The livestream been rescheduled! The Eons team will be live on Tuesday, December 15th at 3pm PST/4PM MT/6PM EST. Here is a time zone converter.
We'll be discussing Paleo news, answering questions, and playing some games! Drop your questions for the team below.
We'll post the link to the livestream that day!
2020-12-10 21:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe podcast episode with David Howe will be released soon, but in the meantime, Kallie is recording another episode tomorrow!
The guest will be Ashley Hall. Ashley is a paleontologist, science communicator, author, and Marketing Coordinator for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes in Cleveland, Ohio.
You can ask her about: Dinosaurs, science communication, paleontology, careers in museum education, educating the public about dinosaurs, working with fossils in museum collections...
2020-12-09 18:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostFor our next podcast, Kallie is talking to David Howe, who is an anthropologist, archaeologist, science educator, and most importantly an Ethnocynologist - which is the study of dogs within past and present human societies.
What questions do you have for David? Let us know in the comments!
2020-12-02 17:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat kind of merch would you most want to see in the future? We want your suggestions! Feel free to leave any more ideas in the comments!
Check out our current merch here.
2020-12-01 18:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! The Eons livestream that was originally scheduled for tomorrow is postponed due to some scheduling conflicts. We'll announce the new date/time soon.
Thank you for understanding, and we apologize for the change! In the meantime, let us know if you have any questions for the team and we'll save them for when the livestream is rescheduled.
2020-11-18 21:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: This livestream has been postponed. We'll post a new date/time soon. Thanks for understanding!
The dinosaur Billie Guerrero was describing in last week’s Eonite episode was the irritator challengeri! This dinosaur is known only from the skull, so we used a picture of a close relative, baryonyx walkeri, for Billie to describe the body.
Listen to the episode here!
Let us kno...
2020-11-06 15:44:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This month, listen to Kallie chat with Billie Guerrero for our spooky Halloween episode! They discuss dinosaur brains, scary movies, and answer some of your questions. Billie is an Outreach/Collections Assistant of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Webb Schools, and an analyst for the ethics board at the University of La Verne.
Don't forget to comment below with your guess on what dinosaur Billie is describing! You have one week to guess and we'll send a postcard to whomev...
2020-10-29 17:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Eonites! Are you ready for the biggest virtual fossil hunt ever??? Join us as our Eons hosts compete in a virtual scavenger hunt of the Smithsonian's Deep Time Fossil exhibit. The winner will be crowned Champion of Deep Time!
Stream on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EonsPBS/posts/1207848602923888
Or YouTube: http...
2020-10-14 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBillie Guerrero is an Outreach/Collections Assistant of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Webb Schools, and an analyst for the ethics board at the University of La Verne.
She has conducted research in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa and is working on the endocranial anatomy of Parasaurolophus at the museum for her master's thesis project!
What questions do you have for Billie Guerrero?
2020-10-14 19:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The dinosaur Jimi Catanzaro was describing in the latest Eonite episode was the Concavenator! Shout out to Stephan O'Leary for guessing it correctly!
Listen to the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42115000
Let us know what dinosaurs you want our future guests to describe!
2020-10-06 19:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi Eons Patrons!
Everyone in the UK, EU and U.S. can now pledge to our Patreon in their local currency of Euros (€), British Pounds (£) or U.S. Dollars ($). This will help prevent you paying extra conversion fees from your bank or card when pledging in a currency that’s not your own.
Any new visitors to our Patreon page will see our tiers priced in their local currency of €, £, or $. For those of you who would like to switch your preferred currency you can fol...
2020-10-05 22:57:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Listen to Kallie chat with technical and scientific Illustrator, Jimi Catanzaro, who specializes in anatomical and paleontological art. Jimi and Kallie chat about his work on Eons and what his top dinosaur illustration books are!
Don't forget to comment below with your guess on what dinosaur Jimi is describing! You have one week to guess and we'll send a postcard to whomever gets it first.
Here's the RSS link to download this podcast: 2020-09-28 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The dinosaur Brit Gerner was describing in the latest Eonite episode was indeed the Edmontosaurus! Shout out to Emily Alice for guessing it correctly!
Listen to the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40973516
Our next Eonite podcast episode is coming next week! Let us know what dinosaurs you want our future guests to describe!
2020-09-18 17:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Kallie talks with Brit Garner about sharks and wildlife conservation! Brit is host of SciShow Psych, Nature League, as well as a PhD student studying wildlife biology at the University of Montana.
Don't forget to comment below with your guess on what dinosaur Brit is describing! You have one week to guess and we'll send a postcard to whomever gets it first.
Here's the RSS link to download this podcast: 2020-08-29 00:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Our next podcast guest will be Jimi Catanzaro - Technical and Scientific Illustrator, who specializes in anatomical and paleontological art. Clients include the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Complexly/PBS Digital Studios, and the National Park Service.
What do you want to know about scientific illustration?
2020-08-26 14:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post Happy Monday! If y'all have kept up with the paleoanthropological discoveries coming out of South Africa in the last few years, you might remember the discovery of Homo naledi and the Rising Star Expedition (https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/tag/rising-star-expedition/).
The Cradle of Humankind is an extraordinary complex of fossil sites (both Blake and Darcy picked...
If you have a good natural history joke you want to have cold read by one of our hosts, fill out this form!
Unfortunately not all jokes can or will be read, but feel free to submit multiple! Guidelines for submissions located in the form.
2020-08-15 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Kallie and Nick again as they watch one of their favorite movies of all time, "Tremors."
Available to rent on Amazon Prime and Youtube! Listen for instructions on how to sync up your viewing experience with theirs.
Here's the RSS link to download this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/rss/eons?auth=Q_GaN2_qpDjtNflf0uJeN9rmEI8TAUx8
2020-08-14 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn a couple of weeks (during Shark Week actually) Kallie will be talking to Brit Garner, a PhD student at University of Montana.
Brit studies wildlife biology - using big data analytics and algorithmic problem to make wildlife conservation more efficient. Plus, she's done a lot of shark research!
You may also know Brit as the the host/writer/creator of Nature League, or as host of SciShow Psych.
What do you want to know about Brit, conservation analyt...
2020-08-10 18:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostPaleontologists have just described a new 55 million-year-old fossil owl from Wyoming. It's the most complete early owl ever discovered (it's really only missing its skull) and was about the size of a living Snowy Owl.
They named it Primoptynx poliotauros. The genus name comes from the words for "first" in Latin and "owl" in Greek, and the species name means "gray bull" in Greek (referring to the geological stage from which the fossil comes). Now, I know we joke on Eons about h...
2020-07-28 23:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Sara Melnick was the first to guess the describosaur correctly! The dinosaur Jordan Veasley was describing in the latest Eonite episode was indeed the Ankylosaurus! Congrats Sara!!!!
Listen to the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39276960
2020-07-15 15:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode Kallie talks to Zookeeper, Jordan Veasley, who is the Marketing and Education Specialist at Cougar Mountain Zoo; Seattle, Washington.
Image disclaimer: Suksn is a Clouded Leopard that was hand raised after being abandoned by her mom. She lives in Houston Zoo now and successfully had two cubs last year in November! She was 6 months old in the pic at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Learn more about her here: 2020-07-13 17:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A new 15-foot-long extinct dolphin fossil was published today!
The paleontologists that described the nearly complete skeleton gave it the name Ankylorhiza tiedemani. It was discovered in what's now South Carolina and it lived during the Oligocene epoch, around 25 million years ago. Oligocene whale skeletons are rare, making Ankylorhiza a pretty impressive find.
Ankylorhiza was like the killer whale of its time - it was an apex predator that hunted...
2020-07-09 18:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Remember that on July 1st some of you will be charged sales tax on a percentage of your pledge. Refer to this document we made if you have any questions.
Today is Eon’s third birthday! We are so grateful for all your support over the past few years and hope that you have enjoyed being a Patron. To celebrate we are mak...
2020-06-26 23:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostToday in the world of paleo-news, the strange South American saber-tooth marsupial Thylacosmilus atrox seems to have lived a different kind of lifestyle than its placental look-alike, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon fatalis.
While both animals had enlarged canines, they were shaped differently, which suggests they might've functioned differently, too. Thylacosmilus had triangular canines, while Smilodon had blade-like ones. The canines and skull of Thylacosmilus were also weaker for use in...
2020-06-26 20:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
What questions do you have for Jordan Veasley, a zookeeper and marketing & education specialist at Cougar Mountain Zoo ?
2020-06-22 23:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey Eonites—our team is in the middle of developing a new round of merch and we want your input! Which design concept for a full size poster interests you the most?
2020-06-18 19:08:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Darcy here - I'm the content manager for Eons, which mostly means I research, write, and edit scripts, and work with our freelancers on their scripts.
I'll be posting from time to time about exciting paleo news and fresh research.
Today's news is all about dinosaur eggs, which we covered a bit in our episode "How the Egg Came First."
Now, most of the dinosaur eggs that have been found come from the Cretaceous Period and had hard shells, like the...
2020-06-17 16:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons!
We have 2 quick announcements to keep you in the loop about some upcoming Patreon changes.
1. Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax in some states and countries starting July 1st.
Based on where you live, you may be charged a sales tax on a small percentage of your pledge, not the full pledge amount. For more information and examples, we made a 2020-05-28 16:41:53 +0000 UTC View Post