Paleobiology

"This is the endgame of our isolation."

Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...

Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Ahead of Print, 2025)

The world's oceans are heating in two distinct bands circling the globe, with potentially far-reaching implications for weather patterns and marine

The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage. The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage.

I write today to urge a strengthening of support by Cornell University for the Paleontological Research Institution on Trumansburg Rd. in Ithaca. I have visited and delivered lectures at both institut...

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A decline in low-lying cloud cover means Earth is absorbing more solar radiation, which could explain 0.2°C of missing heat scientists have been struggling to account for

Reflections on punctuated equilibria