Browsing the "Phylogenetics" Tag

Episode 158: Ceoptera evansae

February 6th, 2024 | by Sophie Pollard

Dr Liz Martin Silverstone takes us through the discovery and preparation of a new species of darwinopteran Pterosaur


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


Episode 43: Ancient DNA

April 15th, 2015 | by David Marshall

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that encodes the genetic information within every species of life on earth. The information [&hellip


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


Episode 26: The Tree of Mammals

February 1st, 2014 | by Joe Keating

Mammals are an incredibly diverse and highly successful group of animals. They include some of the tallest, heaviest and fastest [&hellip



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