I don't know if anybody out there is still following, but I am now writing at The Lord Geekington (WordPress) and Biological Marginalia...

After blogging on Blogger since 2006 I've decided to give WordPress a try. There is a lot of juvenile baggage on this page and I think ...

The dolphin Feresa attenuata has been bestowed with dreadfully stupid common names. Feresa has been recognized as distinct from Orca sinc...

Update (January 28, 2014): " Eocetus " wardii is now Basilotritus wardii . More on my new post, The Third King . I was shocked...

In the  prior article , I discussed long-beaked "dolphins" (Eurhinodelphidae) and noted that I couldn't find hypotheses on the...

Eurhinodelphis longirostris at the American Museum of Natural History. The most striking trait of Eurhinodelphidae is a toothless exten...

Monodon monoceros  at the American Museum of Natural History. Narwhals are a bit strange even by cetacean standards. I'll let the ti...