Skeptophilia

When I first became interested in paleontology, I think what came as the biggest surprise was how many lineages had become completely extinc...

There are some truly astonishing features of living things that are so familiar we stop even thinking about them, and somewhere near the top...

It's natural enough to think that humans are the only organisms that damage their own habitat.  We certainly seem to be doing a damn goo...

My wife and I reset some pavers in our front sidewalk a couple of days ago.  In our area, most of the stone used for paving and wall-buildin...

One of the reasons I'm so fascinated with paleontology is that it induces me to picture what the Earth looked like a loooooooong time ag...