Featured Image: Last year’s Top 10 OA Fossil Vertebrates contest winner, Gualicho shinyae. From Apestiguía et al (2017). Howdy folks! Sarah here! I…
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post Upcoming Opportunities for the PLOS Paleo Community!Read more
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post The challenge to define cortex (By Ashley Juavinett)Read more
“Our fragmentary and rapidly evolving understanding is reminiscent of the situation faced by cartographers of the earth’s surface many centuries ago, when…
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Climate Change Behavioral Flexibility May Help Some Animals Deal with a Changing ClimateRead more
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified the circumstances in which some animals change their behaviors…
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post Shark Week: 2nd Annual Fossil Shark Hall of FameRead more
Okay, folks, it’s that time of year again. The week that either fills you with elation or dread. It’s….SHARK WEEK. This week…
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post Guest post: Why Precambrian life suddenly got bigRead more
This guest post was contributed by Dr. Isabel Torres, a science editor and writer. This guest post reflects the views solely of…
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post Giant, bone-crushing croc was the top predator of its timeRead more
Imagine an armoured crocodile, 3 times the length of a human adult, and with a bulky head filled with razor sharp, bone…
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post Genemods June newsreel and new podcastRead more
The Synbio Newsreel is guest contributed by Isaac Larkin from the Northwestern University synthetic biology club called GeneMods. This post can be originally…
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post The brain basis of “hatred of sound:” MisophoniaRead more
“Munch, munch, munch.” For most of us, the sounds of our lunch date chewing or a coworker clicking their pen are everyday…
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post Can the Laws of Robotics be Adapted for Paleontology?Read more
The Laws of Robotics, created by writer Isaac Asimov, are one of the widely-known ethical concepts to spring forth from science fiction. These three…
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Conservation A U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Could Be Bad News for WildlifeRead more
In late January, the Trump administration announced plans to move forward on building a border wall along the southern border with Mexico…
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post Ooooh, Barracuda!Read more
Barracuda are fearsome aquatic predators, also known within pop culture for that song by Heart. The fish (not the song) within the genus Sphyraena…
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post Food Evolution documentary looks at science, money, and fake news around GMOsRead more
Food Evolution aims to take a look at the science underlying the heated rhetoric of the GMO debate. Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy…