208-million-year-old giant amphibian discovered in Greenland
June 17th, 2017 | by David Marshall
A new species of Cyclotosaur, a giant salamander-like amphibian, has been described from the Late Triassic rocks of East Greenland. [&hellip
Episode 77: South American Gomphotheres
June 15th, 2017 | by David Marshall
The proboscideans are a group of animals that contains the elephant and mastodont families. Many of us will be well-aware [&hellip
Episode 76: Hydrodynamics
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
Research sheds new light on ‘world’s oldest animal fossils’
May 4th, 2017 | by David Marshall
A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered that ancient fossils, thought to be some of [&hellip
Episode 75: Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence
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
Episode 74: Early Archosaurs and Teleocrater
April 12th, 2017 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
We have a pretty good idea about how different dinosaur groups evolved, and how they are related (although anyone who [&hellip
Episode 73: Sensory Structures
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
Is the Tully Monster a Vertebrate after all?
February 20th, 2017 | by David Marshall
Tullimonstrum gregarium, the ‘Tully Monster’, is an enigmatic fossil from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek lagerstätte, Illinois, USA. This soft-bodied [&hellip
Life, molecules and the geological record
February 17th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger
To understand the evolution of life, palaeontologists can employ a variety of techniques. This typically involves the visual identification of [&hellip
New Ordovician fossil sheds light on the origin of molluscs
February 6th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger
Molluscs are among the most disparate of the animal phyla. They range from the incredibly complex squids and octopods, which [&hellip
Subscribe
- Become a Patron!
Latest
-
Episode 171: Freshwater Mosasaurs
December 12th | by
-
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting 2025
December 3rd | by
-
Episode 170: Cariocecus bocagei
September 15th | by
-
Episode 168/169: Grasslands
September 1st | by
-
Langebaanweg Part 3 – An Animal Archive
August 22nd | by
Awards
