So not long ago, I pushed back against the notion that life in the past was always bigger by describing how whales only became truly enormous in the briefest blink of geologic time, as recently as our ancestors left the… Continue Reading
The image of dinosaurs has changed a lot over the years. After a brief period of being considered active, agile creatures, for most of the 20th century they were relegated to tail-dragging swamp creatures. Through the 80s and 90s, new… Continue Reading
Mammals sometimes get a reputation for being a bit boring. They’re a bunch of hairy blobs too familiar to elicit much excitement. Sure, most people’s favorite animals are mammals, but few consider them particularly exciting or unusual. This is largely… Continue Reading
The classic monsters of horror were established long ago. Vampires and werewolves we have seen over and over again in movies, while others like witches and mummies are mostly relegated to Halloween decorations. It’s rare that a new monster becomes… Continue Reading
Overall, the modern world is a little lacking in megafauna. The entire planet used to have a diversity of terrestrial giants on par with modern Africa, with multiple giant herbivores and not quite as giant predators wandering every continent except… Continue Reading
We have talked about taxonomy a couple times on this site. For those who don’t know, taxonomy is the science of how living things are related to one another. In the modern day, we have the extremely advanced version of… Continue Reading
There’s a common perception that crocodiles and alligators are fundamentally ancient creatures, unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. They have been the same for millions of years, and they will be the same for millions more, should they survive.… Continue Reading
As somebody who has always been fascinated by the strange and bizarre, I have been in love with the flat earth movement ever since I became aware of it. It isn’t just a conspiracy theory, it’s effectively building a brand… Continue Reading
Of the world’s cryptids, two types recur all over the world. The first is the lake monster, usually with a long neck and humped body. The second is the upright ape, collectively called Bigfeet, for the sake of clarity. Apes… Continue Reading
Cryptids as we know them are largely a modern phenomenon. To us, a cryptid is often a special, singular animal. While many people work to make cryptids accepted as ordinary animals we just don’t know about yet, nearly all of… Continue Reading