How to Make a Great Shark
Sharks comparable to today's great whites evolved earlier than expected, revealing the repeated evolution of giant predatory sharks.
I Want My DinoTV: Walking With Dinosaurs E3
The third episode of Walking With Dinosaurs brings us some beautiful fuzzy raptors, but is more speculation than science.
Friday Fragments #11
Irritator is getting ready to go back to Brazil, but much work remains to be done.
Teeth in the Shallows - "Lucy's Peril"
A huge fossil croc from Ethiopia reveals who may have been eating Lucy's relatives circa 3.2 million years ago.
I Want My DinoTV: Walking With Dinosaurs E2
Despite some carnivore fatigue, "The River Dragon" is a solid summary of how we understand the current dinosaur it girl - Spinosaurus.
Friday Fragments #10
A giant ancient octopus? Well, define 'giant.'
The Most Precious Protomammal
A stunning find, three protomammal embryos reveal how our distant relatives reproduced and grew up.
I Want My DinoTV: Walking With Dinosaurs E1
Walking With Dinosaurs is back - and even better than before.
Friday Fragments #9
A new Triassic dinosaur is something amazingly, perplexingly old.
Just Call Her Venus of the Morning, Croc
A surprise, stubby-snouted fossil emphasizes that crocs were thriving during the "Dawn of the Dinosaurs."
I Want My DinoTV: The Dinosaurs E4
The Dinosaurs goes out with an obligatory bang but the show's science is nothing but a whimper.
Friday Fragments #8
What in the world is Tankya? And other morsels from this week.
The Lizard in the River
A large tooth indicates that some of the largest lizards of all time slid through rivers in the land of T. rex and Edmontosaurus.
I Want My DinoTV: The Dinosaurs E3
Netflix's The Dinosaurs is obsessed with dominance and power, a show for the Trump era.
Friday Fragments #7
Contemplation on cardinal color and my new writing from the week!
The Mother of Spiders, Horseshoe Crabs, and Things That Go Snap
An exceptional fossil from Utah's west desert reveals pinching claws key to a major invertebrate family.
I Want My DinoTV: The Dinosaurs E2
Somehow episode two of The Dinosaurs sinks even deeper into the stinky swamp of bad science tv.
Friday Fragments #6
39 days until the paperback release of When the Earth Was Green 214 days until the release of Tyrant Lizard Queen Hobbes learned to “touch” when he wanted...
I Want My DinoTV: Netflix's The Dinosaurs E1
I grew up in the heyday of dinomania. Honestly, looking back, I don’t know how I could have avoided growing up to be a nerd obsessed with the long-dead...
Friday Fragments #5
46 days until the paperback release of When the Earth Was Green 221 days until the release of Tyrant Lizard Queen An aquarium just isn’t complete without an...
