Noah's Ravens
Strange tales and ancient creatures from Amherst College's Beneski Museum and beyond
27 March 2015
Smiley Smilodon
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...Meow? [photo by the author] If there is one animal that could be considered the living (or, ah, once-living) emblem of the Ice Age, t...
15 March 2015
Frederic Loomis Discovers Everything, Episode 1: Raiders of the Lost Continent
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Around three million years ago, South America became connected to North America via the Isthmus of Panama, and an event called the Great Ame...
21 February 2015
Happy World Pangolin Day!
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It's 21 February 2015 and you know what that means: World Pangolin Day! And I bet you thought I was joking when I mentioned more than ...
12 February 2015
Happy Darwin Day!
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It's 12 February 2015, and that means it's Darwin Day - everyone's favourite natural history-themed date in February - and this ...
05 February 2015
'Footmarks On Stone,' or, Why This Blog Is Called Noah's Ravens
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The year is 1802. In South Hadley, Massachusetts, a farmer called Pliny Moody discovers something strange in a slab of rock. Closer investig...
04 February 2015
Welcome To the Museum
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Welcome to Noah's Ravens, the blog where I'll explore the collections of the Beneski Museum of Natural History , the natural his...
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