Episode 138: Hispaniolan Sloths
April 20th, 2022 | by David Marshall
We hang out with the sloths of Hispaniola, looking for new species hiding within Dr Robert McAfee's measurements
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Episode 130: Bats
October 30th, 2021 | by David Marshall
We examine the fossil record of bats in this nominally Halloween-themed episode
Episode 126: Beasts Before Us
June 16th, 2021 | by David Marshall
Our very own Dr Elsa Panciroli comes on the show to discuss her new book 'Beasts Before Us'
In The Field – Polish-Mongolian Expeditions 1963 – 1971 (Part 2)
February 7th, 2020 | by Guest Blogger
Mongolia’s ancient underbelly had proved so productive that after suspending fieldwork for one year, the Polish returned in 1967 for [&hellip
In The Field – Polish-Mongolian Expeditions 1963 – 1971 (Part 1)
December 28th, 2019 | by Guest Blogger
Of the many countries around the world that have seen palaeontologists scouring their strata for fossils, Mongolia is one of [&hellip
Evolution of echolocation in dolphins
April 13th, 2016 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Echolocation is an amazing ability that some mammals have evolved. Using sonar frequencies, dolphins and other toothed whales can communicate [&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
New Mammal from the Early Palaeocene
October 5th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The Cenozoic has often been described as the ‘Age of the Mammals’, while the Mesozoic was the ‘Age of the [&hellip
Early primate growth history
September 16th, 2015 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Primate evolution is something that is heavily debated and not very well understood in palaeontology, but it is still heavily [&hellip
Episode 49: Synapsids
July 31st, 2015 | by David Marshall
Synapsids are one of the major groups of terrestrial vertebrates. They first appear in the Carboniferous period and since that [&hellip
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