Bringing Dinosaurs to Life

Bringing Dinosaurs to Life

Author: NC Museum of Natural Sciences May 18, 2022 Duration: 32:04

Julius Csotonyi, Ph.D., is an award-winning natural history artist with a background in ecology and microbiology. Csotonyi illustrates the results of scientific research, providing compelling and accurate visual depictions of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life as well as a variety of living creatures. Csotonyi has collaborated with NC Museum of Natural Sciences researchers on the upcoming Dueling Dinosaurs project, providing beautiful renditions of the Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus specimens. See Csotonyi’s vivid murals featured prominently in the Museum’s new limited-time special exhibition, “Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters,” now open through September 4, 2022.


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