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Dinosaur Fossils (By U.S. State!)

Top of Page Source: iStockMost people are familiar with their state’s official flower and flag, but did you know that almost every state has an official fossil as well? These state symbols are a…

Brewer's: Cold-blooded Animals

As a rule, all invertebrate animals, and all fishes and reptiles, are called cold-blooded, because the temperature of their blood is about equal to the medium in which they live. Source…

Brewer's: Palissy Ware

Dishes and other similar articles covered with models from nature of fish, reptiles, shells, flowers, and leaves, most carefully coloured and in high relief, like the wares of Della Robbia…

Brewer's: Alligator

When the Spaniards first saw this reptile in the New World, they called it el lagarto (the lizard). Sir Walter Raleigh called these creatures lagartos, and Ben Jonson alligartas. “To the…