Dan Potter

Daniel Potter is a science writer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He's appeared on Science Friday and PBS NewsHour, and has also written for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Some of his work on natural history appears in the 2023 book Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area. These days, he also writes about climate change for Terra.do.

Featuring Dan Potter

January 18, 2024
Paleontology

Research

How One Amazing Fossil Is Upending Our Understanding of Ankylosaur Behavior

Paleontologist David Evans suspects ankylosaurs evolved their tail clubs not only for defense from predators but for combat with their own kind.
January 10, 2024
Paleontology

Research

Dreaming of Stegosaur Mysteries with Dr. Susannah Maidment

We discuss mysteries of stegosaurs with Dr. Susannah Maidment, a renowned paleontologist and stegosaur expert.
November 8, 2023
Paleontology

Research

A Utah Fossil's Journey from Evidence Locker to Harvard

A recently described and evolutionary significant fossil stored in NHMU's paleontology collections was actually evidence of a crime.