In Disney’s film Fantasia, an animated film from the 1940s, the relaxing orchestral soundtrack by Igor Stravinsky suddenly becomes jarred and distorted, as a cartoon Tyrannosaurus Rex rears its head ...

Among paleontologists, the four-spiked tail of Stegosaurus is called a "thagomizer." It is one of a few terms inspired by one of Gary Larson's beloved "Far Side" cartoons: a caveman points to a ...