The asteroid impact that ended the reign of dinosaurs 66 million years ago also caused 45% of plants in what is now Colombia to go extinct, and it made way for the reign of flowering plants in modern tropical rainforests.
The Rise of the Flowers
Counting Tyrannosaurus Rexes
How many Tyrannosaurus rexes roamed North America during the Cretaceous period?
The Crocodiles Who Lived On Land
In the time of the dinosaurs, some crocodiles experimented with dolphin-like adaptations to living in the oceans, and others lived on land as fast-moving plant-eaters.
The Eagle Shark of the Cretaceous
93 million years ago, bizarre, winged sharks swam in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
‘On the Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion of Life’
Dr Frankie Dunn a paleontologist and Research Fellow at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Merton College presented ‘On the Dawn of the Cambrian Explosion of Life: The Scottish fossil evidence’.
How flowering plants may have regulated atmospheric oxygen
“Ultimately, the source of free oxygen in the Earth System is photosynthesis, but that is the result of a chemical balance in the biosphere and hydrosphere that operates at the surface and just beneath it in sediments. “
Madagascar Fossil ‘Bird’ Discovery
The crow-sized bird would have sliced its way through the air wielding a large, blade-like beak .
Mysteriomorphidae: A Beetle from the Cretaceous
About a year ago, researchers found fossil specimens of beetles in an amber deposit in Myanmar.
Alison Sutherland ‘Rocks’
This amazing woman left behind not just the fond memories of those who knew her but stored inside her garage is an outstanding geological collection.
Fossil Study of American Mastodons Reveals Migration Driven By Climate Change
“American mastodons repeatedly expanded into northern latitudes in response to interglacial warming.”
