Skeptophilia

Last week a gardener friend and I were talking about the fact that some plants are extreme specialists -- they only thrive in a very narrow ...

One of the reasons I love science is its capacity for inducing wonder. Albert Einstein said it best: "Joy in looking and comprehending ...

For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was constrained. This has huge implications ...

One of the most mystifying, and therefore (to me) one of the most fascinating, paleontological finds is the fauna of the  Ediacaran Assembla...

Even considering my background in evolutionary biology, there are a lot of things about the natural world that I take for granted. For exa...