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Cenozoic

Episode 129: Penguins

October 1st, 2021 | by David Marshall

We're introduced to Kairuku waewaeroa, a new giant penguin from New Zealand

Cenozoic

Episode 121/122: Dietary ecology of Smilodon fatalis

February 15th, 2021 | by David Marshall

Dr Larisa DeSantis teaches us the methods used to determine what Smilodon was eating

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Tyrannosaurus rex and the dinosaur teeth of Skye: Windows into the lives of dead dinos

October 21st, 2019 | by Guest Blogger

We don’t need a whole lot of fossil material to start to understand the ecosystems of the past. A few [&hellip

Cenozoic

Episode 99: Megalodon and Marine Megafauna

April 15th, 2019 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Undoubtedly, Megalodon is the world’s most famous extinct shark is and in this episode, we hear everything we know about [&hellip

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Speculation and conjecture obscures the true pterosaur menu

June 7th, 2018 | by Guest Blogger

Whenever we think about extinct animals we often imagine them tucking into their favourite meals, whether it be a Tyrannosaurus [&hellip

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The Significance of the Flocculus in Archosauria

June 26th, 2017 | by Guest Blogger

With advancements in computed tomography (CT) scanning comes an increased understanding of the internal structures preserved in extant and extinct [&hellip

Jurassic

Episode 60: Determining Diet

March 4th, 2016 | by Joe Keating

Diet is perhaps the most important aspect of ecology. As such, understanding the diet of extinct animals is crucial if [&hellip

Cenozoic

Episode 46: Understanding Biodiversity

June 15th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

The world is currently undergoing a massive biodiversity crisis, and many people have said that we are in the next [&hellip

Cambrian

Episode 28: From worms to stars

May 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating

Echinoderms are characterised by a mineralised skeleton, specialised water vascular system and five-fold symmetry. It is this unusual body plane symmetry [&hellip