We all chew, but hardly ever think about it. Even a moment’s consideration, though, reveals how complex of a process it actually…

Salamanders are fairly adorable, but often forgotten, animals. Because their skeletons are pretty delicate, the fossil record for this group is spotty, with many…

Some fossils are just too cool. And slightly tragic. A 48 million year old fossil from the Messel beds of Germany fits this category…

Horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians) just can’t catch a break when it comes to their fossilized eggs. The first purported examples turned up in…

I tend to think of fish brains as fairly unremarkable. Too simple relative to mammal brains, too un-dinosaur-y relative to dinosaur brains…

Those poor tail bones, always getting shortened and lost during the course of evolution. A long tail is the default condition for…

(I tried to make the title of the post sound like a SyFy movie title, let me know how I did) Obdurodon…

Recently I helped name a new species, an animal we think is the oldest dinosaur found to date—if not, it’s the closest…

In these times of budget cuts and belt-tightening, you might wonder why our government, universities, and museums should fund paleontological research. After…

While writing your dissertation, you come across many fascinating tidbits written as passing remarks. They are so interesting that you happily spend…