Monday, June 22, 2026

Paleontology

A black and white sketch of a brontosaurus
EcosystemsPaleontologyScience through time
Julianna Colafranceschi

Step by Massive Step: How Dinosaur Megafauna Shaped the Earth

Dinosaurs roamed the Earth for over 100 million years, but how did the Earth respond to all this roaming? And how did the Earth change when these massive reptiles ceased to roam? New research suggests that dinosaur megafauna promoted specific fluvial environments that changed and largely disappeared after the dinosaurs went extinct, demonstrating the interwoven relationship between animals and their ecosystems.

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Environmental SciencePaleontologyPaleoproteonomicsScience through time
Christina Andrea Alvear

Beyond Paleontology: Studying Fossils to Understand Cancer

Featured Image Caption: Telmatosaurus sketch by Debivort CC by SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Primary Source Article: Chandrasinghe, P. C.,

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ClimateEnvironmental SciencePaleontologyScience through time
Abigail Donahue

The Great Oxidation Event: How our atmosphere went from deadly gas to fresh air

In the beginning, Earth’s atmosphere had no oxygen. Then photosynthesis made life as we know it possible, produced much of our mineable iron, and caused an ice age.

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