How much should you trust the scientific literature? Reflecting on my own academic maturation, as well as observing on-line discussions of d...

I am pleased to announce the publication in PLoS ONE of Seitaad ruessi , a new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sand...

Many of the recent posts on this blog have dealt with issues of access to the scholarly literature for those outside the library systems of ...

On a personal note, I have recently stepped up as "Section Editor" for paleontology at PLoS ONE . This means that I'll be coor...

On-line journals are great. You get immediate access to the latest research and can download a fully searchable PDF for later use. Journal d...

Today, there was a paper tangentially related to pterosaurs in the open access journal PLoS ONE . A team of investigators wired up albatro...

With more journals accessible than ever before, drinking from the stream of knowledge is more like chugging from the fire hydrant of informa...

Unfortunately, not everyone has access to a massive research library (or in some cases, any research library at all). Yet, the literature is...

Fossil footprints (falling in the general category of "ichnofossils") reveal a wealth of information about dinosaur biology, such ...

In my previous post , I highlighted some new articles from the online, open access journal PLoS ONE , and noted that the commenting feature ...

Cranial kinesis, in which moveable joints within the skull allow flexion and expansion during feeding, is well-documented in birds, snakes, ...