Scientific Publications

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has an active research program and authors a variety of publications. These include the Annals (formerly known as the Proceedings), Technical Reports and curator publications.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original papers in the fields of anthropology, geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, space and planetary sciences, and health sciences. Papers are either authored by Museum staff, associates, or volunteers, deal with Museum specimens or holdings, or have a regional focus on the Rocky Mountains/Great Plains ecoregions.

The journal is available online here. Paper copies are exchanged via the Bailey Library exchange program, contact Mary Cytrynbaum, and for purchase from www.lulu.com. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science owns the copyright of the works published in the Annals, which are published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For commercial use of published material contact Kris Haglund in the Alfred M. Bailey Library & Archives. The Author Guidelines and the Annals Copyright Transfer may be downloaded by clicking the links.

• Woodburne, M. O., Gunnel, G. F., and Stucky, R. K., Land Mammal Faunas of North America Rise and Fall During the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, No. 1, September 1, 2009, 78pp. ISSN 1948-9293 (print), ISSN 1948-9307 (online) Click to download low resolution verison (PDF | 1.5MB) Click to download high resolution version (PDF | 5.5MB)

Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History

Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History published between 1915 and 2002. Click here to view the full list of published Proceedings.  

Technical Reports

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report series captures the work by Research and Collections Division authors that may not be published otherwise. The full list of 2003 - 2008 technical reports may be viewed by clicking here. Select reports will be available for download soon.

• Krell, F.-T. (ed.), Program and Abstracts, High Country Lepidopterists, 20th Annual Meeting, October 23 and 24, 2009, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report 2009-8, 11 pp (PDF | 728KB)