A complex story about trout and people My first experience catching cutthroat trout was in 1989 while fishing in Grand Teton National Park. Since then, I’ve been blessed with opportunities to fish for trout as far away as Eastern Russia, and as close to home as our family’s pond. Because trout are both fun to [...]
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Tiktaalik, a transitional fossil or just a fish?
November 10, 2010This video presents some of the speculation and artwork that goes into describing fossils. Conclusions drawn about fossil finds are always subject to the interpreter’s bias. This video shows how a simple experiment can turn a round-headed fish into something resembling the flat-headed and supposed (by some) part-fish, part-amphibian known as Tiktaalik roseae. There is evidence [...]
