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The second of the three ‘Creature’ films, Revenge of the Creature (1955), was again directed by Jack Arnold, with Lori Nelson taking over t...

Hidden Randomness between Fitness Landscapes Limits Reverse Evolution . 2011. L. Tan, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 198102 FF © Marvel Comics...

© Marvel Comics In 1931, the frozen body of Alfred Wegener was found by a search party in Greenland, where he had been on his fourth expedit...

A Middle Jurassic heterodontosaurid dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of heterodontosaurids . 2011. D. Pol, et al. Naturwissenschaft...

Cranial osteology of a juvenile specimen of Tarbosaurus bataar from the Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Bugin Tsav, Mongolia . Journa...

image Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro Nov. 22, 1885—May 7, 1950) was a Mexican actor known for his many villainous roles. He be...

The predatory behaviour of the thylacine: Tasmanian tiger or marsupial wolf? . 2011. B. Figueirido and C. Janis. Biology Letters Jimmy Olsen...

From the UC Berkeley Page : Huxley (May, 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was born in Ealing, near London, the seventh of eight children in a family...

From cscs.umich.edu : D'Arcy Thompson (May 2, 1860 – June 21, 1948) was a British biologist whose masterwork, On Growth and Form , is a ...

Microspectroscopic Evidence of Cretaceous Bone Proteins . 2011. J. Lindgren et al. PLoS ONE 6(4): e19445. Turok © current copyright holders...

image In 1753, Carolus Linnaeus published the first edition of his Species Plantarum in which he gave systematic names to plants that are s...

From the San Jose University webpage : Teilhard de Chardin (May 1, 1881 – April 10, 1955) was a paleontologist, Jesuit priest and philoso...

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

Nov. 12, 1943 – April 29, 2008 Julie had the lead role as Nala in the 1971 Hammer film, “ Creatures The World Forgot ”.

Carlson (April 29, 1912 – Nov. 24, 1977) starred as Dr. David Reid (center)in the classic Creature From The Black Lagoon (1957). You know t...

image From Today In Scince History : On this day in 1871, the American Museum of Natural History opened to the public in New York City. The...

Evolution of olfaction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds . 2011. D. Zelenitsky, et al. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, on-line April 13. CLICK TO...

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

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

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