ince I was 5, I always pictured myself studying animals and traveling all around the world. At age 10, I became obsessed with the study of evolution. How cool it was that all life on Earth evolved from the same organisms? That we all had a common ancestor? Slowly but surely, I started reading more and more about paleontology. Although I graduated from higher education researching vertebrate species, I always had a sweet spot for fossil plants and invertebrates.

And then, I met my husband, a coral reef enthusiast. So naturally, I started paying more attention to this fascinating world, especially where it meets paleontology. Not that doing a PhD near the Great Barrier Reef didn’t help!

But there was something that always fascinated me beyond measure. We were visiting the Colombian Caribean on a little island when they invited us to see the night bioluminescence. They got us under the beach deck and asked us to move our hands energetically. Our hands seemed to be on fire. Our moves triggered…

ince I was 5, I always pictured myself studying animals and traveling all around the world. At age 10, I became obsessed with the study of evolution. How cool it was that all life on Earth evolved from the same organisms? That we all had a common ancestor? Slowly but surely, I started reading more and more about paleontology. Although I graduated from higher education researching vertebrate species, I always had a sweet spot for fossil plants and invertebrates.

And then, I met my husband, a coral reef enthusiast. So naturally, I started paying more attention to this fascinating world, especially where it meets paleontology. Not that doing a PhD near the Great Barrier Reef didn’t help!

But there was something that always fascinated me beyond measure. We were visiting the Colombian Caribean on a little island when they invited us to see the night bioluminescence. They got us under the beach deck and asked us to move our hands energetically. Our hands seemed to be on fire. Our moves triggered…