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Public Outreach via Ichnology: Traces for Kids
(This post is the second in a series discussing academic scientists and public outreach of their science, but with a focus on my recent experiences in using ichnology and paleontology for public...
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Deep in the Dinosaur Tracks of Texas
Given the continuing public mania over dinosaurs, and recent important discoveries of yet more exquisite specimens of feathered theropod dinosaurs discovered in countries far away from the U.S. (here...
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Mistaken Point and the Limits of Actualism
Sometimes we paleontologists, especially those who also study modern organisms and their behaviors, get a little too sure of ourselves, thinking we have a clear vision of life during the pre-human...
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Out of One’s Depth in the Ediacaran
In my previous post, which followed a field trip to see a spectacular assemblage of 565-million-year-old Ediacaran body and trace fossils at Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, I made an awkward...
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The Traces We Leave Behind: A Tribute to Jordi Maria de Gibert
Paleontologists have an odd relationship with death. We often joke about how our livelihoods depend on what has died before us, or we experience great delight when we find an exquisite fossil, which...
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A Sneak Peek at a Book Jacket (with Traces)
After returning from a two-week vacation in California with my wife Ruth, we noticed a cardboard tube awaiting us at home. Intriguingly, the mystery package, which was only about 60 cm (24 in) long and...
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Life Traces of a Master: A Tribute to Dolf Seilacher (Part II)
(This is the second in a three-part series honoring the memory of ichnologist-paleontologist-educator-artist Dolf Seilacher (1925-2014). For Part I, please go here.) Dolf Seilacher and I crossed trails...
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Life Traces of a Master: A Tribute to Dolf Seilacher (Part III)
(This is the third of a three-part series honoring the memory of paleontologist-ichnologist-teacher-artist Dolf Seilacher, who died on April 26, 2014. Part I of the series is here and Part II is here.)...
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Fossil Visions in the Two Medicine
(This post is the third in a series of three about my field work on the trace fossils of the Late Cretaceous (75 million-year-old) Two Medicine Formation, which I just completed a week ago. My previous...
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Slow Worms at Wormsloe
Every time I visit the Georgia coast, traces that have been there all along make themselves apparent to me for the first time. One would think these personal discoveries would stop happening after more...
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