Skeptophilia

A few days ago I finished reading the wonderful new book by paleontologist Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinct...

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...

Some of you have probably bumped into articles in the last week or so about a phenomenal discovery in paleontology --  a fossil bed in North...

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...