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September 29, 2021 Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale

archival image of young black cheerleaders in an emancipation day parade in windsor, on

July 30, 2020 U of T alumna aims to bring the history of Emancipation Day, on Aug. 1, to a wider audience

Ashley Reynolds holds the Smilodon fatalis metacarpal from Medicine Hat, Alberta

October 4, 2019 U of T paleontologists find traces of sabre-toothed cat in Medicine Hat

photo of Mollisonia plenovenatrix

September 12, 2019 Researchers discover tiny, 500-million-year-old predecessor to scorpions and spiders

From left to right Daniel de Carvalho, david evans, and jean-philippe julien

September 10, 2019 Three U of T faculty appointed members of the Royal Society of Canada’s college for new scholars

David Evans at a dig site in Montana

August 19, 2019 U of T paleontologist David Evans takes the Globe and Mail on a dinosaur dig

Photo of Jean-Bernard Caron and Maydianne Andrade

August 1, 2019 Paleontologists at U of T and ROM discover fossils of new predatory species in Canadian Rockies

bristle worm

January 23, 2018 U of T researchers discover 508-million-year-old worm

picture of worm-like creature

February 27, 2017 U of T researchers and science illustrator bring fossilized creatures to life

kiwi bird

August 26, 2016 Kiwi birds younger than originally thought, U of T research shows