PhD student Hannah Binner recently presented her latest findings on her research on metals in urban soils at the iCRAG 2022 symposium held in Dublin.

PhD student Hannah Binner recently presented her latest findings on her research on metals in urban soils at the iCRAG 2022 symposium held in Dublin.

A team of 11 palaeontologists from Germany, Italy and UK have discovered new fossil footprints made by dinosaur ancestors at a new fossil site in a quarry near the village Wolferode in central Germany.

Group leader Prof. Maria McNamara recently featured in Episode 3 of the new documentary series “The Island” broadcast by RTÉ.

New paper published by PhD student Hannah Binner on metal contamination of urban soils.

Maria chats about melanin, melanosomes, and what they can (and can’t) tell us about dinosaur colours.

Valentina spoke with David Marshall about how colour patterns are preserved in a fossil moonfish, and have a look at what that can tell us about how the species lived.

Ancient swamp is sex death trap for fossil frogs.

In this report we summarise current knowledge on Irish soils and provide a series of recommendations for the content and approaches to Irish soil research going forwards.

Cork is in for a special treat in mid-July as the city will be visted by Prof. Larisa DeSantis, world expert on mammal evolution.