Episode 164: Ants Dr Christine Sosiak introduces us to the stem ants
https://www.palaeocast.com/ants/

Evolution of the Bizarre Arms of Oviraptorosaurs I don’t need to tell you how awe-inspiring dinosaurs are, but I would like to tell you about how weird they were. There is no shortage of bizarre dinosaurs, from the hotly debated Spinosaurus with a billboard for a sail to the almost ridiculously ornamented skulls of ceratopsians like Kosmoceratops and Diabloceratops. Among the weirdest [&hellip
https://www.palaeocast.com/evo....lution-of-the-bizarr

Form and Function of the Skull of the Ice Age Bush Dog Mammoths, sabre-toothed cats, and giant ground sloths may be among the most iconic animals of the ice age, but the diversity of life during this time in Earth’s history extends well beyond them and includes one of the smallest and most peculiar of canids: Speothos pacivorus, the Pleistocene bush dog. A new study by Juan [&hellip
https://www.palaeocast.com/for....m-and-function-of-th

Episode 163: Ecosystem Engineers What happens when the presence of a single species impacts everything in an environment? Dr Tom Smith joins us to discuss ecosystem engineers
https://www.palaeocast.com/ecosystem-engineers/

A New Early Reptile With Bizarre Teeth From The Triassic of England If there was a Period of Earth’s history that could be called ‘the one with the weird vertebrates’, it would be the Triassic. And if you don’t believe me, I ask you to turn your attention first to the erythrosuchids that had almost comically oversized heads, then to the massive dicynodonts who replaced their tusks [&hellip
https://www.palaeocast.com/a-n....ew-early-reptile-wit