Cane Toads and Devil Toads

Feb20, 08 at 1620

It is pure coincidence that I should read about the discovery of massive fossilized toad on google news so soon after watching “Cane Toads–An Unnatural History” in Ecology.

The new find has been dubbed “Beelzebufo”, or devil toad due to its…

Biology or Geology? A Paleontology Question

Feb19, 08 at 0850

I used to be a dinosaur nut. It seems like all little children go through this stage. They blithely rattle off long scientific names of long dead animals to their parents shock. This child can’t even pronounce their R’s yet!…