Episode 81: Coccolithophores
October 1st, 2017 | by David Marshall
Coccolithophores are tiny unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton (algae). Each is covered with even smaller calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths and it [&hellip
October 1st, 2017 | by David Marshall
Coccolithophores are tiny unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton (algae). Each is covered with even smaller calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths and it [&hellip
September 1st, 2017 | by David Marshall
We’ve covered how palaeoart is made on Palaeocast before, but never what daily life is like for a professional palaeoartist. [&hellip
September 1st, 2017 | by David Marshall
We’re now into the fourth year of our art competition and we’re again blown away by the talent that our [&hellip
June 30th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
When thinking of palaeontology in Asia, most people think of Mongolia and China, but there is actually a significant palaeontology [&hellip
May 15th, 2017 | by David Marshall
The shape of an animal is a reflection of the way it interacts with the physical world around it. By [&hellip
May 2nd, 2017 | by David Marshall
Palaeontology is a constantly evolving field; when new methods and techniques are invented, they allow us to revisit old fossils [&hellip
March 15th, 2017 | by Caitlin Colleary
Ask anyone to list all the senses and they’ll probably stop at five. Touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing are [&hellip
November 16th, 2016 | by Caitlin Colleary
This year, the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. [&hellip
August 1st, 2016 | by David Marshall
We’re into the third year of our art competition and the event just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We again [&hellip
June 24th, 2016 | by David Marshall
The Palaeocast art competition is back and we’ve got another great selection of prizes up for grabs this year. We [&hellip