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This paper reports the first molecular evidence of ginger pigments in the fossil record, which were found in 10 million-year-old frogs.

This paper finds evidence of proteins in 125 million-year-old feathers, which show that ancient feathers were much more like modern-day feathers than previously thought.

This paper was led by Dr Shengyu Wang, who completed part of the work on the paper during a research visit to UCC.

PhD students Dan Cirtina and Aaron Quigley both came away from the recent PalAss meeting in Cambridge with awards for their presentations.

This paper explores how giant pterosaurs grew to be so big. We found that giant pterosaurs such as Pteranodon evolved parental care that may have allowed faster/longer growth and ultimately, large adult sizes.

The "Norman Newell Early Career Grant Program" is part of the Paleontological Society Grant scheme in support of early-career palaeontologists.

The 2023-MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) call is opened now with a deadline on the 13th September 2023 (17:00 Brussels time); designed to support researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe.

The UCC Palaeontology Group hosted an exciting hands-on exhibit at the Carnival of Science in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork City on the 10^th and 11^th June.