https://www.desantislab.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588394679334-ZYPJ4S1J6Z37MHIHZ2HP/DeSantis+DREAM+Logo+with+Text+-+Copy.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588478038926-RB6D0UOMRRXTSGYIRSSV/CAVEPS_DeSantis.jpg Home - Education & Outreach We are committed to sharing our excitement about fossils and educating the next generation about ecology, evolution, and paleontology. From “Meet a Scientists” to “Fossil at the Fort” to numerous on-line resources, including teaching resources, fossil are a fun way to engage students and the public while improving scientific literacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588398479542-YCLSRVSSXP3VS4YT3WDO/La+Brea+predation+scene++final+version.jpg Home - Research Sabertooth cats and dire wolves are just a few of the Pleistocene’s most notorious predators. We study apex predators and their prey across the globe, with a focus on North America and Australia. We work on modern, historic, and fossil mammals - decoding the ecology of these mammals using morphological, geochemical, dental microwear textures, and macroecological tools. We ask interdisciplinary questions that integrate the biological and geological sciences. https://www.desantislab.com/researchprogram daily 0.75 2020-08-13 https://www.desantislab.com/predators daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597213918480-ITQGNL03K9EFCJUHSWGT/ProjectSaberLogo.png Predators - Currently, we are involved in a multi-institution NSF grant (PIs include Dr. Larisa DeSantis, Dr. Wendy Binder (lead), Dr. Emily Lindsey, Dr. Julie Meachen, Dr. Robin O’Keefe, and Dr. John Southon, Collaborative Research: The timing and ecology of the Late Pleistocene Megafauna at Rancho La Brea, also known as Project SABER. Our research integrates morphological data with stable isotopes, dental microwear, and radiometric dating to clarify the impacts of changing climates on the dominate taxa at Rancho La Brea (i.e., dire wolves, sabertooth cats, coyotes, bison, and horses). Logo Credit: Larisa R.G. DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588484638761-NUQ385UYIID94AHRMX7F/LuchaEntraDientesDeSable.jpg Predators Lucha Entre Dientes De Sable (Spanish) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588484535266-6GMFAID2K50TABHLV5CU/SabertoothBrawl Predators Saber-Tooth Brawl (English) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1588484686812-BXHEHEY18LJM36K08D9K/Top+Stories+of+2019.jpg Predators Top Science Stories 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597216002609-OK4R171JVBCOVHATOS9A/ThylacosmilusSmilodon.png Predators Skulls and life reconstructions of the marsupial sabertooth Thylacosmilus atrox (left) and the sabertooth cat Smilodon fatalis (right) (Image by Stephan Lautenschlager, co-author of Thylacosmilus study). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597216533061-SF4AW6518VPKEXP11QT6/P5133148PolarBearMicrowear.jpg Predators Polar bears skulls with dental microwear molds from the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Image Credit: Larisa R.G. DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597348135587-FNW88J4Q47G5WMLVE97I/Smilodon.jpg Predators - Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth DeSantis, L.R.G. Dietary Ecology of Smilodon in Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (ISBN: 9781421425566). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597348025128-1R2MJAKWFIBHORN01DCR/dogs.jpg Predators - Dogs: Archaeology Beyond Domestication Burtt, A., DeSantis, L.R.G. Using Dental Microwear to Understand the Dietary behavior of Domestic Dogs in Precontact North America in Dogs: Archaeology Beyond Domestication, University Press of Florida (ISBN: 9780813066363) https://www.desantislab.com/an-arid-world daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1595033973993-KJNADYRVM2J6XESJNNYK/QuokkaSmile.jpg An Arid World - Australia’s Present Modern marsupials can clarify the ecology of ancient animals by serving as a “Rosetta Stone.” Through the study of animals with observed locations and diets, we have developed methods of correlating modern climates and diets with tools like stable isotopes and dental microwear. With an understanding of living animals, we can apply these tools to fossil animals and clarify their biology and ecology. We can also clarify if and how mammals have altered their ecology in the historic and prehistoric past, allowing for more informed conservation decisions. Quokka on Rottnest Island. Larisa DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1595033774380-2L8GCO0OS0H4SG3BLPGV/Thylacoleo.jpg An Arid World - Australia’s Past Much of our research is aimed at understanding the paleoecology of Australian marsupials from the Miocene to the present. We study the ecology of the largest pouched predator (the “marsupial lion” Thylacoleo carnifex), and why it went extinct. Reconstructing the diet of giant wombat-like animals the size of rhinos, giant kangaroos, and even thylacines and Tasmanian devils that occupied mainland Australia, we have begun to clarify the diets and behavior of these ancient prehistoric creatures and understand the profound consequences of aridification on numerous Australian marsupials, past and present. Image of Thylacoleo carnifex: Peter Schulton https://www.desantislab.com/dream-team-past-present daily 0.75 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1596489175338-VM527YXDS06RPHWCEAUD/DeSantisAus2019.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present - Dr. Larisa R.G. DeSantis Vertebrate Paleontologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. DeSantis earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (B.S.), Yale University (M.E.M.), and the University of Florida (Ph.D.). Through the study of fossil mammals, she determines how they responded to ancient climate change, potential reasons why they went extinct, and the long-term consequences of both climate change and large animal extinctions on a diversity of plants and animals—including predators and their prey. DeSantis is the recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship in Biology, the Australasian Palaeontologist Dorothy Hill Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, conducts research on all continents except Antarctica, and the majority of her work is explicitly aimed at helping conservationists better understand ecosystems—past and present. When DeSantis is not in the laboratory, field, or classroom, she is involved in scientific and public outreach in her local community and as the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Distinguished Lecturer for North America and member-at-large of the Executive Committee. DeSantis has published more than 50 papers and book chapters, and her work has been featured on Curiosity Stream (Saber-tooth Brawl, Lucha Entre Dientes de Sable, Top Science Stories of 2019), National Geographic Wild (Future Cats), the History Channel (UnXplained), the Discovery Channel, radio shows, and has received global news coverage. Learn more about her story: Outreach E-mail: larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/370fcaa4-f86a-4369-a96b-925dba558661/IMG_3519.png DREAM Team Past & Present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/63b46920-3a4b-4571-9518-aea0edb1f24d/IMG_2552.png DREAM Team Past & Present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1f83073e-8d57-4266-8c93-20001886cdde/IMG_3137.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/b76f8494-cb7c-4666-ad2a-e6ad2309fff7/IMG_sabrina6826.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/ebb2fb90-9e49-4e12-9ba9-e007961fdb82/IMG_1473.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. 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research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597210274298-MS5I4AJFAPYLYFA5KUNF/IMG_4442.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Ellie while presenting her quokka research at CAVEPS in Queenstown, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597209947796-BFCEAM8OUJWJBLE8ST0F/13873167_1164649513555521_6946932818423654496_n.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Matt playing musical instruments when not in the lab or field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597209916852-X8Z8PHA6ARJ0R037X54S/Schwartz+Andrew+BigHorn+Basin%2C+WY+%281%29.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Andrew in the field looking for evidence of our early evolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597206207924-D2G63TJ5FXTT358KZC32/IMG_7081.JPG DREAM Team Past & Present Carson examining koalas at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597205086718-313AFZ3LNUUCUD1YF3IQ/IMG_1890.JPG DREAM Team Past & Present Brent working on grizzly bears at a Los Angeles Museum of Natural History facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597205390426-BC0JVSTNV20H6Q71HBIP/Greshko2.jpeg DREAM Team Past & Present Michael visiting NASA, following his curiosity to the ancient past, outer space, and beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597212221427-9E799IZ841OLHKQFRMYO/IMG_0749.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Lucas Loffredo working at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597211936401-FLQ2N5GLYB6NFUR57H6Q/DSCN4366.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Amishi working on kangaroo specimens at the University of Melbourne in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597210828484-8CP9OBT0KX4H1DAP1ESO/Sarah2.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present Sarah enjoying geology and hiking in her spare time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1596507439438-RT1YOWVS5IEQIIH0S4RB/AnnaReside.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present - Anna Reside Anna Reside joined the DREAM Lab as a high school student as part of the Vanderbilt School for Science and Math. Her research qualified her as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Siemens competition (one of only five in the state of Tennessee). After her freshman year at Yale, she returned over the summer to continue work on kangaroos and a separate project on Tasmanian devils, which she later presented at the Geological Society of America in 2018. She has earned co-authorship on a paper in preparation for submission, and is first author on a paper in review at the Journal of Mammalogy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1596502239671-H55FJ4GA5EUGC8VCB6S7/QuokkaSmile.jpg DREAM Team Past & Present - You! Are you curious? Fascinated by science? Interested in doing research at Vanderbilt or remotely (during the COVID-19 pandemic)? We are always looking for highly motivated and inquisitive individuals. Minorities, people with disabilities, and all gender identities are encouraged to apply. Please contact Dr. DeSantis directly via email (larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu). https://www.desantislab.com/global-change daily 0.75 2020-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598977240720-IOBIO2EH0GWNXFRIQC8F/image-asset.jpeg Global Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598984585175-J8F5XP2HPPE5C5IFDUQI/IMG_3703.jpg Global Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598984622952-7CEKSQW66DT3GZN7O9YJ/IMG_2136.jpg Global Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598979956417-FCEXTBT9LT5T6XPQPAR0/f9f6b571-c578-4515-ba16-3de0a68a6f05.jpg Global Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598979782271-QHR8U3JK4KTNA5J3J1E4/CaveBear.jpg Global Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598979870784-P18I5X83BO0T9Q7KUC9H/ThylacosmilusSkull.jpg Global Change https://www.desantislab.com/integrative-paleoecology daily 0.75 2020-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597362570468-SXMXSJK68YUV5HLGONJ5/Clatrans_PSM24875_lm2_FinalIJ.jpg Paleoecology Dental microwear textures of a modern coyote from Alaska, a surface included in DeSantis et al. 2019 (Current Biology). Image credit: Larisa DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597363960292-LYV7ROC7WRADU6F7CX7M/IntegrativeMethods.jpg Paleoecology Tools employed by the DREAM Lab. Image credit: Larisa DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598825727520-EPQV93UELB0RTPBLBWNC/TapriFEA.jpg Paleoecology Finite element analysis models of extant and extinct tapirs. Published in Scientific Reports. Image credit: DeSantis et al. 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597366180771-PR43A963KK3EJI953ZQN/KoontzRoseberry.jpg Paleoecology Former VU graduate students working on macroecological research. Image Credit: Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598825828552-1Y0BEGZ4VJ89ONX993NF/Hyenas.jpg Paleoecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598823627742-7GB4KBS826GGNTL6X4JG/image_1680-Paranthropus-boisei.jpg Paleoecology Image of Paranthropus boisei. Image credit: © Roman Yevseyev. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1597366286548-GDGXD14SOI96XJ9Y0K4S/IMG_3790.jpg Paleoecology Sled dogs in Fairbanks, Alaska. Image Credit: Larisa DeSantis https://www.desantislab.com/publications daily 0.75 2020-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598834329007-J7AAX1L7DAVTZDUHMZ0X/dogs.jpg Publications - Dogs: Archaeology Beyond Domestication Burtt, A., DeSantis, L.R.G. Using Dental Microwear to Understand the Dietary behavior of Domestic Dogs in Precontact North America in Dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598834214425-IVWIIN0LNFJ8CZ0BUOZ6/Smilodon.jpg Publications - Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth DeSantis, L.R.G. Dietary Ecology of Smilodon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598835427025-LSW8UNDUH0VD04JV8I4D/DeSantis+DREAM+Logo+with+Text+-+Copy.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598834854994-DCTGG8VBNOI2I2Y14RIV/WheretheLandMeetsTheSea2.jpg Publications - Where the Land Meets the Sea : Fourteen Millennia of Human History at Huaca Prieta, Peru DeSantis, L.R.G., Dillehay, T.D., Goodbred Jr., S.L., Feranec, R.S. Dietary Ecology, Stable Isotope, and Dental Microwear Texture Analysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598834712323-2SIPKH4HKBHKI4MSDLJU/FoundationsofPaleoecology.jpg Publications - Foundations of Paleoecoloy L. G. Marshall, S. D. Webb, J. J. Sepkoski Jr., and D. M. Raup (1982) Mammalian Evolution and the Great American Interchange Science 215:1351–57 Commentary by Larisa R. G. DeSantis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598835266682-ITXN9T5S1XI095ZTXC2B/TheArchaeologyofFoodandWarfare.jpg Publications - The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory Tung, T.A., Miller, M., DeSantis, L., Sharp, E.A., Kelly, J. Patterns of Violence and Diet Among Children During a Time of Imperial Decline and Climate Change in the Ancient Peruvian Andes. https://www.desantislab.com/outreach daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598863318434-GVCQ08IGDBWRI2AV2YR3/FtNegley2015web-585x298.jpg Education & Outreach - Fossils at the Fort Vanderbilt partners with Fort Negley Park, Metro Parks and Recreation and Vulcan Materials Co. to provide opportunities to journey into Middle Tennessee’s astonishing ancient past. DeSantis has co-organized (with Metro Parks) this event since 2016. 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We are excited to publish (on-line and in print) a children’s book about Western Australian mammals, and the adventures of the iconic quokka! 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The book includes a more scientifically literate summary article, references, and a definitions bank as well as the narrative itself. The goal of this format is to educate not only a young reader through the primary narrative, but adults as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598858520881-XYL9376PZJNH9HG91R1Y/Janis.jpg Educational Resources A fun adventure that communicates Christine Janis and co-authors 2000 PNAS paper titled, Miocene ungulates and terrestrial primary productivity: Where have all the browsers gone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598860152674-PMC5XJCQL1XRGKRBG2HS/GBILessonPlan.jpg Educational Resources The goal of this project was to create a lesson plan for sixth grade science teachers (or more broadly 4-8th grade) to introduce the Great American Biotic Interchange. This lesson plan follows the standards presented in the Next Generation Science Standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eace7c9d91ce47af1b479bf/1598860119222-0Z3AR4DQ7EWDRM3G5XC2/DinosaurActivity.jpg Educational Resources In this coloring book, each page features a statement that provides information on the K-T extinction and either a related image to color or a related activity. The information in each statement is intended for a student in elementary or middle school to comprehend.