The Last Placental
55 million years ago, Wyoming. A small mammal scurries along the tree branches. It is dusk, and it has just left its shelter in the deeper canopy to forage for food. It is an omnivore: it can do a little bit of everything, which is likely how it...
Milk Egg
Non-placental mammals are faced with an unique predicament. Possessing epipubic bones, they cannot expand their torsos, and thus cannot give birth to complex, well developed young you take for granted. Marsupials eject joeys, monotremes eject eggs that...
An Alternate History For Placodonts
Placodonts were some of the most resilient groups of Triassic marine reptiles, consistently surviving minor extinction events with minimal diversity loss until the mass extinction. In one timeline, this did not happen. Instead, their diversity...
Zoological Funhouse
The white wolf says, "welcome to the zoological funhouse." the wolf dances on his four legs as the audience applauds. the wolf waves a paw and the crowd quiets down. he says, "my name is sugar. i'm the host and what i say goes.
Come With Us To Gomorrah, Opportunity Knocks But Once
Gomorrah is a state of dystopian, zoological utopia--not an oath you make on a bible, or the safety of your jihad, telling you who to fight and die for--but pure, raw, biological intent.
Skinwalkers, Chapter Two
Three zoology textbooks sat open, but untouched. as for the dissertation about treating horses for broken bones that she'd been working on...fey sighed when she saw the paper bare except for the opening sentences. "damn it," she whispered.
Rhys' Early Birthday
He was a freelance investigator specializing in crypto zoology, a fun job with lots of money involved. "did you find what you were looking for in italy?" "yes and no.
Lonely Oak Chapter 108 - Zoological
The turnstiles ratcheted and clicked as each of the kids passed through, excitedly reforming into their groups on the other side to begin looking at the animals. As the group of four passed through, they were handed a pamphlet with a map of the...
The Penny Showman
- an act shown at the royal surrey zoological gardens, circa 1846** the signs were so tempting, almost intrusive, particularly to the sensibilities of two young foxes who were overwhelmed with wonder.
A journey through the darkness and the light, a step beyond the worlds we know and into the worlds we imagine the true tale of Jake Wolf
I thought for a few minutes then said "i believe we've got zoology with doctor davison first thing this morning, and then we have like three other classes before we can go pick up your girl and meet laurent at the park with aj."
Quiet lives, peaceful lives
Corry: it was a uni project corry: we studied together in a zoology course and wanted to do a corry: small corry: project corry: eh? =d sandri: xd liss: indeed. liss: at first it was simple.
Monster Food
What little zoology knowledge he had assumed that this muzzle was like a slender-snouted crocodile. his skin had turned red, grey, and yellow. red stripes formed around the back of his scaly neck, running parallel to each other.