PALEO & GEO TOPICS: Comments by R. L. Squires

There are two types of mole rats (both small in size): the naked mole rat and the Damaraland mole rat . Both are unique small rodents and l...

The higher classification of the four examples given below is the same: Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura 1. ...

A WELL-PRESERVED EOCENE FISH FOSSIL  The Green River Formation in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah contains one of the world's most prolific ...

  NEVER EVER SHAKE “HANDS” WITH A COCONUT CRAB This type of crab is usually referred to as the “robber crab” or “palm thief.” It is a terre...

This seashell is Columbarium pagoda (Lesson, 1831). It lives offshore, in moderately deep water, and most specimens of this species are col...

UTAHRAPTOR DINOSAUR CLAW Utahraptor was a large carniviorous dromaeosaurid dinosaur lineage that lived in western North America during Ea...

I recently watched a video on television about this animal, whose name is a, misnomer (it is not a fish). The video was about the fishing in...