Living fossils are a really important factor when studying paleontology.  The term "living fossil" shouldn't be taken literall...

I have a special post for you all to enjoy today!  Bruce J. Mohn is a paleontologist specializing in the study of small carnivorous dinosaur...

Last week I went over today's living dinosaurs, the birds.  But what about all those other animals that appear to be living dinosaurs? ...

Hello everyone.  As I was browsing through my previous posts I noticed that I make reference to modern birds being dinosaurs on a few occasi...

This week we're in the Morrison Formation of the Late Jurassic again to take a look at the lion of the Jurassic. Let's give a Jersey...

Welcome to the new "Creature of the Week" post! We took a little bit of extra time to decide on the prehistoric animal we were goi...

As someone with a degree in Animal Science, I find it gets a bit irritating when people ask what my involvement in paleontology has to do wi...