Photo of the Day #718: Anemone Geyser
Category: Geology
Anemone Geyser, a small but frequently-erupting geyser in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin....
Posted by Brian Switek at 6:09 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Laelaps
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett
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Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.
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September 29, 2009
A Gelada Takes a Drink
Category: Mammals
I have been a little tied up with other writing duties today, so in lieu of a "normal" post here is another snapshot from my trip to the Bronx Zoo last weekend. It is of a young male gelada...
Posted by Brian Switek at 3:45 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Photo of the Day #717: Pronghorn
Category: Mammals
Three pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), an adult female and two juveniles, photographed in Grand Teton National Park....
Posted by Brian Switek at 6:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 28, 2009
Coming Soon: Written in Stone
Category: Books
As some of you may recall, last week I posted a list of new and forthcoming books written by science bloggers. I tried to include all the authors and titles I could think of, but there was one book...
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:20 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Big Kitties"
Category: Cats
For a handful of some of my favorite photos of big cats, check out this post on the website Paw Talk....
Posted by Brian Switek at 7:37 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Photo of the Day #716: Antelope Island
Category: Mammals
A bison (Bison bison) near the side of the road on Antelope Island, Utah....
Posted by Brian Switek at 7:01 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2009
Photo of the Day #715: Morning in Utah
Category: Geology
A shot of the scenery taken on the way back from an early-morning hike to the Red Fleet Reservoir dinosaur track site in northern Utah....
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 26, 2009
Hooray for hyenas!
Category: Mammals
There are some new residents at the Bronx Zoo: spotted hyenas! I had never seen a live spotted hyena before, and I was quite surprised to find them in what had previously been the cheetah enclosure near the giraffe...
Posted by Brian Switek at 4:36 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Photo of the Day #714: Fossil trail
Category: Paleontology
Part of the fossil trail at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah....
Posted by Brian Switek at 7:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 25, 2009
Robert Broom and the "End of Evolution"
Category: Creationism
During my studies of the history of paleontology I have often stumbled upon the work of the same scientists over and over again. The 19th century anatomists Richard Owen and Thomas Henry Huxley, especially, worked on a variety of...
Posted by Brian Switek at 12:00 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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