A blog by paleoartist Clara Takahashi
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 don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fan of the creature design in Monster Hunter. The monsters are beautiful, believable, and have a ton of personality. A common pitfall I’ve noticed in creature design in general is that...
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...