If you were suddenly teleported back to the Triassic period and found yourself being chased by a terrifying meat-eating reptile, you might struggle to tell whether it was a dinosaur or not. While dinosaurs did rise to dominance in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, they were just one of many archosaur groups thriving in the Triassic, a world still recovering from the worst […]
Last post, we began a tour of the Solar System. What was supposed to be a single piece on our cosmic neighbourhood morphed into a multi-post extravaganza. Turns out, it’s hard to write a short-ish blog entry on the entirety of the Solar System. Who knew? We ended with Venus, Earth’s angry twin […]
I’ve always felt it’s worth exploring closer to home before venturing too far out. It’s not a hard rule or anything, just a belief that local gems deserve a look before you start chasing treasures abroad. With that in mind, let’s turn our eyes to the Sun and the many planets, moons, and other cosmic neighbours that surround […]
I know pterosaurs aren’t dinosaurs, but it feels like they should be, right? I mean I get it, dinosaurs are defined by their skeleton and evolutionary history, all sharing an upright posture yadda yadda yadda. But I didn’t grow up playing dinosaurs and their somewhat-related reptile cousins who happen to fly and / or swim […]
I fell in love with dinosaurs early. Awkward and overweight, I was a fan of the giant herbivores who could hold their own against the horrible meat-eaters. Triceratops, popular with friends, was obviously great but never one of my favourites. Stegosaurus though, the oddly-shaped, lumbering dork with a back full of plates and […]