Sometimes paleontology is awe-inspiring. Sometimes it’s gross and hilarious. This episode is at the weird epicenter of all of those things, because it turns out the best preserved fossil sturgeons are found up the rear end of duck-billed dinosaurs. CONTENT WARNINGS: Hemorrhoids, butt jokes, maligning archeologists, misinterpreting a cloaca as a butthole for the purposes […]
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The Cambrian Conundrum: piecing together a half-billion old tectonic jigsaw with Marissa Betts
Marissa Betts is a post-doctoral scholar focused on understanding the evolution of early-Cambrian fauna around the world. Marissa splits her time between the University of New England in Queensland, Australia and Northwest University in Xi’an, China. You can follow Marissa’s adventures on Instagram @200micron. Click here for the Chinese translation. The Flinders Ranges in outback […]
The Falls of the Ohio State Park with Sandie Will
Sandie Will is the Manager of the Geohydrologic Data Section within the Data Collection Bureau at Southwest Florida Water Management District. She has been a hydrogeologist for almost 20 years and is licensed by the State of Florida. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Florida and Master of Science […]