Ancient Killer Whale Snacked on Fish, Sharks, and…Other Whales
New fossils of an ancient whale reveal what its final meal was. Jon Tennant writes.
Academic Publishing is Broken
Our favorite paleontologist, Jon Tennant, offers a way to fix the antiquated system of scholarly publishing.
Life After Death: Largest Discovered Ichthyosaurus Preserves a Fossilised Embryo
Fossils! Jon Tennant sinks his teeth into the latest ichthyosaur discoveries.
Giant Bone-Crushing Croc was Top Predator of Its Time
Jon Tennant gets excited by a 160,000,000 year old giant crocodile — and who wouldn’t?
The Wall Jumper: Unpaywall
Jon Tennant opines on the newest way to get science writing out of its prison and into the hands of readers.
Synapsida: Gotta Catch ’em All!
Bulbasaur! Jon Tennant excavates some Permian knowledge for you lovers of paleontology.
The Lost History of Australia’s Penguins
Jon Tennant enters the rift to find Australia’s penguins of past and present.
The Evolution of Tyrannosaurs
T. rex is probably the most notorious and infamous dinosaur of all time, and somewhat of an icon in both the scientific and…
The Ecology of Mass Extinctions
Mass extinctions are not all the same in their effects. Jon Tennant considers some evidence from the Ordovician.
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