Episode 103: Terror birds
September 15th, 2019 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
Terror birds, or phorusrhacids as they are known scientifically, are a group of large, flightless birds that lived during the [&hellip
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Episode 102: Small Shelly Fossils
August 14th, 2019 | by David Marshall
Between the weird and wonderful rangeomorphs of the Ediacaran Period and the world-famous palaeocommunities of the Burgess Shale, the ‘Early [&hellip
Episode 101: Organic Preservation of Dinosaur Bone
July 1st, 2019 | by David Marshall
Fossilisation of organic material was long thought to result in the complete loss of original content. However in the last [&hellip
Episode 100: Tiktaalik
May 24th, 2019 | by Vishruth Venkat
One of palaeontology‘s great themes of questioning is the rise of novelty: how new structures and functions arise in specific [&hellip
Episode 98: 10 Tons
March 15th, 2019 | by David Marshall
From 1:1 scale whales to microfossils scaled up to the size of a house, there are few model-building projects that [&hellip
Episode 97: Opsins
March 1st, 2019 | by David Marshall
We explore opsins and the evolution of colour vision in ecdysozoans
Episode 96: Decapods
January 1st, 2019 | by David Marshall
Decapods are a group of crustaceans that include such well-known families as crabs, lobsters and shrimp. Whilst crustaceans are known [&hellip
Episode 95: Plants and Atmosphere
October 16th, 2018 | by David Marshall
The interaction between plants and atmosphere forms the basis of the carbon cycle and is amongst the most important processes [&hellip
Episode 94: Joggins Fossil Cliffs
September 17th, 2018 | by Liz Martin-Silverstone
The Carboniferous was a time of huge swampy forests, big trees, and lots of life both on land and in [&hellip
Episode 93: The History of Palaeontological Outreach
August 15th, 2018 | by David Marshall
Palaeontology has an ability to grab the public’s attention like no other subject. Perhaps it’s the size and ferocity of [&hellip
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