One day this fresh elephant dung could be a coprolite helping scientists understand the past. Silarock/Shutterstock January 20, 2023 Ancient poop offers unusual insight into animal behaviour Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University Studying fossil dung offers another avenue for scientists trying to recreate ancient landscapes.
Even Tyrannosaurus rex had to deal with the smaller irritations in life. Pixabay/AnoviJoe November 16, 2015 The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters Tommy Leung, University of New England They might have ruled the world for millions of years but even dinosaurs can play host to parasites.
Why did they always have to go in groups? Martin Ezcurra December 19, 2013 How I found the world’s oldest communal toilets Martin Ezcurra, University of Birmingham Fossils can tell us lots about animals – their size, age or sex, which is mostly physical characteristics. Evidence about how they may have behaved is rare. But the 240m-year-old fossil dung that I found…