The Mastodon: Illinois’ Patriotic Proboscideans
Illinois was once home to the shaggy, elephant-like mastodon, whose monstrous [...]
Fantastic Fossils in the Field
Chicago’s Field Museum has assembled an impressive (and imposing!) collection of fossils, emphasizing [...]
Alligators in Chicago?!?
The existence of a young alligator in Chicago has sparked [...]
Reef In Peril
The world’s largest living reef, visible from space, is in [...]
The Tremendous Tuatara
The archaic reptile can live for over a century, survive [...]
Moa Memoriam
Remembering New Zealand’s larger-than-life birds, taken from us way too [...]
New Zealand: A Bird Evolution Lab on the Brink
Only New Zealand can create a species as lovably odd [...]
Alien Invasion
Examining the rapid takeover of Australia by the cane toad [...]
Marvelous Monotremes
The marvelously odd platypus Eggs, venom and four-headed penises: Inside [...]
The Abyss: Volume 1
Exploring the vast stretches of the ocean’s abyss where sea [...]
