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Chalicotheres were a weird group of odd-toed ungulates, specialized for high-browsing on the leaves of trees – but two separate lineages of them developed very different appearances.
(And there seems to be a familiar-looking image featured in this video!)
There’s never a bad time to talk about sex, right? Especially in an evolutionary context?
Here’s me trying to explain how, when, and why sex first became a thing on our planet.
Put the “fun” back in “fungi” by learning about the time when giant fungi were the tallest living things on land!
Seriously, you’re gonna want to thank a mushroom once you’ve learned everything that they’ve done for us.
@edwardspoonhands recently pitted me against Kallie on @scishow Quiz Show. Not gonna say who won, but I think my face says it all.
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Did you remember to set back your geologic clock last weekend?
JK.
But if you want to learn all about geologic time, and take a tour of the entire geologic time scale in just 12 minutes, then you should probably watch this!
Cozy up with some candy and enjoy the longest, funnest (and possibly coolest?) episode of Eons yet … about the history of dinosaur art!
If you don’t happen to know much about the nutty story of whale evolution, you should watch this video about one of the most amazing transitions in mammalian history.
You asked for it, internet, and we listened. Enjoy this who?, why? and huh? of the giant arthropods of the Carboniferous!
Here’s me making words about one of my favorite fossil fish: Helicoprion!
In which I discuss one of the weirdest dinosaurs I’ve ever written about: the stegosaurids, from their tiny brains to their hollow butts to their mighty thagomizers. Enjoy!
Tumblrinos! Here’s a fresh episode of PBS Eons! In which I discuss phylogeny, Tully Monster & other Problematica. Enjoy!
And I’m finishing up a new post about an intriguing burial in Montana. Remember archaeology? Yeah, I still write about that.
Feast your eyes on Episode Two of Eons, in which Kallie Moore unpacks the evolution of angiosperms!
Behold, the first episode of Eons, our new show about natural history and paleontology, produced in conjunction with @pbsdigitalstudios! Let me know what you think! Thanks!
Let’s explore what makes a book “important.”
Are you participating in the Great American Read? We love this video from It’s Lit!, part of the an eight-part series.
