Our Antarctic Getaway
New Scientist has a lovely brochure for a summer place down south – far, far south:
… Read the rest “Our Antarctic Getaway”The cool climate of Antarctica was a refuge for animals fleeing climate change during the biggest
paleontology
T. rex: Just a big puppy?
The Telegraph reveals new fossil evidence that one of history’s scariest dinosaurs engaged in play-fights:
… Read the rest “T. rex: Just a big puppy?”Geologist Dr Joe Peterson, of Northern Illinois University, said:
SONG: Up, Up, Upsub 1
SONG: Up, Up, Upsub1.
ABSTRACT:
So, I wrote that song about New Zealand’s not-so-mythical giant eagle, (Harpagornis moorei), but I wasn’t really satisfied with the way the… Read the rest “SONG: Up, Up, Upsub 1”
SONG: Up, Up, Up
SONG: “Up, Up, Up.” (To download, double right click and “Save Target As…”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Maori legend of man-eating bird is true”… Read the rest “SONG: Up, Up, Up”
Behold the roc!
Or at least a very, very big, mythical bird… that turned out to be real:
… Read the rest “Behold the roc!”“It was certainly capable of swooping down and taking a child,” said Paul Scofield, the curator
Science Art: Discoaster surculus.
This is Discoaster surculus. Remember last week, that ocean picture that showed millions of coccolithophores floating in the ocean, sucking up CO2 and making future … Read the rest “Science Art: Discoaster surculus.”
Welcome back to the territory, TMBG.
The association between songs about science and songs for kids is never entirely broken, I guess, since both endeavors are supposedly educational. So it’s just as well that They … Read the rest “Welcome back to the territory, TMBG.”
Prehistoric squid drawn in prehistoric ink.
The Telegraph unveils a beautiful portrait of a fearsome beast – an ancient squid drawn in its own petrified ink:
… Read the rest “Prehistoric squid drawn in prehistoric ink.”“It is difficult to imagine how you can have something as soft
The Crocodillo
I can’t figure out why something like this wouldn’t have survived pretty much anything. National Geographic reports on the discovery of an armored, omnivorous, desert-dwelling… Read the rest “The Crocodillo”
Science Art: Prachtkäfer aus der Grube Messel (Splendor Beetle of the Messel Pit)
This is a fossilized insect, one of the Buprestidae (or Splendor Beetles or Jewel Beetles, from the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
Splendor… Read the rest “Science Art: Prachtkäfer aus der Grube Messel (Splendor Beetle of the Messel Pit)”
Big fish! Hungry fish!
You may have heard of the giant prehistoric shark called megalodon. And maybe other megafauna, like Megalosaurus or even the mighty mechanical Megasaurus. But LiveScience is bringing… Read the rest “Big fish! Hungry fish!”
We’ll go a-waltzing….
Australian researchers have just discovered a trio of never-before-seen dinosaurs in the Winton Formation. Two of them died at the bottom of one of those boggy places known as billabongs.… Read the rest “We’ll go a-waltzing….”
SONG: “Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod?” (penitential Mountain Goats cover)
SONG: “Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod?” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant. Originally by The Mountain Goats.
SOURCE: This… Read the rest “SONG: “Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod?” (penitential Mountain Goats cover)”
Crunchasaurus?
PhysOrg ventures into the vast Gobi Desert to reveal a historical find – the fossilized remains of the first confirmed nut-eating dinosaur:
… Read the rest “Crunchasaurus?”Larger, more numerous gizzard stones
Hobbit feet.
The New York Times has nothing better to do than look at hobbit feet:
… Read the rest “Hobbit feet.”The new anatomical evidence, being reported Thursday in the journal Nature, is unlikely to solve the mystery of just where