Livestream Tuesday!
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.
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Questions for another Podcast Guest?
The 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 Coordi...
2020-12-09 18:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions for our next Podcast Guest?
For 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 questio...
2020-12-02 17:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat kind of Eons merch would you like most?
What 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 curren...
2020-12-01 18:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostLivestream Postponed
Hey 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, ...
2020-11-18 21:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostLivestream Thursday!
UPDATE: This livestream has been postponed. We'll post a new date/time soon. Thanks for understanding!
Eonite Podcast Ep. 13: Describosaur Answer
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 descr...
2020-11-06 15:44:16 +0000 UTC View PostEonite Podcast Ep13: Billie Guerrero
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 Pal...
2020-10-29 17:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostNational Fossil Day Livestream Starts in One Hour!
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...
2020-10-14 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions for our next Podcast Guest?
Billie 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 K...
2020-10-14 19:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostEonite Podcast Episode 12: Describosaur Answer
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: 2020-10-06 19:06:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Pledging in Euros (€), British Pounds (£) or U.S. Dollars ($)
Hi Eons Patrons!
Everyone in the UK, EU and U.S. can now pledge to our Patreon in their local currency of Euros (€), British Pounds (£) or U.S. Dollars ($). This will help prevent you paying extra conversion fees from your bank or ...
2020-10-05 22:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostEonite Podcast Ep12: Jimi Catanzaro
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!
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Eonite Podcast Ep 11: Describosaur Answer
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: 2020-09-18 17:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Eonite Podcast Ep 11: Brit Garner
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 you...
2020-08-29 00:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions for our next Eonite guest!
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 Na...
2020-08-26 14:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostNew hominid fossil site in South Africa
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 (2020-08-24 19:03:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Your joke in an Eons episode!
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 fo...
2020-08-15 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEonite Movie Commentary: Tremos (1990)
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...
2020-08-14 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions for Eonite Podcast Guest
In 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 co...
2020-08-10 18:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up with (fossil) owls?
Paleontologists 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 Prim...
2020-07-28 23:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostEonite Podcast Ep 10: Describosaur Answer
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:
Eonite Podcast Episode 10: Jordan Veasley
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 aft...
2020-07-13 17:02:03 +0000 UTC View PostNew extinct fossil dolphin was an apex predator
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...
2020-07-09 18:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Update
Hello Patrons!
Remember that on July 1st some of you will be charged sales tax on a percentage of your pledge. Refer to this 2020-06-26 23:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post
A South American saber-tooth marsupial scavenger?
Today 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 ...
2020-06-26 20:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostQuestions for our next Eonite guest?
Hi 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 PostVote on a poster design!
Hey 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 PostSome egg-citing dinosaur news!
Hi 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 fr...
2020-06-17 16:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostStay in the Loop: Upcoming Patreon Changes
Hey 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 ...
2020-05-28 16:41:53 +0000 UTC View Post