Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Sue the unconventional tyrant: 35 years of discovery, science, and icon status

Asmae Ourkiya August 12, 2025

By Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America - Sue, the world's largest and most complete Tiranosaurus rex skeleton.Uploaded by FunkMonk, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20207230

This year marks the 35th anniversary of a discovery that redefined our understanding of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and captivated the world. It’s a story of serendipity, fierce legal battles, groundbreaking science, and an unexpected journey into pop culture. Discovered in South Dakota in 1990 by fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson, Sue is not just any dinosaur skeleton; it is the largest and most complete T ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Shradha Menon, researcher of island stability under climate change and Early Career Scientist Representative!

Simon Clark October 11, 2024

Hello Shradha – welcome to GeoTalk. Before we kick off, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Hi Simon and thank you for inviting me to the GeoTalks Series. I am Shradha Menon and I I am from Kerala, a state in the southern part of India. I am a geologist at heart and my side quests include archaeology as well. I am currently pursuing a PhD in carbonate sedimentology at the Indian Ins ...[Read More]

Swamps may be considered spooky, but is there more than meets the eye?

Simon Clark October 30, 2023

Credit: Original image by Vitalie Petra

Swamps are spooky. This is the prevailing notion from the depiction of wetlands – the saturated lands of swamps, bogs, and fens – in the media. From the folktales of Will-o’-the-Wisps guiding travellers astray to the many, many swamp monsters of Scooby Doo, the sign is clear: a scrawled “stay away from here” thrust deep in the mud, writ by centuries of storytellers. As a reputation it’ ...[Read More]

International Archaeology Day: Challenging stereotypes about migration

Devayani Khare October 13, 2023

Illustration: Nikola Radosavljević, for Migration Narratives in Archaeology, Sidestone Press

Discoveries like excavations of prehistoric civilizations, shipwrecks with long-lost treasures, forgotten cities, and ancient tombs and temples, paint a vivid picture of archaeology and human history. Yet understanding how cultures evolved is often a more laborious process focused on prosaic finds; pottery shards, tools, implements, skeletal remains, art, inscriptions, pollen or soil samples, amon ...[Read More]