Fossils and Fiction

19/06/2025

How do you balance science with storytelling when animating pterosaurs, or sauropods? Just ask Mark Witton.

21/05/2025

Remember when Adele Pentland introduced us to Australia's remarkable pterosaur fossils? From Haliskia to Ferrodraco and more, Australia's pterosaur history is absolutely fascinating. Revisit one of our most popular episodes to take flight into Australia's prehistoric skies! https://www.fossilsfiction.co/2024/07/03/episode-36-aussie-pterosaur-roundup-featuring-adele-pentland/

21/05/2025

Featuring an interview with James Pascoe about his miniatures, discussion of a new paper on the origins of T. rex and megaraptorans, and another paper on the world's new earliest tetrapods. Also listener feedback and more. Check your podcast feeds now. https://apple.co/3YWmNBf

09/05/2025

Pint of Science🍺 🧪 coming soon. Alyssa is presenting Wednesday May 19 in Melbourne. Others here: https://pintofscience.com.au/

04/05/2025

Eric the Pliosaur; Cassowary; Megaloceros; Homo Floriensis ('the Hobbit'); T. rex foot; Cryoloophosaurus skull; Chasmosaurus

01/05/2025

Why are we so obsessed with dinosaurs? The first-ever episode of Fossils and Fiction attempted to answer this in conversation with author Boria Sax about his book 'Dinomania'. From museum displays to children's toys, dinosaurs permeate our culture in unique ways. Revisit this thought-provoking discussion about why dinosaurs have such a hold on our imagination https://www.fossilsfiction.co/2022/03/31/episode-1-boria-sax-author-of-dinomania/

26/04/2025

Our friends at Dinosaur Trips are organising their most ambitious expedition yet: Patagonia: The Land of the Titans.

Preview what’s in store on this epic journey into the land of some of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth. Join Dinosaur Trips live on Saturday, May 3 at 1pm ET / 10am PT for step-by-step look through the full itinerary of the epic upcoming Patagonia expedition. All attendees will be entered into an exclusive prize draw—because who doesn’t love surprises with their sauropods?

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_wn7W9-dmJ81YV7V0HCoVKHY3-Llrz6pD9cl8UUPv0kuMEw/viewform?usp=header

22/04/2025

Visit the 'La Brea of the East' with us. Shay Maden from Gray Fossil Site & Museum tells us about the history and importance of this amazing Tennessean lagerstatten. And, we can't help but chat about the controversial claims by Colossal Biosciences that they have resurrected the dire wolf.

31/03/2025

This week, we have a simple request: Don't do palaeo fraud
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fossilsfiction/episodes/Dont-do-palaeo-fraud-e30t47t

19/03/2025

Fish so well preserved you can see it's last meal...

The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of Australian fish around 15 million years ago when the area was a tropical lake.

19/03/2025

Just what the dino doctor ordered: a healthy dose of nostalgia
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fossilsfiction/episodes/Dinotopia-Dreaming-e30ancf

21/02/2025

Wellington Caves in central NSW is one of Australia's most significant fossil sites. Fossils of diprotodon and other megafauna were discovered by Europeans here in the 1830s and sent to Europe for description and display.

The caves themselves are carved out of Early Devonian limestone and contain Devonian marine fossils as well as pleistocene deposits.

Since then, macropods, thylacines, thylacoleo, palorchestes, genyornis and more have been uncovered here.