Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
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Everything you need to know about natural history. Experts from London's Natural History Museum discuss their top five books on everything - from bats to plants, dinosaurs to meteorites and more
Why China's spectacular feathered fossils have finally answered the century-old question about the ancestors of today's birds
Charming essay on dendrochronology, tracing history of tree ring science from Ancient Greece to the present day. Much more to it than the amount of rings showing a tree's age. Ring widths important window to past climates
Why we should never use the phrase 'missing link' in evolution. Palaeontologist explains history behind Great Chain Of Being theory. Debunks common myths with simple explanation of actual relevant science
Surprising facts about some of the most popular animals on the globe. Fossil record analysis shows penguins did not originally inhabit cold climates, often stood five foot tall and sported red and grey feathers
Trying to teach human language to animals has been mostly a dead end. But studying animal languages produces ever more surprises. Campbell's monkeys use suffixes
Originally mistaken for dinosaur fossils, whale bones uncovered in recent years have told us much about the behemoth
Why dinosaurs reigned supreme and we were a mere after thought. Contrary to popular belief they remained nimble and dominant - it was an asteroid that did it
Evolutionary rationale for size of whales. Tyler Cowen calls this "one of the very best short pieces I've read this year"
Why what--and how Ammonites ate leads to a bounty of new knowledge about the ancient ocean
Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived
