Birds are Dinosaurs

I remember kayaking on the Charles River near Boston. The river was narrow, and overhung with trees. Vines and bushes crowded the bank while dragonflies skimmed over the water. I went around a bend, startling a Great Blue Heron into flight. It gave a honking squawk as it beat its great wings and took off … Continue reading Birds are Dinosaurs

Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter of the 1800’s

In the early 1800’s Charles Dickens was born, Jane Austin was in the middle of her career, and a young girl named Mary Anning was about to unearth a fossil. Mary Anning was born in 1799, to a poor family living in the coastal town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, England. Her father, Richard, was … Continue reading Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter of the 1800’s