A team led by RIKEN in Japan have announced the creation of a new plastic which can biodegrade in salt water, setting it apart from other plastics.
Hattie graduated with her Master’s in Science degree in Palaeontology with Geology in May 2024 at the University of Birmingham. During her time at University, she completed an internship for the Jurassic Coast Trust, Dorset, which involved significance assessments of fossils as well as interpretive writing based on these fossils.
She was a volunteer for three years with the Natural History Museum in Oxford, where she completed two projects. This included cataloguing the John Eddowes Bowman Collection and Mammals of the Pleistocene of the Upper Thames Valley. Hattie’s obsession with fossil teeth may have started due to these projects. She then went on to boost science communication efforts for the collection’s hidden stories.
As an Editor at YourWeather, she is excited to share her enthusiasm for all things science. Palaeontology will always be her childhood passion, and you will never find her happier than being covered in mud on Charmoth beach searching for ammonites.
News by Hattie Russell
In a new study, an unlucky fossil bird has been found with small stones in its throat, raising the question of whether they are gizzard stones or something else entirely.
Have human-led changes led to the evolution of smaller, less aggressive bears in a population found only in Central Italy?
A new study reveals a rare tooth discovered in a North Dakota fluvial deposit, alongside a T.rex tooth and a crocodilian jawbone.
A new study creates a novel, non-invasive way to monitor hormones in frog populations.
A new study describes one of the most species-rich marine vertebrate communities from the beginning of the age of dinosaurs on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen.
An international collaboration leads to a new, accurate way to date fossil sites.
A new fossil from the Isle of Skye displays a curious mix of features from both snakes and lizards and is one of the oldest, nearly complete fossil lizards to date.
A new study investigates the way in which ants handle disease within their colonies.
Why do reptiles 'wee' crystals and what are they made of? Finding out could oddly help with treating some human health conditions.
A discovery of fossilised tree resin, known as amber, has been made in Ecuador with insects trapped inside, allowing researchers to see a glimpse of the ecosystems of the Cretaceous period of South America.
New fossil reveals a giant, crocodile-like predator that may have snacked on dinosaurs during the end Cretaceous period in Argentina.
New research published in the journal Cell describes some of the oldest microbial DNA ever found in mammoth remains.
A fossil ray-finned fish described by an international team shows a ‘tongue bite apparatus', 150 million years earlier than previously thought.
In a new study published in the journal Cell, scientists discovered that a mysterious plague may have been caused by livestock.
A study carried out over 15 years reveals that rattlesnake populations in Michigan are under threat due to human causes.
A bubble of dust and gas surrounding a red supergiant star surprises scientists by being the largest ever to be observed within the Milky Way.
A new study reveals that some of the first creatures on land were ancestral insects, with Mollisonia symmetrica aiding in a deeper understanding of the brain and nervous systems of arachnids.
New research reveals that mammals have independently evolved to eat ants and termites exclusively 12 times during the last 66 million years after the K-Pg mass extinction.
New landmark bird survey reveals that clearing rainforests for cattle farming is far more harmful than previously thought.