Alberta Claw
@albertonykus.bsky.social
Researcher studying extant and fossil birds. Alternatively, North American alvarezsaurid described in 2009. They/them.
Links: https://linktr.ee/albertonykus
Links: https://linktr.ee/albertonykus
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‘Pallas's Warbler in Sycamore’
gouache, 20 x 14 cms
A number of these petite and lively warblers have arrived in the U.K. in the past week after flying all the way from east Asia. A few are usually found in late autumn on the coast or offshore islands. #pallas'swarbler #rarebirduk
gouache, 20 x 14 cms
A number of these petite and lively warblers have arrived in the U.K. in the past week after flying all the way from east Asia. A few are usually found in late autumn on the coast or offshore islands. #pallas'swarbler #rarebirduk
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
‘Pallas's Warbler in Sycamore’
gouache, 20 x 14 cms
A number of these petite and lively warblers have arrived in the U.K. in the past week after flying all the way from east Asia. A few are usually found in late autumn on the coast or offshore islands. #pallas'swarbler #rarebirduk
gouache, 20 x 14 cms
A number of these petite and lively warblers have arrived in the U.K. in the past week after flying all the way from east Asia. A few are usually found in late autumn on the coast or offshore islands. #pallas'swarbler #rarebirduk
New Cretaceous diving bird Pujatopouli soberana, proposed as a possible neoavian: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Irazoqui et al.)
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New Cretaceous diving bird Pujatopouli soberana, proposed as a possible neoavian: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Irazoqui et al.)
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Movies like this are the kind that make you realize why Doraemon has persisted for half a century.
On the surface, it's a fun fantasy adventure romp, full of creativity and charm. At its soul, it's a touching story about the importance and beauty of art.
I just can't stop loving these movies.
On the surface, it's a fun fantasy adventure romp, full of creativity and charm. At its soul, it's a touching story about the importance and beauty of art.
I just can't stop loving these movies.
160.) COMPLETE - Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales
It doesn't matter if a drawing is skillful. All that matters is that it's made with the love of something only you can make.
It doesn't matter if a drawing is skillful. All that matters is that it's made with the love of something only you can make.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Movies like this are the kind that make you realize why Doraemon has persisted for half a century.
On the surface, it's a fun fantasy adventure romp, full of creativity and charm. At its soul, it's a touching story about the importance and beauty of art.
I just can't stop loving these movies.
On the surface, it's a fun fantasy adventure romp, full of creativity and charm. At its soul, it's a touching story about the importance and beauty of art.
I just can't stop loving these movies.
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Efficient inference of large phylogenetic trees as applied to birds: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🧪🪶 (📷Zhao et al.)
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Efficient inference of large phylogenetic trees as applied to birds: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🧪🪶 (📷Zhao et al.)
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Please consider signing
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November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
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So stoked for the bird representation in this! Pleistocene documentaries tend to be very mammal-focused (because Pleistocene mammals were super cool), so I'm excited to see some variety.
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
So stoked for the bird representation in this! Pleistocene documentaries tend to be very mammal-focused (because Pleistocene mammals were super cool), so I'm excited to see some variety.
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Reminder for those attending the annual meeting: There’s an app for that!
Check your email for “There's an app for 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting!” to find the access link and instructions. #2025SVP
Check your email for “There's an app for 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting!” to find the access link and instructions. #2025SVP
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reminder for those attending the annual meeting: There’s an app for that!
Check your email for “There's an app for 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting!” to find the access link and instructions. #2025SVP
Check your email for “There's an app for 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting!” to find the access link and instructions. #2025SVP
Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
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It’s a minor thing, but I hope Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age emphasises that birds are dinosaurs this time. It’d make a great way to create a bridge between the two time periods, and make for some shock-wow factor for lay audiences where that’s still surprisingly poorly understood.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It’s a minor thing, but I hope Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age emphasises that birds are dinosaurs this time. It’d make a great way to create a bridge between the two time periods, and make for some shock-wow factor for lay audiences where that’s still surprisingly poorly understood.
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159.) COMPLETE - Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur
As a rare third-take on a classic Doraemon concept (that being Nobita's Dinosaur), this proves unique for using the basic premise to craft a mostly original story.
The final result is damn good. Looks gorgeous, is big in scale, but simple at heart.
As a rare third-take on a classic Doraemon concept (that being Nobita's Dinosaur), this proves unique for using the basic premise to craft a mostly original story.
The final result is damn good. Looks gorgeous, is big in scale, but simple at heart.
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
159.) COMPLETE - Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur
As a rare third-take on a classic Doraemon concept (that being Nobita's Dinosaur), this proves unique for using the basic premise to craft a mostly original story.
The final result is damn good. Looks gorgeous, is big in scale, but simple at heart.
As a rare third-take on a classic Doraemon concept (that being Nobita's Dinosaur), this proves unique for using the basic premise to craft a mostly original story.
The final result is damn good. Looks gorgeous, is big in scale, but simple at heart.
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New at Tetrapod Zoology, a brief look at what's surely the world's best known extinct proboscidean: that Ice Age superstar the Woolly mammoth .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #mammoths #IceAge #Pleistocene #fossilmammals #elephants
A Woolly Mammoth Primer — Tetrapod Zoology
I’ve said before that proboscideans – the familiar group of placental mammals that includes living elephants and their many fossil relatives – have never been well served here at Tet Zoo…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a brief look at what's surely the world's best known extinct proboscidean: that Ice Age superstar the Woolly mammoth .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #mammoths #IceAge #Pleistocene #fossilmammals #elephants
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Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
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Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
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Meet the Scissor-tailed Kite! ✨
Found across the Sahel region of Africa, this bird is unmistakable as it hovers over open grasslands. 🌾
These kites play a vital role in ecosystems and help support local agriculture by feeding on locust swarms. 🦗
Learn more: datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...
Found across the Sahel region of Africa, this bird is unmistakable as it hovers over open grasslands. 🌾
These kites play a vital role in ecosystems and help support local agriculture by feeding on locust swarms. 🦗
Learn more: datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Meet the Scissor-tailed Kite! ✨
Found across the Sahel region of Africa, this bird is unmistakable as it hovers over open grasslands. 🌾
These kites play a vital role in ecosystems and help support local agriculture by feeding on locust swarms. 🦗
Learn more: datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...
Found across the Sahel region of Africa, this bird is unmistakable as it hovers over open grasslands. 🌾
These kites play a vital role in ecosystems and help support local agriculture by feeding on locust swarms. 🦗
Learn more: datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...
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57 days left to raise enough $$ to save the Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth
Save science! Maintain Research! Preserve the truth! Keep teacher education going! Create wonder!
Rage against the dying of the light! 🧪⚒️🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
youtu.be/0Zo0zN8ug-M?...
Save science! Maintain Research! Preserve the truth! Keep teacher education going! Create wonder!
Rage against the dying of the light! 🧪⚒️🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
youtu.be/0Zo0zN8ug-M?...
Rodney Dangerfield Recites Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
YouTube video by Rodney Dangerfield
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November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
57 days left to raise enough $$ to save the Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth
Save science! Maintain Research! Preserve the truth! Keep teacher education going! Create wonder!
Rage against the dying of the light! 🧪⚒️🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
youtu.be/0Zo0zN8ug-M?...
Save science! Maintain Research! Preserve the truth! Keep teacher education going! Create wonder!
Rage against the dying of the light! 🧪⚒️🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
youtu.be/0Zo0zN8ug-M?...
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a greater rhea daddy and his chicks hang out with a 1+ ton Glossotherium robustum about 17 KYA in Pleistocene Argentina 🇦🇷!
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
a greater rhea daddy and his chicks hang out with a 1+ ton Glossotherium robustum about 17 KYA in Pleistocene Argentina 🇦🇷!
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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