Episode 59: Chemnitz petrified forest
February 22nd, 2016 | by David Marshall
Beneath the city of Chemnitz, Germany, exists a entire fossilised forest. This whole ecosystem was preserved in life-position during a [&hellip
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Episode 58: Animal biomechanics
January 15th, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
One of the most difficult aspects of palaeontology is understanding how extinct animals moved around. It’s one thing to find [&hellip
Episode 57: Wealden Fossils
January 1st, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The Wealden Supergroup of southern England is known for it’s Cretaceous fossils, particularly of dinosaurs, but also crocodilians, pterosaurs, lizards, [&hellip
Episode 56: Vertebrate preparators
December 1st, 2015 | by Laura Soul
Preparators are specialist staff working in museums and universities worldwide. They perform a very wide variety of tasks from fieldwork [&hellip
Geological Society of America annual meeting 2015
November 30th, 2015 | by Laura Soul
This year the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America was held in Baltimore, Maryland. This is one of [&hellip
Episode 55: Pterosaurs
November 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, and lived in the skies above the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic. [&hellip
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting 2015
November 10th, 2015 | by Laura Soul
Welcome to our coverage of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) annual meeting from Dallas, Texas. This year was the 75th anniversary [&hellip
Episode 54: Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
November 1st, 2015 | by Joe Keating
The ‘Crystal Palace Dinosaurs’ are a series of sculptures of extinct animals including dinosaurs, other extinct reptiles and mammals, which [&hellip
Episode 53: Ankylosaurs
October 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Ankylosaurs are a group of non-avian dinosaurs best known for their armour, tank-like bodies, and sometimes large tail clubs. First [&hellip
Episode 52: Melanin
September 28th, 2015 | by David Marshall
Melanin is a pigment that is found across the animal kingdom. Melanosomes, the organelles that contain melanin, have been found [&hellip
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