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Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers . 2010. Xing X., et al. Nature 464: 1338–1341 Abstract [edit]: ...

Sept. 9, 1823 - April 30, 1891 From The Academy of Natural Sciences : Leidy is known as the "Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology...

Evidence for a Myotomal Hox/Myf Cascade Governing Nonautonomous Control of Rib Specification within Global Vertebral Domains . 2010. T. Vina...

Testing coevolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Cretaceous dinosaurs and plants . 2010. R. J. Butler, et ...

image Back on this day in 1956 the second sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon debuted . It's long been considered the weakest...

Suess (Aug. 20, 1831 – April 26, 1914) was an Austrian geologist who helped lay the basis for paleogeography and tectonics. He was an auth...

Cartoonist and rock ‘n roller, Tom Bagley , also one of the 7 Deadly Sinners , recently sent me this past from his past – a childhood visit ...

Anthro © DC Comics An examination of the DNA of 1,983 people from around the globe suggests that extinct human species such as Homo neandert...

Valanginian isotope variation in glendonites and belemnites from Arctic Svalbard: Transient glacial temperatures during the Cretaceous green...

image Flavin (May 14, 1906 – April 23, 1976) starred in his first film ( The Airmail Mystery ) in 1932. After that he played mostly supporti...

I’d forgotten that Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) had written about dinosaurs. Illustration from first edition of EVE'S...

New Species of Pliopithecus Gervais , 1849 (Primates: Pliopithecidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN8) of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets d...

Photo (c) M. Ryan The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest honour the province can bestow on a citizen "in recognition of their l...

From the Willi Hennig Society : Hennig (April 20, 1913 – Nov. 5, 1976) is best known for developing phylogenetic systematics , a coherent th...

From Today in Science History : Logan (April 20, 1798 – June 22, 1875) was a Canadian geologist dubbed the "Father of Canadian Geology....

Armstrong (Nov. 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) took Fay Wray to Skull Island in 1933. He returned later the same year to find The Son of Kong, o...

Cabot (April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) saved Fay Wray from King Kong back in 1933, one of eight films he made that year.

Feb. 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882 stamp More about Darwin HERE .

From Today In Science History : Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo ( Dec. 7, 1857 – April 19, 1931 ) was a French vertebrate paleontologist wh...