Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelier

What Killed the Dinosaurs?

Today on the show, we travel back in time to the Late Cretaceous, some 66 million years ago, when death fell from the sky.

Ammonoids & Conodonts: Triassic Exposures of Nevada

Step into the sunbaked folds of West Union Canyon, just beyond Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, and you are quite literally walking along one of North America’s m

Descendants of the Cambrian: Sea Anemones

At first glance, anemones look like soft blossoms anchored to rock, their tentacles swaying with the tide. But look a little closer and you’ll see a skilled predator at w

Hawai'i: Islands Born of Fire

Long, long ago—millions of years before you or me, before the canoes of the Polynesian voyagers, before the first birds ever touched these shores—there was only ocean. 

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology

Join in the exploration of the fascinating science of paleontology — that lens that examines ancient animals, plants & ecosystems from wee single-celled organisms to big

Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip — From downtown Vancouver, drive north through Stanley Park and over the Lion’s Gate Bridge. Take the North Vancouver exit toward th

Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra

Woolly Mammoths – Picture a towering, shaggy titan lumbering across a frozen expanse, as winds howl through its dense, draping fur. This is the Woolly Mammoth—an Ice Age

Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds

Welcome to the Fossil Huntress Podcast. Today on the show we’re talking about living dinosaurs—our avian friends, the birds.  From the tiniest hummingbird to the towerin

Devonian Fossils from Miguasha on the Gaspé Peninsula

Today on the show, we'll explore the first fossil finds from Miguasha Provincial Park, a protected area near Carleton-sur-Mer on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec in Canada,

The Burgess Shale – A Window into Deep Time

Welcome to the Fossil Huntress Podcast. Today, we're taking a journey half a billion years back in time to one of the most extraordinary fossil sites on the planet — the

King of the Trilobites: The Discovery of Isotelus rex

Today we’re setting sail—back in time—to meet the king of the trilobites: Isotelus rex, the largest complete trilobite ever discovered. Now, I know trilobites are often

Time Travelers in Stone: What Are Trilobites?

Welcome to The Fossil Huntress Podcast—your window into the deep time of ancient oceans, lost worlds, and beautiful traces left behind.  I'm your host, Heidi Henderson,

The Bone Wars: Cope & Marsh

Welcome back to the Fossil Huntress Podcast, the show where we dig into the dirt—literally—to uncover the most fascinating stories from Earth’s deep past. Here you'll f

What is Paleontology & What is a Fossil?

Welcome to the Fossil Huntress Podcast, the podcast where we dig into the past—literally! Join in the exploration of the fascinating science of palaeontology — that len

Sclater, Wallace & Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution

On today's show, you'll hear about a paper delivered on a chilly December evening in 1857 by Philip Sclater that hugely inspired Alfred Wallace and eventually led to the

15th BCPA Symposium with Kirk Johnson

In this episode you’ll learn the dates, location and exciting line up of speakers at the 15th BCPA Symposium

2024 Fossil Lecture Series & British Columbia’s New Provincial Fossil

In this episode, you'll hear about some wonderful free Zoom Fossil Talks in March and May 2024. There is no need to register. You can head on over to www.fossiltalksand

Dr. Victoria Arbour — Royal BC Museum Fieldwork at the Carbon Creek Basin Dinosaur Tracksite

Victoria is a vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist and is the leading expert on the palaeobiology of the armoured dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs. She has

Vancouver Island Mosasaur

Vancouver Island holds many wonderful fossils and incredible folk excited to explore them. The Dove Creek Mosasaur, which includes the teeth and lower jawbone of a large

A Taste for Studies: Tortoise Urine, Armadillos, Fried Tarantula & Goat Eyeballs

A Taste for Studies: Tortoise Urine, Armadillos, Fried Tarantula & Goat Eyeballs While eating study specimens is not in vogue today, it was once common practice for rese