Wednesday, 19 August 2026

WHY DID THE COYOTE SURVIVE? AN ICE AGE STORY FROM THE LA BREA TAR PITS

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Coyote, Canis latrans Dire wolves vanished. Sabre-toothed cats vanished. American lions, western camels, native horses and giant ground slot...
Tuesday, 18 August 2026

WHAT IS A FOSSIL? A MESSAGE FROM DEEP TIME

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Pick up a fossil and you are holding evidence of a life. Not merely an old rock. Not an attractive geological paperweight. Not something the...
Monday, 17 August 2026

MOVE OVER, T. REX: THERE IS A NEW KING IN TOWN

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Eighty million years ago, long before Texas acquired highways, cattle ranches or the unshakeable belief that everything should be larger the...
Sunday, 16 August 2026

SEX, MOVEMENT AND A 567-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEAFLOOR

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Dickinsonia , Kimberella , and Funisia Long before teeth began biting, shells began clattering, or trilobites developed the audacity to scut...
Saturday, 15 August 2026

FOSSILS, FAIRY TALES AND A QUIET REVOLUTION: CLEMENTINE HELM BEYRICH

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Clementine Helm Beyrich On a grey Berlin morning in the winter of 1863, a young girl named Anna quietly entered her foster mother’s study. S...
Friday, 14 August 2026

ROCK TO MUSEUM: JOURNEY OF A FOSSIL

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Finding a fossil is like time-traveling with your hands.  One moment you’re walking along a riverbank or quarry, scanning the ground, and th...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

A MOST PERSONAL FOSSIL: WHAT ANCIENT POO TELLS US ABOUT PREHISTORIC LIFE

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Coprolites: Fossil Poop Not every fossil enters the scientific record wrapped in dignity. Some emerge from the rock with elegant ribs, formi...