A new study led by Dr. Jack Tseng, published in PeerJ, has shed light on the intricate relationship between tooth wear and jaw mechanics in highly carnivorous mammals, known as hypercarnivores. A ...

from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 22, number 3, page 593: The new species possesses ...

A mystery beginning in the South Atlantic and ending in South Kensington has finally been solved. The century-long story of two blue whale vertebrae can now be told for the first time, revealing ...

A fearsome flesh-eating bird from the Phorusrhacid family - known as "terror birds" - may be the largest of its kind ever found, despite being known only from a ...

Hands-on learning experiences can spark a passion for paleontology in students. - Denver Fowler All specimens collected from the Judith River Formation of eastern Montana were collected under ...

From the 1960s through the ’80s, paleontology grew a bit, aided by advances in technology, but remained in the shadows of popular science. In 1993, Hollywood changed that. Director Steven ...

The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct ...

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

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Joseph Dussault joined the Monitor in 2015 as a science intern with a special interest in paleontology. He returned in 2016 to join the Monitor's Rapid Response Team.