In one post (New evidence on the size of pterosaurs) we explored the study by Henderson (2010) in which heRead the Rest…
Animals
Geographic Insights about Big Bear Lake
Most visitors to Big Bear Lake come from the urban sprawl of Southern California, city dwellers at heart. Few haveRead the Rest…
Treating for bedbugs
Bedbugs have been a rising concern for the last two decades. You can read more about the biology of theseRead the Rest…
U. S. Camel Corps
Few people know that the United States had a Camel Corps. About 1836 Major George H. Crosman suggested to theRead the Rest…
Shark Bites in the USA
The USA has the most reported shark attacks in the world. What could be the reason for this? Are AmericansRead the Rest…
What to call the giant cat from the Ice Age?
The Ice Age of the recent past was a fascinating time, full of superlative animals, especially the mammalian megafauna ofRead the Rest…
Mammoth protein designed to be cool
Researchers were recently able to isolate and study woolly mammoth hemoglobin and compare it to the modern African and AsianRead the Rest…
Two dinosaurs become one
Earlier this year a paper was published (Scannella and Horner 2010) on one of the most well-known dinosaurs of theRead the Rest…
I am a paleontologist
I love the science of paleontology for many reasons. The science combines so many other areas of study into oneRead the Rest…
Dangerous animals—spiders
In this installment of the Dangerous Animals series we look at a group that is very misunderstood, and often erroneouslyRead the Rest…
Maintaining the Horse Trailer
If you’ve ever owned a horse trailer then you know just what type of maintenance is needed to keep itRead the Rest…
Why dinosaurs are not extinct
In the twenty plus years I have been involved in paleontology I have been witness to a revolution within science.Read the Rest…
Dangerous animals–Sharks
We can all hear the ominous music, building slowly, frightfully, until the climax when Jaws attacks! Movies like Jaws haveRead the Rest…
Pest Control For Ants
If ants have taken over your home and you want to get them out, there are a few things thatRead the Rest…
Pesky house bugs—bedbugs
“Sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbug bite,” was a common saying when I was a kid, but I didRead the Rest…
Dangerous animals—bears
Truth is stranger than fiction. The most recent human fatality caused by a bear took place in the wilds ofRead the Rest…
Fossil tells a new tail
Mosasaurs lived in the world’s oceans during the Late Cretaceous, the last Period from the Age of Dinosaurs (see theRead the Rest…
Science in dinosaur movies: Jurassic Park, then and now
The 1993 movie Jurassic Park, based on the book by Michael Crichton and directed by Steven Spielberg, is seen byRead the Rest…
Effects of climate change on polar bears
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are in the news again because of dire predictions for the coming decades on their populationRead the Rest…
Mountain Lions
They go by many names: puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount, and panther, and scientifically as Puma concolor. The mountainRead the Rest…