Rate My Dino: Denver Museum of Nature and Science

I recently had my bachelorette party, and where better to go than Denver, the land of skiing and dinosaurs? (Unconventional, I know.) One of the major draws was the famous Denver Museum of Nature and Science, possibly the best paleontology...

The Upstairs/Downstairs Dichotomy

I’ve got a double-header post today, how exciting. I had two separate ideas, neither of which felt like enough content for one month, so here we are. This one isn’t about paleontology or evolution or even nature at all, just...

Winter Art 2022

This is an animation based on one of my Inktober 2020 drawings. A sad Paraxenisaurus (a deinocheirid) mopes in a storm.

Pocket Alphabestiary

I’m getting married soon, and of course we have to have something dinosaur-themed at the wedding. Instead of the tables at the reception being numbered, I thought I’d do a minimalist take on a second Alphabestiary and make the tables...

Obscure Dinosaur Profile #11: Two Fun New Ankylosaurs

You’ve probably heard of Ankylosaurus, the club-tailed, low-slung, armored, tank-like dinosaur that lived alongside Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. Its larger family, the Thyreophora (“shield bearers”), contains Stegosauria (plate-backed, tiny-headed dinosaurs, including Stegosaurus), which split from ankylosaurs in the Early or Middle...