Emily is an author, paleontological illustrator, and nature photographer with a passion for anything and everything with feathers. Her work—ranging from paleoart to science communication on evolution—has been featured in journals, books, and museums around the world. Her artwork, photography, and social media links can be found on emilywilloughby.com. She is currently working toward a graduate degree in cognitive psychology.
Osprey: A Bird of Many Names
This bird may be called an osprey, a fish hawk, a river hawk, a sea hawk, or even a fish ...
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Nests, Neurons, and the Evolution of Behavior
Evolution is a beautiful process. We tend to appreciate its elegance most when looking backward into deep time-- to our ...
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The Art of Scientific Illustration
A picture is worth a thousand words. Scientific illustration is more than just a cool art form. It conveys technical ...
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Book Review: God’s Word or Human Reason?
Title: God’s Word or Human Reason? An Inside Perspective on Creationism Reviewed by: Steven Spence Authors: Jonathan Kane, Emily Willoughby, ...
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Amber Preserves Details of Ancient Bird Wings
An ancient bird wing has been found preserved in amber. Learn about it from a paleoartist, or scientific illustrator, who ...
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Velociraptor Needs Your Help
By Emily Willoughby @eawilloughby Velociraptor! The name strikes excitement into the hearts of dinosaur enthusiasts far and wide, just as ...
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Dromaeosaurus: Dinosaur Brought to Life in Colorful Sculpture
By Shayna Keyles @shaynakeyles David Alden is a sculptor who, in his latest project, combines his enthusiasm for paleontology and ...
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Bird Eyes: The Greatest Eyes on Earth
Bird eyes have incredible vision. Falcons and other birds of prey have highly specialized eyes for a predatory lifestyle on ...
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Bird Migration: I’ll Fly Home—or Not
By Mark Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD @Biologuy1 The arctic tern travels from north of the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and ...
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Discovered: Nearby Planets that Could Host Life
MIT researchers found three potentially habitable planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star. Three planets, just 40 light years away from ...
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Big, Beautiful Bird Brains
By Emily Willoughby @eawilloughby It is probably not a coincidence that the verbs ape and parrot have such a similar ...
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Discovering Dakotaraptor Steini
By Featured Guest David Blagic David is a young, amateur paleontologist and student of vertebrate paleontology. He lives in Mladenovac, ...
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How Did Snakes Lose Their Legs?
Long ago, snakes had legs, so how did snakes lose their legs? A fresh clue as to how and why ...
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Dakotaraptor: Giant Raptor Straight Out of Hell Creek
By Emily Willoughby For centuries, dinosaurs have captured the public’s imagination through their massive proportions and power, and their ancestral ...
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