There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

Field biology is an area of research that involves working directly with living organisms in
situ through a practice known as “fieldwork.” Conducting fieldwork often requires complex …

Scientific practices stemming from colonialism, whereby middle-and low-income countries
supply data for high-income countries and the contributions of local expertise are devalued …

Anurans, along with urodeles and caecilians are the extant representatives of the clade
Lissamphibia. Nowadays, lissamphibians are widely distributed in all continents, except …

Although originally described almost three decades ago, the holotype of Irritator challengeri
from the Lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil still represents the most complete …

The Brazilian Society of Palaeontology (BSP) has recently taken steps to become more
involved in the repatriation of fossil specimens—a central issue in the global …

Fossil material in amber from Myanmar can provide important insights into mid-Cretaceous
forest ecosystems. However, Myanmar amber has been receiving increased international …

Video games now comprise the largest sector of the media entertainment industry.
Hundreds of video games, spanning a huge variety of genres and platforms, use extinct …

Field experiences are an important element of paleontological knowledge building.
However, there is little information about the effects field experiences have on science …

Fossils are crucial for understanding our natural history and the digitalization of fossils has
paved the way for paleontologists to share and study them in greater detail. Yet, many fossil …