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...

I Am A Fish (And So Are You)

If you’re like me, you learned that King Philip Came Over For Grape Soda in high school (or, Kids Playing Chess On Freeways Get Squished, if you were part of the edgy crowd) as a mnemonic for remembering Linnean cladistic...

Convergent Evolution

When I first learned about convergent evolution in school, this is the example the textbook gave: dolphins and penguins.