A blog by paleoartist Clara Takahashi
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...
When I first learned about convergent evolution in school, this is the example the textbook gave: dolphins and penguins.
In this post, I’m going to summarize the history of complex life on earth, starting with the Ediacaran period and ending in the present day. In each section, I’ll list some notable creatures and take a look at what the...
You’ve probably noticed that a lot of dinosaur names end in the suffix -saurus. Some others you might know end in -ceratops or -raptor. But can you guess what sort of dinosaur (or other creature) it might be, just based...
You may have learned in elementary school that mammals all have the following traits: Warm-blooded Produce milk for their young Have fur Give live birth