Skeptophilia

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

I'm always amazed at the depth of information paleontologists can glean from fossils. And I'm not even including the ones that show ...

One of the most interesting, and persistent, misconceptions about evolutionary biology revolves around the use of the word "primitive...

Following hard on the heels of Saturday's post, which started with a description of the cassowary -- Australia's killer bird -- toda...

As a biologist, I know that extinction is the way of the world.  Well above 99% of the species that have ever existed on Earth have gone ext...

One of the most biologically unique spots on Earth is Australia. Besides the fairly familiar suite of marsupial mammals, there are a lot o...