Ep175: Insect Gigantism Pt1 www.palaeocast.com/insect-gigan... Is the high concentration of atmospheric oxygen responsible for insects attaining gigantic proportions during the Carboniferous period? Prof. Jon Harrison joins to discuss. #paleo #insect #podcast #evolution #physiology #Carboniferous

Episode 174: A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils www.palaeocast.com/dinosaurs-in... We speak to Prof. Paul Barrett, NHM London, all about his recent book. He discusses the history of dinosaur research, the current state of the science and what could be next. #dinosaur #podcast #paleo #fossils

Ep173: Petrified Forest www.palaeocast.com/petrified-fo... Join us in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park with lead palaeotologist Dr Adam Marsh as we peer through the trees at the diverse vertebrates of the Chinle Formation. #podcast #paleontology #paleo #fossils #Triassic

Ep172: Rhynchocephalians www.palaeocast.com/rhynchocepha... Endemic to just a few islands in New Zealand, the tuatara is the sole surviving species of a group that once had great success. Dr Victor Beccari joins to discuss the rhynchocephalians. #Podcast #paleontology #paleo #fossils #tuatara

Catch our livestream tonight at 19:00 (UTC)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0889... The Palaeocast team will be reviewing 2025 from a palaeontological perspective and just generally hanging out and having a good time. Hopefully we'll have time for questions, so leave a comment! #paleontology #fossils

Ep171: Freshwater Mosasaurs www.palaeocast.com/mosasaurs/ We're dipping into the Late Cretaceous rivers of the Hell Creek Formation in this special episode. What's the worst that could happen? Oh and we made a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q24... #mosasaur #paleo #fossil #dinosaur #geochem

SVP 2025 www.palaeocast.com/svp-2025/ We attended this year's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham. There we spoke to the organisers, delegates and merchants to give you a sense of what it's like to attend one of the world's largest palaeontological conferences. #paleo #dinosaurs

Please check this out (especially if you can speak Spanish) Being able to livestream from the field is such an incredible achievement and is exactly the kind of content I'd love to see more of! Wonderful stuff!

Ep170: Cariocecus bocagei www.palaeocast.com/cariocecus-b... Get the lowdown on Portugal's newest dinosaur, described today, with Dr Filippo Bertozzo. We're going over all the traits that identify it as a new species & asking what it all means! #podcast #dinosaur www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fvi...

Ep169: Grasslands Pt2 www.palaeocast.com/grasslands/ We continue our look at the evolution of grasslands with Prof. Caroline Strömberg. Once grass evolved why did it take millions of years for grasslands to become established? Why do timings differ on each continent? #podcast #palaeo #grass #paleo

Ep168: Grasslands Pt1 www.palaeocast.com/grasslands/ Grasses cover 40% of the land on Earth, they support entire ecosystems & are staples in our diets. They're vital to our future, but how can we understand them evolutionarily when they rarely fossilise? Prof. Caroline Strömberg talks proxies!

Ep167: Origin of Teeth Pt2 www.palaeocast.com/origin-of-te... There's something fishy about the teeth of the earliest vertebrates in the fossil record. An absolute rollercoaster of an episode with Dr Yara Haridy. #FossilFriday #paleontology #paleo #podcast #evolution #odontode #aglaspidid #cuticle

Ep 166: Origin of teeth Pt1 www.palaeocast.com/origin-of-te... We find the evolutionary origin of our teeth not in the mouths of early fish, but in their external skeletons! In fact, teeth evolved well before jaws did! But what were they for? #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology #podcast #evolution

Ep165: Ants Pt2 www.palaeocast.com/ants/ We continue our discussion about the fossil record of ants with @paleantologist.bsky.social focussing on the incredible hell ants! What makes them so unique? #paleontology #fossilfriday #paleo #podcast Image: Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri by Franz Anthony

Interested in ants, dad jokes, and insect puns (not necessarily in that order)? I had so much fun talking about ant fossils and evolution in this podcast! 👈👈🐜 (attempted ant finger guns - tarsal claw guns?)

Episode 164: Ants www.palaeocast.com/ants/ Since modern ants can pretty much do it all, is there anything to be surprised about when we examine their fossil record? Dr Christine Sosiak introduces us to the HELL ANTS! #podcast #ant #hellant #palaeontology #paleontology #paleo #science #palaeo

Early animal evolution 3: the rise of arthropods Part 5 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez. youtu.be/g6g-AKxOf3Y #cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils

Early animal evolution 2: the origin of shells and jaws Part 4 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez. youtu.be/rxdJF_MW6ig #cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils

Early animal evolution 1: from sponges to vertebrates Part 3 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez. youtu.be/e089M8nRSb0 #cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils

The Burgess Shale and life 508 million years ago Part 2 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez. youtu.be/d02oyfreEhQ #cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils

The Cambrian Explosion and the diversification of animals Part 1 of 5 of a free lecture series on the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion by Alejandro Izquierdo-Lopez. youtu.be/vQBDWh1UyBU #cambrian #cambrianexplosion #burgessshale #paleo #paleontology #evolution #fossils

Ep162: Cerney Wick (UPDATED) www.palaeocast.com/cerney-wick/ Following our introductory podcast to Cerney Wick, we were granted special access to record the excavations during the 2024 field season. #paleontology #paleo #fossils #mammoth #ammonite #fieldwork #evolution #multimedia #palaeontology

Update 1st April: Ep162: Cerney Wick We were granted special access to record the excavations during the 2024 field season. We produced almost 7 hours of content, bringing you as close to the dig as you'll ever get without having volunteered yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgD...

Have a read of my new blog post for @palaeocast.bsky.social. Its about the Pleistocene bush dog, an extinct canid that once inhabited South America! This blog is based on a recent publication led by Juan Ruiz, and features an interview with him about his research palaeocast.com/form-and-funct…