Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 09/09/2026Episode 62: Dinosaurs on Marsfossilsfiction.coEpisode 62: Dinosaurs on Mars 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 09/09/2026Episode 61: It's a Kronosaurus Eat Ichthyosaur Worldfossilsfiction.coEpisode 61: It's a Kronosaurus Eat Ichthyosaur World 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/08/2026A marine reptile ate a flying reptile. Then a bigger marine reptile ate that one. Cretaceous food chain, no notes. Plus, our feature interview with Shannon Bourke from Canberra's National Dinosaur Museum. New episode: It's a Kronosaurus Eat Ichthyosaur World 🦴🌊 In your feeds now. 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 17/08/2026Episode 60: Remembering Sam Neill, the Dinosaur Manfossilsfiction.coEpisode 60: Remembering Sam Neill, the Dinosaur Man 020
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 28/07/2026Dr Jake Kotevski didn't become a palaeontologist because of a fossil. He became one because of Sam Neill. New episode out now. 031
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 31/05/2026Episode 59: Who's our Jeff Goldblum?fossilsfiction.coEpisode 59: Who's our Jeff Goldblum? 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 27/05/2026Alyssa reunites with her old geology professor — and somehow ends up arguing for putting a Compsognathus in her backpack. Episode 59 is out now. We talk geology education, the decline of geoscience programs, and why UT Chattanooga owns a cave. In your pod feeds now. 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/05/2026Episode 58: Secrets of the Sea Monsters with Dr Dean Lomaxfossilsfiction.coEpisode 58: Secrets of the Sea Monsters with Dr Dean Lomax 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 28/04/2026Episode 57: Queensland Dino Week Road Tripfossilsfiction.coEpisode 57: Queensland Dino Week Road Trip 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 22/04/2026We're road tripping across Queensland for Queensland Dino Week. Hitting your podcast feeds... now! rss.com/podcasts/fos... 010
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/03/2026A rare letter by Mary Anning is going to auction, and Lyme Regis Museum wants to buy it www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPalaeontologist Mary Anning 'sick of fossils', letter suggestsThe collector's discoveries helped shape scientific understanding of prehistoric life. 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 25/02/2026Episode 56: The Cliffs of Lyme Regisfossilsfiction.coEpisode 56: The Cliffs of Lyme Regis 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 22/01/2026Episode 55: The Crisis in Geosciencefossilsfiction.coEpisode 55: The Crisis in Geoscience 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 27/11/2025Unfortunately we are cancelling our live event planned for Adelaide tomorrow 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 23/11/2025Learn all about Wellington Caves in the newest episode of Fossils and Fiction now in your favourite podcast player 021
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/11/2025Episode 54: The dinosaur mysteriesfossilsfiction.coEpisode 54: The dinosaur mysteries 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 14/11/2025Live recording of Fossils and Fiction at Suburban Brew (Adelaide) on November 29. Palaeontologists Aiden Couzens and Matt Herne join our panel to talk about Australia's oddest fossils. The show begins with Professor Flint's Palaeojam followed by Fossils live! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1964100016... 001
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 06/11/2025For fossil-loving folk in Adelaide at the end of the month (maybe there's a conference or something 😉), we're hosting some live pods over pints and pizza www.eventbrite.com/e/live-palae... 010
Reposted by Fossils & FictionFossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 28/10/2025Episode 53: The deals with sealsfossilsfiction.coEpisode 53: The deals with seals 113
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 28/10/2025Episode 53: The deals with sealsfossilsfiction.coEpisode 53: The deals with seals 113
Reposted by Fossils & FictionAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Your Sunday read! In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing far ahead of schedule. In doing so, he's run headlong into a very difficult question: How on earth do you prove it? My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social! 🧪scientificamerican.comThese Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on EarthControversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once 0319
Reposted by Fossils & FictionRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site: www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...bbc.co.ukIn the footsteps of giants - BBC NewsOne of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England. 14619
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 12/10/2025Help fund art and science on the iconic sauropod family group Diplodocoidea experiment.com/projects/rea...experiment.comReassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group DiplodocoideaWe are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary… 021
Reposted by Fossils & FictionMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Quick #FossilFriday #paleoart post: a 2025 redo of my 2019 take on the giant #deer Megaloceros. Palaeolithic art captures some aspects of Megaloceros appearance but the details are not unambiguous: when is a line across a body a stripe, when is it a boundary between colour regions? 119653
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 12/10/2025October 12 marks the start of Earth Science Week across Australia. Explore the resources provided by Geoscience Australia at www.ga.gov.au/about/earth-... 010
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 06/10/2025Episode 52: Opening up palaeontologyfossilsfiction.coEpisode 52: Opening up palaeontology 000
Reposted by Fossils & FictionDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025New at the Terrible Lizards Podcast, a discussion between Iszi, Dave and me on the contents of ANCIENT SEA REPTILES, now out in softback ... terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...terriblelizards.libsyn.comTerrible Lizards: TLS11E09 Ancient Sea ReptilesLong time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and pterosaurs, he has fingers in a huge number of ve... 1418
Reposted by Fossils & FictionRachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Fun Fact: Trilobites evolved eyes made out of hard calcite minerals. These little crystal eyes fossilize beautifully! Art from my new book: DINOSAURS 🦕 where I illustrate all prehistoric life! Preorder book here: a.co/d/7X856do #paleoart #fossiladdict #evolution #sciart #dinosaurs 215732
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 31/08/2025Artist Zev Landes is responsible for some iconic modern Australian palaeo-art, but maybe he doesn't like the field at all? Find out in the newest episode of Fossils and Fiction, now in your feeds rss.com/podcasts/fos... 021
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/08/2025It's Book Week in Australia. If you're looking for Dino books for young readers, check out our interview with Bronwyn Saunders, author of "Diprotodon: A Megafauna Journey" www.fossilsfiction.co/2024/03/28/e...fossilsfiction.coEpisode 29: Diprotodon with Bronwyn Saunders – Fossils & Fiction 100
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 18/08/2025Dinosaur dance floors and ancient sharks. What a combo! Followed up by 'Would you Rather?' rss.com/podcasts/fos... 000
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 14/08/2025Episode 49: One Big Sharkfossilsfiction.coEpisode 49: One Big Shark 000
Reposted by Fossils & FictionRichard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Kiwis at twilight. A coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf depicting 'Mantell's Apteryx', published in Zoological Sketches, vol. 1 (1861). The book's images were based on animals in the vivarium of the Zoological Society of London in Regent's Park. 1196
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 29/07/2025Episode 48: That is one big pile of Poozeumfossilsfiction.coEpisode 48: That is one big pile of Poozeum 012
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 22/07/2025Discover megalodon and other ancient ocean giants with palaeontologist Ben Francischelli youtu.be/TkAkdk1YPgQ 001
Reposted by Fossils & FictionSaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Eyes like heaven Infernodrakon hastacollis #paleoart #sciart 415652
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 18/07/2025In this episode, @markwitton.bsky.social offers thoughts on AI, how to support palaeo-art and more. Plus @travish.co fails miserably in a game of guess that fossil. 021
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 18/07/2025Episode 47: King Tyrant vs AIfossilsfiction.coEpisode 47: King Tyrant vs AI 010
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 09/07/2025Review: The Mutated Mess of Jurassic World Rebirthfossilsfiction.coReview: The Mutated Mess of Jurassic World Rebirth 022
Reposted by Fossils & FictionMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Hot damn, the Palaeontology in Public book by @chrismanias.bsky.social is the subject of an article in @theguardian.com, following a theme in recent Jurassic World films that the public are bored with dinosaurs. (Fact: Chris has not watched a single JP sequel!) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on the public’s dinomania: passion for palaeontology endures through the ages | EditorialEditorial: From blockbuster movies like Jurassic World Rebirth to documentary series, the appetite for these ancient creatures appears inexhaustible 77921
Reposted by Fossils & FictionMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025If you edit me correctly, for small snippets of time I sound like I know what I'm talking about... (Full interview: www.fossilsfiction.co/2025/06/15/e... Thanks to @fossilsfiction.co for inviting me onto their show!)fossilsfiction.coEpisode 46: Mark Witton’s Palaeoart – Fossils & Fiction 0265
Reposted by Fossils & FictionDragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 17/06/2025One is the brains, the other is the muscle. 19555155
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 19/06/2025How do you balance science with storytelling when animating pterosaurs, or sauropods? Just ask @markwitton.bsky.social 091
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 15/06/2025Episode 46: Mark Witton's Palaeoartfossilsfiction.coEpisode 46: Mark Witton's Palaeoart 082
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 13/06/2025Palaeontologist+palaeoartist+nice guy @markwitton.bsky.social talks about his new book King Tyrant and more, in your podfeeds now 100
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 25/05/2025Episode 45: T. rex: the Asian king?fossilsfiction.coEpisode 45: T. rex: the Asian king? 000
Reposted by Fossils & FictionAnna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again. 71185234520
Reposted by Fossils & FictionJames Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025So for this Fossil(andfiction) Friday here’s a few pics relating to one of the questions that came up from @slyssabits.bsky.social during our chat about how actual palaeontologists and Palaeoartists respond to the things I get up to 😅 Podcast link below podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... 1102
Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 21/05/2025Remember when Adele Pentland introduced us to Australia's remarkable pterosaur fossils? From Haliskia to Ferrodraco and more, revisit one of our most popular episodes to take flight into Australia's prehistoric skies! www.fossilsfiction.co/2024/07/03/e... 010