Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology Courses

A Year in the Life of the Royal Tyrrell Museum's Palaeontology Lab

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Explore the fascinating world of fossil preparation and research at the Royal Tyrrell Museum's Palaeontology Lab through an insider's perspective on its annual operations.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Palaeontology of the Cretaceous Chalk

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Explore how fossils reveal life and adaptation in the soft seabed of the Cretaceous chalk seas.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why So Big? Understanding the Early Evolution of the Brain in Primates

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Using fossil evidence and virtual endocasts, this lecture traces how visual processing and the neocortex began expanding in early primates.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Anthropocene: A Crucial Moment in Earth History

Explore the concept of the Anthropocene, examining its definition, timeline, and implications for Earth's geological history and future through the lens of human impact on the environment.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Brief Pre-History of the Domestic Cat

Explore cat domestication, migration, and human-animal interactions through biomolecular research, from Neolithic origins to modern challenges in wildlife conservation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Chemical Defense in Poison Frogs

Explore the fascinating world of poison frogs' chemical defenses, their unique ability to sequester toxins from their diet, and how this impacts their survival in challenging environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Deep-Time Beginnings of Bone Biology

Explore the origins of bone biology through advanced imaging techniques, uncovering the evolutionary history of this living tissue and its remarkable functions in early jawless fish.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Locomotion Ecology in the Fossil Bird Ichthyornis

Explore 3D shape analysis of fossil bird sternums to uncover flight evolution. Groundbreaking research compares ancient Ichthyornis to modern birds, revealing insights into avian flight origins.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Evolution of Grasslands - What Plant Fossils Reveal About a Major Ecosystem Change

Explore the evolution and spread of grasslands over 30 million years through microscopic plant fossils, revealing insights into this major ecological transformation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ecosystem Jenga - What Tiny Fossils Tell Us About a Massive Extinction

Explore the dinosaur extinction debate through microfossil research in Saskatchewan, examining the role of the bolide impact and its implications for understanding modern climate change.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beasts Before Us - The Untold Story of Mammal Evolution

Explore mammal evolution from 300 million years ago, uncovering new fossil discoveries and technological insights that reveal the fascinating journey of synapsids to modern mammals.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Excavating Wyoming's Ancient Tropical Forests - Challenging and Changing the Face of Science

Explore ancient Wyoming forests, fossil excavation techniques, and climate reconstruction while addressing gender biases in STEM fields with paleobotanist Dr. Ellen Currano.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Vertebrate Faunal Assemblages of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of Manitoba, Canada

Explore Manitoba's Late Cretaceous marine life through microvertebrate fossils, revealing new discoveries and challenging existing hypotheses about vertebrate community zonation in prehistoric North America.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ancient Floras of Antarctica as Indicators of Past Climate

Explore Antarctic vegetation history and its role in revealing past climate changes, from greenhouse to icehouse conditions, through fossil records and sediment analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Oviraptorosaurs – The Growth and Hidden Diversity of North America’s Mysterious Bird-like Dinosaurs

Explore Oviraptorosaur growth and diversity through bone histology. Learn how microscopic analysis reveals dinosaur age, development, and species variation in this fascinating paleontological study.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video