In the news
My research has been featured in news outlets, including the BBC and New York Times. Outputs are for a range of audiences and in many languages.
Some examples are provided below:
Castle Bank fauna (project led by JP Botting & LA Muir; May 2023)
Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yeilds trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life. Science
Couple unearth one of world's greatest fossil finds in mid-Wales. The Guardian
'Very rare' fossils found in Wales with crowdfunded help. BBC News
Newly discovered soft-bodied fossil site found in Wales. Cambridge Zoology Department News
Mieridduryn bonniae discovery (November 2022)
Fossil found in Powys sheep field by researchers. BBC News Wales
Tiny ‘bramble snout’ fossils found near Wales were ‘weird wonders’ that predated the dinosaurs. Live Science
New fossils discovered in mid Wales may be first species of their type in Europe. National Museum Wales Blog
Fossil ‘weird wonders’ discovered in a sheep field in mid Wales Cambridge Zoology Department News
Deux étranges créatures anciennes découvertes au Pays de Galles. SciencePost [in French]
Skurrile Rüssel-Wesen Wissenschaft.de [in German]
Spesimen Dua Hewan Aneh Bermata Lima dengan Belalai di Wales National Geographic Indonesia [in Indonesian]
„Spódnica” do pływania, pięcioro oczu i trąba z pazurami. To przedziwne zwierzę namieszało w ewolucji. Focus.pl [in Polish]
Utaurora comosa - the 2nd opabiniid (February 2022)
One of Evolution’s Oldest Creatures Finds a Fossilized Family Member. New York Times
Utaurora comosa: the first new opabiniid for over 100 years. Cambridge Zoology Department News
A century later, international team of researchers describe second opabiniid ever discovered. Harvard OEB News
Animali Opabinia: trovato un altro esemplare della creatura piú strana della Terra. Focus [in Italian]
Hallan una extraña criatura marina con cinco ojos que vivió hace 500 millones de años. DW [in Spanish]
First radiodont fossil from Wales (June 2020)
A new mini fossil wonder from near Bala in north Wales. National Museum Wales Blog
Atlas of fossil horseshoe crabs (project led by RDC Bicknell; July 2020)
‘Living fossils’: we mapped half a billion years of horseshoe crabs to save them from blood harvests. The Conversation
Pahvantia hastata and the Cambrian biological pump (projet led by R Lerosey-Aubril; September 2018)
Suspension feeding radiodont links Cambrian surface waters and sea floor. Nature Ecology & Evolution Behind the Paper
Half-a-billion-year-old fossil offers new clues to how life exploded on sea floor. University of Oxford News Blog
Fossil record supports a Cambrian origin of arthropods (project led by AC Daley; May 2018)