Ouch! That word came to mind a lot while reading a new paper published today in PLOS ONE. In the new paper, authors Phil Senter from Fayetteville State University and Sara Juengst from Appalachian StateCategory Archives: PLOS Paleo
What a pain in the…arms! A record-breaking number of injuries in a theropod dinosaur
Ouch! That word came to mind a lot while reading a new paper published today in PLOS ONE. In the new paper, authors Phil Senter from Fayetteville State University and Sara Juengst from Appalachian StatePosted by in bones, Dilophosaurus, dinosaur, dinosaurs, featured, fibriscess, fracture, healing, injuries, Kayenta Formation, osteodysplasia, paleopathology, pathologies, pathology, PLOS One, PLOS Paleo, Sarah Gibson, wounds
A Day in the Life of an Ammonite
Several years ago, back when I was working as the lab and collections manager for the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in St. George, Utah, we constructed a temporary exhibit with hundreds of ammonite shellsYour Top 15 in ’15: Most popular on PLOS BLOGS Network
By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS BLOGS Network over the past year, this last week of 2015 seems a goodPosted by in #SfN15, Absolutely Maybe, Collaboration between scientists, DNA Science, drug prices, EveryOne, featured, History of Public Health, medically unexplained symptoms, Mind the Brain, Obesity Panacea, PLoS Biologue, plos biology, PLOS BLOGS Network, PLoS Medicine, PLOS Neuro, PLOS One, PLOS Paleo, Public Health Perspectives, Public science communication, scicomm, science communication, Science Writing, sciwriters, Victoria Costello
Happy Fins: Plesiosaurs Flapped like Penguins
One of the most infuriating things about being a paleontologist is being able to study some of the coolest organisms that have ever inhabited the Earth, yet never being able to see one in life.Thumbs up to new sail-backed dinosaur!
Many of you probably know Iguanodon as being classically depicted as ‘The Fonz’ of the Cretaceous, always posing with its thumb sticking up*. But since its original description in 1825 by the infamous geologist, Gideon Mantell,Posted by in conference, devonian, dinosaurs, featured, Histology, Iberian Peninsular, Iguanodon, Ornithopoda, PLOS Paleo, Styracosterna
‘White whale’ is a ghost of sperm whales’ past
Whales are pretty majestic creatures, in spite of their enormous size. Among living whales, the sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales, and the largest toothed predator on Earth. It comes from aPosted by in 3D imaging, featured, mammals, Moby Dick, Nick Pyenson, PLOS Paleo, Smithsonian, Sperm whales
Warty-Faced Wonder Reconfigures Horned Dinosaur Family Tree
Think of a “horned dinosaur,” and you probably think of the gigantic three-horned Triceratops, a staple in museum displays and pop cultural depictions worldwide. Yet, the group includes a whole array of animals from around the northernPosted by in dinosaurs, featured, paleontology, PLOS Paleo
Does this dinosaur make me look fat?
Body mass is probably the most important physiological features for all animals. It corresponds strongly with a range of life features, including metabolic and growth rates, population density, diet and dietary strategy, locomotion style andLaser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology
![In situ investigation.A mid-Holocene-aged Gobero skeleton of a small girl preserved wearing an arm bracelet (G1B2; ~2835 B.C.E.) [25]. Due to the impossibility of removing the bracelet, analysis required portable, non-invasive techniques.](http://blogs.plos.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/skeleton-150x150.jpg)
On Wednesday, October 7 at 1 pm ET, PLOS Paleo hosted our second redditscience ‘Ask Me Anything’ on laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) in paleontology. [Here’s a link to the completed AMA.] Our featured paleontologist for this AMA was PLOS author
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PLOS Reddit AMA on Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology
On Wednesday, October 7 at 1 pm ET, PLOS Paleo is hosting our second Reddit Ask Me Anything. We will be discussing laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) in paleontology with PLOS author Thomas Kaye, a Research Associate at the Burke Museum in … Continue reading
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