Category Archives: Fossils

Ultimate Dinosaurs: Like Problems Inspire Like Solutions

Posted on June 16, 2016 by

Millions of kilometres separate them, and yet they are so close! Follow the dinosaurs on their convergent evolutionary paths. Continue reading →

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Dinos of Canada stamps Stampede into Canada Post Outlets

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

It’s not every day a palaeontologist introduces a new dinosaur species to the world! Jordan Mallon tells the story of “Judith”, the new horned dinosaur that he recently identified at the museum with colleagues. Continue reading →

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Spiclypeus shipporum, the New Dino in Town

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

It’s not every day a palaeontologist introduces a new dinosaur species to the world! Jordan Mallon tells the story of “Judith”, the new horned dinosaur that he recently identified at the museum with colleagues. Continue reading →

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Happy Darwin Day! Evolutionary Transitions Abound at the Canadian Museum of Nature

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

In honour of Charles Darwin’s birthday, palaeontologist Jordan Mallon went digging in the museum’s fossil collection and found fascinating examples of evolution at work—evidence of evolutionary transitions through time. Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Fish Fossils and Evolution of the Human Brain

Posted on February 1, 2016 by

Scott Rufolo writes from Kenya about the importance of tiny fossils in understanding the environment in which our earliest human ancestors lived. Continue reading →

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Of Fish and Men…Studying Fossil Fish in Ethiopia

Posted on January 21, 2016 by

Scott Rufolo is applying his newfound knowledge of fossil fish, studying specimens millions of years old at the National Museum of Ethiopia. Continue reading →

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It’s Not Every Day You Get to Fly Over a New Dinosaur Museum!

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

Surprising architecture, fascinating exhibitions and even a helicopter flight over a fossil site! Our CEO Meg Beckel shares highlights from her visit to the brand new Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Alberta. Continue reading →

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Finders are not Keepers

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

Kieran Shepherd, the museum’s Curator of Palaeobiology, explains the arrival in our fossil collection of a new palaeo star named Tiktaalik. Continue reading →

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Lady Luck visits the Alberta badlands

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

Hard work pays off for palaeontologist Dr. Jordan Mallon and his team as they find some horned dinosaur fossils and a large bonebed. Continue reading →

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Dino-mania is back. Thanks, Jurassic World

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

A fan of the Jurassic Park movies, our dinosaur expert Jordan Mallon provides his thoughts about Jurassic World. Continue reading →

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