Skeptophilia

I've written here before about the rather sobering topic of mass extinctions, and from what reading I've done on the topic, it alway...

Since Jurassic Park , it hasn't been news to most people that birds are dinosaurs.  The evidence from skeletal analysis is unequivocal; ...

I've dealt more than once here at Skeptophilia  with the repeated mass extinctions the Earth has undergone.  Part of this is that I have...

As far as scary critters go, you'd have to look hard to find one scarier than the elasmosaurs . If you've never seen an artist...

Having a rather morbid fascination with things that are big and scary and dangerous and can kill you, I've dealt more than once with top...

It's interesting how the scientific version of urban legends can be incorporated into people's knowledge of how things work, and bec...

After the last three days' depressing posts, I thought it was once again time to retreat to my happy place, which is: cool new scientifi...