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Episode 168/169: Grasslands

September 1st, 2025 | by David Marshall

Grass dominated ecosystems cover 40% of the land on Earth. Prof. Caroline Strömberg explains why they are so successful

September 5th, 2024 | by Guest Blogger

Langebaanweg is a Mio-Pliocene aged fossil locality on the west coast of South Africa (about 120 Km from Cape Town), [&hellip

October 30th, 2021 | by David Marshall

We examine the fossil record of bats in this nominally Halloween-themed episode

October 1st, 2021 | by David Marshall

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

November 1st, 2020 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone

Dr Jacquelyn Gill talks about how Pleistocene palaeoecology can inform us about future ecological change

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

October 16th, 2014 | by David Marshall

Ostracods are tiny crustaceans (relatives of shrimps, crabs and water-fleas), distinguished by having a shell that is easily fossilised. As [&hellip