The protomammal stalking a dying world
The Protomammal’s Survival Saga: Navigating a Dying World , About 250 million years ago, widespread volcanic eruptions changed the earth’s atmosphere and thus its climate, ushering in the “Great Dying”,…
What can plant-eating dinosaurs teach us?
Plant-Eating Dinosaurs: Lessons in Dietary Habits and Adaptations ,Some dinosaurs ate smaller lizards, eggs, or even early mammals. Others hunted other dinosaurs as prey, or dig up the remains of…
A new dinosaur joins a famous but little-understood family
New Dinosaur Joins Famous and Enigmatic Family A new carnivore-like dinosaur discovered in Spain helps tell the story of a little-understood, semi-aquatic family of carnivores that probably originated in Europe,…
What is paleontology and what does a paleontologist do?
Most people perceive paleontology as a frivolous science. For them, the study of fossils is nothing more than a study of the trivial, distant past of the planet, making it…