recently returned to Edison Middle School in Wheaton, Illinois to present a program to 7th grade science students....

On Saturday October 19, The Lauer Foundation and Cosley Zoo presented a National Fossil Day event. National Fossil day is coordinated by...