Articles and Papers
Popular Articles
"Predatory Intelligence" Antennae, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 23-25 (pdf)
"The Dangerous Link Between Science and Hype" Times Editorial, May 26, 2009
"Hype Surrounding Ida Has Misled Scores of People" Times Commentary, October 22, 2009
"The Ins and Outs of the Sivatherium Snout" Giraffa, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 2-5 (pdf)
"The History of Air" Smithsonian, Eco-Center Online Special
"The New Paleobiology" - Eureka, July 2010 (behind paywall)
"The Origins of Big T" - Eureka, July 2010 (behind paywall)
"Claws, Jaws, and Spikes: The Science of the Dinosaur Arsenal" - WIRED Science, August 18, 2010
"The Mosasaur's Kinky Tail" - The Guardian, September 2, 2010
"Sperm Whales: A long and vicious history" - The Guardian, September 20, 2010
"A Third of 'Extinct' Mammals May Still Be Alive" - WIRED Science, September 29, 2010
"The Scariest Zombies in Nature" - Smithsonian, October 18, 2010
"I'm tired of seeing naked dinosaurs" - The Guardian, November 4, 2010
"Breaking our link to the March of Progress" - Scientific American, December 3, 2010
"N.J. State Museum Dinosaur-Hunting Team Scours Badlands For Paleontology's Most-Wanted" - Inside Jersey, December 6, 2010
"Six Fossils That Enlightened Evolutionary Scientists" - WIRED Science, December 22, 2010
"Fossil Finger DNA Points to New Type of Human" - WIRED Science, December 22, 2010
"Rock of Ages - Review of Planet in a Pebble" - Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2011
"Ancient Tools May Mark Earlier 'Out of Africa' Path" - WIRED Science, January 27, 2011
"Everything You Wanted to Know About Dinosaur Sex" - Smithsonian, February 10, 2011
"Dinosaurs Behaving Badly" - The Guardian, March 29, 2011
"That's Not a Dinosaur!" - Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2011
"Everybody Loves Tyrannosaurus" - The Guardian, April 19, 2011
"How to Build a Giant Dinosaur" - Smithsonian, April 29, 2011
"Sea Monster Battle Preserved For the Ages" - ScienceNOW, May 5, 2011
"Triassic Crocodile Cousin Walked Like a Dinosaur" - ScienceNOW, May 11, 2011
"Lousy With Success: Genetics Reveal Fossil Lice as Evolutionary Champions" - Scientific American, May 17, 2011
"How a Lizard Lost its Legs" - ScienceNOW, May 18, 2011
"The 'Dino Gangs' Add an Important Dimension to a Vanished World" - The Times, May 19, 2011
"Who you callin' shrimp?" - ScienceNOW, May 25, 2011
"Crocodile-snouted Dinosaur Discovered Down Under" - ScienceNOW, June 14, 2011
"The Giant Squid: Dragon of the Deep" - Smithsonian, June 22, 2011
"Squawking With Dinosaurs" - ScienceNOW, August 9, 2011
"'Alternative Evolution' of Dinosaurs Foresaw Contemporary Paleo Finds" - Scientific American, August 10, 2011
"'Jurassic Mother' Found in China" - ScienceNOW, August 24, 2011
"Why Did Early Humans Leave Africa Without the Latest Gadgets?" - ScienceNOW, August 31, 2011
"Amber Inclusions Showcase Prehistoric Feathers" - Nature News, September 15, 2011
"Book Review: The Fossil Chronicles" - Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2011
"Mastodon Fossil Throws Up Questions Over 'Rapid' Extinction" - Nature News, October 20, 2011
"The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow? Maybe Not" - ScienceNOW, October 25, 2011
"The Sauropod Salad Bar" - ScienceNOW, October 26, 2011
"Meet the Saber-Toothed Squirrel" - ScienceNOW, November 2, 2011
"First Detailed Look Inside the Childhood of a Lost Species" - io9, November 8, 2011
"Using Science to Better Understand the Beauty of the Universe: Richard Dawkins' The Magic of Reality" - Tor.com, November 9, 2011
"Archaeopteryx Was Robed in Black" - New Scientist, November 9, 2011
Anthology Contributions
"Homo sapiens: What we think about who we are" in The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs (2007)
"Who scribbled all over Darwin's work?" in The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs (2008)
"Maiacetus: The Good Mother Whale" in The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs (2009)
"Giraffes - Necks for food, or necks for sex?" in The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs (2010)
Academic Papers
"Book Review: A History of Paleontology Illustration" Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 12 (1), pp. R3
"Book Review: The Paleobiological Revolution" Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 13 (1), pp. R1
"Ancestor or Adapiform?: Darwinius and the Search for Our Early Primate Ancestors" Evolution: Education and Outreach, Vol. 3 (3)
"Thomas Henry Huxley and the Reptile-to-Bird Transition" Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol. 343. p. 251-263
DOI: 10.1144/SP343.15
Radio Appearances
BBC Radio 4 - "Material World" on "Ida" - May 21, 2009
BBC Radio 4 - "Material World" on "Ida" - October 22, 2009
BBC World Service - "Science in Action" on Australopithecus sediba - April 9, 2010
Atheist Talk - November 21, 2010
PRI's The World Science Podcast - November 24, 2010
Skeptically Speaking #88 - December 3, 2010
The Guardian's Science Weekly - January 24, 2011
Interviews
"Rethinking our evolution via the fossil record" - Raleigh News & Observer
Blogroll
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- Comment made my day: 'When pretending to be T rex’s...we sometimes stop to talk about how pretty our feathers are' http://t.co/ebIctI8n
- Paleontologist Jim Kirkland on Yurgovuchia doellingi - a Utah dinosaur he and his crew recently discovered http://t.co/3LXGn0LE
- .@ROMKids Not sure. But with Albertaceratops, Albertosaurus, and Albertonykus, Alberta has some good ones.