Some Creative Writing
Every so often, I have an idea for a writing prompt, and over the years they’ve finally built up to a critical mass deserving of a blog post. The following are a bunch of beginnings of short stories, which I...
Dinosaur Photography 5: Landbirds of California
You probably know the drill by now. Here are some photos of some new birds I’ve taken since last time. I think I’m getting relatively close to having seen every common bird in my area–soon I’ll have to work a...
How To Use Bayes's Theorem In Real Life
This is a total break from my usual paleontology content, but bear with me, because I think this topic is really interesting, fun, and useful.
Prehistoric Beast Profile #2: Pterodaustro and other alternative pterosaurs
Take a moment and think of the myriad lifestyles different birds live. Some are flightless, swift-running herbivores; some are terrifying aerial hunters; some dive for fish; some nab insects on the wing; et cetera et cetera. Many of these niches...
The Physics of Giants and Lilliputians
The world we inhabit and interact with on a daily basis, the world of megafauna, is far from the only world there is. At other size scales, there are layers upon layers of other worlds that we don’t notice, that...