Palaeocast

Lack of diversity is one of the major issues in the sciences in recent times. We've discussed diversity in palaeontology in previous podcasts, but in this episode Elsa takes a look at the legacy of ra...

16 Nov 20201h 15min

When we think about the Ice Age or the Pleistocene, we generally think of large animals: wooly mammoths trudging through snow, sabre-tooth tigers taking down their next meal, and big bison out on the ...

1 Nov 20201h 13min

Part 2. Diatoms are a major group of algae found in waters all around the world. As photosynthetic phytoplankton, they are hugely important 'primary producers', integral to nearly every aquatic food c...

15 Okt 202054min

Diatoms are a major group of algae found in waters all around the world. As photosynthetic phytoplankton, they are hugely important 'primary producers', integral to nearly every aquatic food chain. Th...

1 Okt 202042min

Part 2 of 2. The horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) are a group of large aquatic arthropods known from the East coast of the USA, and the Southern and Eastern coasts of Asia. Despite their name, they are not...

14 Aug 20201h

The horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) are a group of large aquatic arthropods known from the East coast of the USA, and the Southern and Eastern coasts of Asia. Despite their name, they are not actually cra...

31 Jul 202048min

With palaeontology as popular as it is you will never be short of content online, whether that be articles, blogs, podcasts (of which there are now many others you should also be listening to) or vide...

15 Jul 20201h 6min

The end-Cretaceous (or K-Pg) extinction is one of the best known mass extinctions in Earth's history, primarily because that is when non-avian dinosaurs disappeared. Although the popular idea is that ...

29 Jun 202037min