Regional and Local Clubs, Societies, and Organizations

• Alberta Paleontology Society , Alberta, Canada

• Paleontology Society of Austin

• Birmington, Alabama Paleontology Society

• Bone Valley Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Society Auburndale, Florida

• Central Texas Paleontology Society

• Dallas Paleontological Society
  

• Delaware Valley Paleontological Society - An amateur fossil club which meets in Philadelphia, PA and publishes the newsletter Mososaur

• Dry Dredgers - Amateur fossil club near Cincinatti, Ohio.

• Florida Fossil Hunters

• Houston Gem & Mineral Society Paleo Section, Houston, Texas

• Kentucky Paleontology Society

• New Jersey Paleontology Society

• New York Paleontology Society

• North Coast Fossil Club - A largely amateur group of active fossil enthusiasts in Cleveland, Ohio and surrounding area.

• The Oklahoma Paleontology Society.

• The Paleontology Society. Baltimore, MD

• The Southwest Paleontology Society, Arizona .

• The Southern California Paleontological Society .

• Utah Friends of Paleontology.

National and International Organizations

• American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) An organization of Christians interested in exploring the interrelationship of science and faith. Publishes a newsletter and a journal that often touches on issues concerning the C/E controversy, ethics in science, environmental responsibility, and related subjects.

• American Geologic Institute (AGI) - A federation of 29 geoscience societies promoting education in earth science. Included are several paleontological organizations, including the Paleontological Society, and SVP, whose separate links are found below.

• Geological Society of America (GSA) - Headquartered in Boulder, CO, GSA is a professional association of geologists which publishes the journal Geology. The site includes information for ordering educational literature and maps.

• Geoscience Information Society (GIS) - GIS, an associate society of GSA, was founded in 1965 to facilitate communication among geologists, educators, editors, and librarians. Among their publications is a field trip guidebook.

• International Organization of Paleobotany - Fossil Plant society headquartered in England

• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) - Includes information on NAGT membership, scholarships, and their Journal of Geoscience Education.

• National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA).

• National Center for Science Education (NCSE) - An organization concerned with science education and the Creation/evolution controversy.

• PaleoNet East (Great Britain) or Paleonet West (California) - On-line clearinghouse for paleontological information. Includes subscription instructions for PaleoNet listservers; PaleoNet Archives, associated FTP and Gopher sites, PaleoNet Forum (an experimenal electronic journal), a calendar of paleontology related meeting, conferences, and publications, postings of paleo-related job openings, plus links to many other paleontological resources.

• Palaeontological Association - Based in England, this organization is geared toward professionals and college students, but anyone interested in fossils is welcome.

• Paleontological Research Institution - Features a "virtual fieldtrips", image and data files from the PRI collections of more than 2 million specimens, and membership information.

• The Paleontology Society - An international organization based in Maryland, devoted to the advancement of paleontology. The Society publishes the Journal of Paleontology six times per year. The site includes a Code of Fossil Collecting.

• Pander Society. - An international association of several hundred palaeontologists and stratigraphers interested in conodonts. Conodonts are teeth of ancient worm-like creatures (now believed to be among the earliest chordates).

• Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. - An international not-for-profit Society based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with over 5,400 members. Publishes the journal PALAIOS.

• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) - One of the largest professional paleontology societies.