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Gharials are weird and so are their pathologies

I'm happy to announce the publication of my lab's latest study. This one is on the strange nasal anatomy of an equally strange group of...

2019–2020: The lost years

It's been awhile since I've added a new entry to the blog. I'd say much of that had to do with me staying busy, which is true, but it was...

Interviews on YouTube

I had been meaning to write this for a while, but I got sidetracked and forgot. Early in the year I had the opportunity to be interviewed...

The tortuous noses of ankylosaurs and the long-haul of science

This week saw the release of my work on the crazy winding nasal passages in ankylosaurs. Our study has attracted much interest and has...

What's up with the schnoz on Neanderthals?

I'm happy to announce the release of a paper that has been cooking for a few years now, and also my second foray into the realm of...

The baffling world of bird noses

I'm happy to announce the publication of our latest paper. Bourke, J.M., Witmer, L.M. 2016. Nasal Conchae Function as Aerodynamic...

The carotid rete of giraffes: Good for brain cooling, bad for blood rushes

This paper actually came out last month, but I sat on promoting it at the time thinking that there was a press release in the works....

Ankylosaur noses were cool

Or rather, their brains were cool thanks to their noses. The latest work from my dissertation has recently hit the net newswire. This...

Pachycephalosaur noses hit the news

I am proud to announce that our manuscript detailing the soft-tissue reconstruction and airflow analysis within the nose of a dinosaur,...