Dinosaur Portrayals In The Media

Dinosaurs and friends, being large and charismatic, have had their fair share of airtime over the years. However, it’s not uncommon for the artists who actually do the reconstructions to be unfamiliar with paleontology and to make errors, and even...

Mitochondrial Eve Is A Tautology

Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell! ….just kidding, that’s not what this post is about. Mitochondria are organelles, tiny structures within each of an organism’s cells, that are responsible for creating ATP, a chemical that can be used as...

What Color Were Dinosaurs?

“If truth were a crayon and it were up to me to put a wrapper on it and name its color, I know just what I would call it–dinosaur skin.” So begins the novel So B. It (Sarah Weeks, 2007)...

The Dinosaur Family: An Overview

Are you intimidated by the overly-detailed phylogenetic trees and endless jargon you find on Wikipedia when you’re trying to learn about a specific dinosaur? Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of genera and do you struggle to figure out...