Kenneth Lacovara
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara is a world-renowned paleontologist, author, explorer, and public communicator who has unearthed some of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, including the 65-ton Dreadnoughtus. His discoveries have been featured multiple times in Discover magazine’s “Top 100 Science Stories of the Year.” His TED Talk was a Top 10 TED Talk of 2016 and has been viewed more than five million times. He is the author of the Nautilus Book Award–winning Why Dinosaurs Matter, and appears regularly on Mysteries Unearthed on the History Channel. Dr. Lacovara is Founding Executive Director of the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University, founding former dean of Rowan’s School of Earth & Environment, a recipient of The Explorers Club Medal, and serves on the boards of Colossal Biosciences and the Angiogenesis Foundation. His mission is to use deep time to contextualize the present, to inspire a better tomorrow.
