Skeptophilia

One of the most fascinating features of biological evolution -- particularly as it applies to the possibility of life on other planets -- ha...

One of the many things I find fascinating about the evolutionary model is how different lineages can happen on the same "solution"...

"Prior to the End-Cretaceous Extinction, mammals were all small and shrew-like, restricted to skulking, scurrying forms because of comp...

Convergent evolution  occurs when only distantly-related species are under the same selective pressures, and evolve to look alike.  A partic...

I am forever astonished at the level of detail we can infer from fossils that are hundreds of millions of years old. The most recent example...

One of the many things I find fascinating about the evolutionary model is how different lineages can happen on the same "solution"...

There's this bird called the cassowary , have you heard of it? I think a better name for it would be the "Giant Blue-headed Austr...

Because so much of the world lately seems to be immersed in hatred, violence, and just general suckiness, for today I'm going to retreat...