Geobulletin alpha

A Different Tree (actually a different location) 

By the shores of Lake LaBonte, by the shining snow and ice ... I changed my mind about tree-following. I won't be at the Art Building on the university campus again, but at LaBonte Park. I haven't decided a tree yet, just the location.In case you're new to the concept, tree-following means checking a tree once a month, and reporting on it at the virtual gathering kindly hosted by The Squirrelbasket. We choose a different tree each year (if we want, the rules aren't rigid). This project was [...]

Introducing Thanatotheristes degrootorum, the Reaper of Death 

Tyrannosauroidea, the superfamily of carnivorous dinosaurs that includes the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex, originated in the Middle Jurassic, approximately 165 million years ago, and was a dominant component of the dinosaur faunas of the Northern Hemisphere. All tyrannosaurs were bipedal predators characterized by premaxillary teeth with a D-shaped cross section, fused nasals, extreme pneumaticity in the skull