Join us for free talks exploring hot topics in palaeontology and results of current research.
All presentations will be hosted on Zoom and live, in-person in the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s Auditorium, Thursdays at 11 a.m., unless otherwise noted.
Please note: advance registration is required to attend online presentations. Registration links will be posted on this page the week before each talk occurs.
2026 Schedule
February 5: Donald Henderson, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Swallowing stones – the mysteries of stomach stones in Alberta plesiosaurs
February 12: Stephanie K. Drumheller, University of Tennessee
How to make a dinosaur mummy
February 19: Ian V. Wilenzik, George Washington University
Crossing continents: ancient lizard and snake dispersal on a dynamic planet
February 26: Donald Brinkman, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Late Cretaceous fishes of Uzbekistan: dispersal and climate-driven ecological change
March 5: Corinne Myers, University of New Mexico
Do "pre-existing conditions" prime the Earth for mass extinction?
March 12: Michael W. Caldwell, University of Alberta
Palaeontology and the evolution of snakes
March 19: Caleb Brown, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Horn injuries in Ceratopsidae: implications for behaviour in horned dinosaurs
March 26: John Acorn, University of Alberta
Insect fossils from central Alberta, and the story of "life after the dinosaurs"
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