Called after Tolkien's character from the 'Lord of the Rings' series, a new eyeless harvestman species was found to crawl in a humid cave in southeastern Brazil. Never getting out of its subterranean ...

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Lets talk Gollum’s transformation from page to screen, how Tolkien’s original vision of Sméagol evolved over time, and what the films chose to keep, cut, or change. From his tragic origin story and ...

Sméagol's name has some interesting origins. In Tolkien's invented language Westron, his name is Trahald, which literally means "burrowing". His name is also related to the great dragon Smaug, where ...

You should follow me across social media ajm_nerdcore...or don't. But you definitely should. In this video I discuss the dark transformation of Sméagol into Gollum, as he succumbs to the seductive ...