An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries.

Her ideas were met with skepticism. Punctuated equilibrium, proposed in 1972 by paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, had already shaken up evolutionary biology by suggesting that ...

Gould's hopeful monsters were the homeotic mutants of Drosophila melanogaster, notorious for their transformed body parts—wing to haltere, antenna to leg. Although the essay lacks the trademark ...

This led ESPN's Stephen A. Smith to express on "First Take ... ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas pushed back on that notion and the notion that the transfer portal and NIL played a ...

It's safe to say that Stephen Graham is the man of the moment with his smash hit show Adolescence - but the star has been lauded for so many roles over the years, including his incredible work in ...

Comedian and writer Larry David and sports media personality Stephen A. Smith attend the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks at Crypto.com Arena. / Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images ...

Stephen A. Smith confirmed he was confronted by LeBron James after Thursday's Los Angeles Lakers game, responding to the NBA superstar after a video that showed James appearing irritated during a ...

ESPN star Stephen A. Smith, who reportedly inked a lucrative contract extension with the network, addressed his recent interaction with four-time NBA champion LeBron James. Smith was on hand for ...

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has no aspirations to get into politics, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to talk about the topic. Smith and ESPN have reached agreement on a new five-year ...

When white nationalist Nick Fuentes recently praised ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, it was just the latest in a series of data points showing how the loudest voice in sports entertainment has become ...