Dinosaur Poop Part 2: The Coprolite Queen

Why did T. Rex have such tiny arms? That’s what our listener Nora wants to know. We’re going to find out why the biggest, most powerful predator to ever walk the Earth did it with a teeny tiny set of arms. Scientists have been coming up with answers for this question for decades ...  Show more

In this final mailbag episode of Summer 2026, Marshall and Lindsay address two listener questions, and learn about a surprising twist of evolution. Plus, listener reviews and comments! To get an invite to the next Tumble meetup, as well as receive birthday shout outs and ad free ...  Show more

Our tapeworm episode last week mentioned the remarkable finding of tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year old shark coprolite, that is, fossilized feces. And this certainly wasn’t the first ti ...

You can learn a lot from an animal's scat, even if that animal hasn't walked the Earth since prehistoric times. In this episode, Robert and Julie explore the fascinating world of coprolite and ponder just what ancient humans and creatures ate.

Do you love dinosaurs? Join Emily and her assistant Winston on the Lingokids Podcast as they explore giant dino skeletons at the natural history museum, and then take turns digging up fossils at an excavation site in the desert! Get ready to explore the amazing world of science, ...  Show more

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in nineteenth-century England by Dr Michael Taylor and comedian Sara Pascoe to learn all about pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning.Born to a cabinet-maker father who collected and sold fossils to make extra money, Anning went fossil hunti ...  Show more