Andy Farke
@andyfarke.bsky.social
Paleontologist, educator, museum person, open science person, homebrewer, spouse, parent. Homebrewing blog at http://andybrews.com
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Andy Farke
@andyfarke.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Welcome, new followers! Here's an introductory post to tell a little about me and what I focus on here. My name is Andy Farke, and I am a vertebrate paleontologist, museum director, high school educator, and homebrewer, among other things (not all at once, of course!).
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Die perfekte Weihnachtsbaum-Deko existiert nic...
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Die perfekte Weihnachtsbaum-Deko existiert nic...
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A few new papers out recently that I'm excited to share with you!
First: How well could stem reptiles hear?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First: How well could stem reptiles hear?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evidence for high-frequency hearing in a Permian stem reptile - Nature Communications
Hearing evolved in most amniotes by the late Permian, but its origins in reptiles remain poorly understood. Here, using biomechanical and morphometric analyses, the authors show that high frequency hearing likely had evolved in reptiles by the late Permian.
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A few new papers out recently that I'm excited to share with you!
First: How well could stem reptiles hear?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First: How well could stem reptiles hear?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper from Sprague & McLain, on a rhamphorhynchid humerus from the Morrison: www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/wrw...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
New paper from Sprague & McLain, on a rhamphorhynchid humerus from the Morrison: www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/wrw...
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#ArtAdventCalendar Blue Microbes, watercolor, 2022 #sciart
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Blue Microbes, watercolor, 2022 #sciart
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Excited to announce our latest article on open science in non-clinical CT data! Open science is transforming image-based research by making data and processes more accessible.
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Excited to announce our latest article on open science in non-clinical CT data! Open science is transforming image-based research by making data and processes more accessible.
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
"The first transport is away!" - my feeling every year upon submitting my first BLM paleo permit report.
First Transport Is Away Echo Base GIF
Alt: Star Wars animated clip - First Transport Is Away Echo Base GIF, showing people cheering
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December 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"The first transport is away!" - my feeling every year upon submitting my first BLM paleo permit report.
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CSUN Researchers Call for Public’s Help in Documenting Joshua Trees’ Surprise Out-of-Season Bloom 🌿
newsroom.csun.edu/2025/12/16/c...
newsroom.csun.edu/2025/12/16/c...
CSUN Researchers Call for Public’s Help in Documenting Joshua Trees’ Surprise Out-of-Season Bloom - CSUN Newsroom
Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are in bloom, and California State University, Northridge’s environmental biologists are asking the public’s help in figuring out why and what it means for th...
newsroom.csun.edu
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
CSUN Researchers Call for Public’s Help in Documenting Joshua Trees’ Surprise Out-of-Season Bloom 🌿
newsroom.csun.edu/2025/12/16/c...
newsroom.csun.edu/2025/12/16/c...
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Fantastic palaeoart in a traditional Chinese style, used as a figure in a Royal Society publication, describing a false sabre-tooth feline, Taotienimravus songi. I hope this buckles the trend again "stylised" art in publications and press releases.
Art by Yuefeng Song 🐈
Art by Yuefeng Song 🐈
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Fantastic palaeoart in a traditional Chinese style, used as a figure in a Royal Society publication, describing a false sabre-tooth feline, Taotienimravus songi. I hope this buckles the trend again "stylised" art in publications and press releases.
Art by Yuefeng Song 🐈
Art by Yuefeng Song 🐈
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Going on TOMORROW! 10am-4:30 pm! Come check out me and @cgfx.bsky.social at the @cubelight.bsky.social booth where we'll have tons of handmade ornaments, sun catchers, artwork and more! See you there, #Alaska!
#AlaskaSky #Holiday #Market #Christmas
#AlaskaSky #Holiday #Market #Christmas
This Saturday! 10-4:30 come down to 300 E Kalli Circle in Wasilla for the Jingle and Mingle Mat-Su Market! @cgfx.bsky.social and I will be there with a selection of signed canvas and photo prints from our "Peculiar Critters" show, sun catchers, and more at the @cubelight.bsky.social booth #holiday
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Going on TOMORROW! 10am-4:30 pm! Come check out me and @cgfx.bsky.social at the @cubelight.bsky.social booth where we'll have tons of handmade ornaments, sun catchers, artwork and more! See you there, #Alaska!
#AlaskaSky #Holiday #Market #Christmas
#AlaskaSky #Holiday #Market #Christmas
A gorgeous little metatherian mammal molar from our "MegaMicro" site in the "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming. Around ~79 Ma; the square in the background is 10 mm; collected under #BLMPaleo permit, accessioned at @alfpaleo.bsky.social Happy #FossilFriday! 🧪🦕
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A gorgeous little metatherian mammal molar from our "MegaMicro" site in the "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming. Around ~79 Ma; the square in the background is 10 mm; collected under #BLMPaleo permit, accessioned at @alfpaleo.bsky.social Happy #FossilFriday! 🧪🦕
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I did a 30-day snooze on a few people over on Facebook, and it has evidently expired...reminding me why I snoozed them in the first place.
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I did a 30-day snooze on a few people over on Facebook, and it has evidently expired...reminding me why I snoozed them in the first place.
"We have not finished our research on that specimen yet." Sometimes a legitimate statement, sometimes a prime example of the Gollum Effect.
Systemic territoriality in academia: The Gollum effect’s impact on scientific research and careers
Scientific progress depends on open collaboration and thus resource sharing, but possessive
and territorial behaviors, which we call the Gollum Effect, threaten this ideal. This
study reveals widespre...
www.cell.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"We have not finished our research on that specimen yet." Sometimes a legitimate statement, sometimes a prime example of the Gollum Effect.
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I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️
August 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️
Sadly, I have now lost Whamageddon.
Luckily, I continue to evade the Mariahpocalypse.
Luckily, I continue to evade the Mariahpocalypse.
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sadly, I have now lost Whamageddon.
Luckily, I continue to evade the Mariahpocalypse.
Luckily, I continue to evade the Mariahpocalypse.
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I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy?
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
BAN #275: Telescope buying advice, Book: It’s Alive, Dial-A-Moon 2021
30 November 2020 Issue #271
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy?
🪐🔭👀
As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
🪐🔭👀
As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
The obscure knowledge from my farm upbringing unexpectedly collides with my obscure knowledge of vertebrate morphology.
100+ y.o. tractor @ Henry Ford with a fishy connection. Edward Phelps Allis Jr., one of the great comparative anatomists of the last century, enjoyed substantial financial support as the son of E. P. Allis Sr., founder of a manufacturing company specialized in industrial and agricultural equipment.
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The obscure knowledge from my farm upbringing unexpectedly collides with my obscure knowledge of vertebrate morphology.
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For #FossilFriday, my *secret project* that I've been dying to share with y'all is finally here!
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HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
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HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For #FossilFriday, my *secret project* that I've been dying to share with y'all is finally here!
🥁🥁🥁🥁
HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
🧵
🥁🥁🥁🥁
HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
🧵
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New research on a hot topic -
histology of the holotype supports Nanotyrannus as distinct from T. rex.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
histology of the holotype supports Nanotyrannus as distinct from T. rex.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New research on a hot topic -
histology of the holotype supports Nanotyrannus as distinct from T. rex.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
histology of the holotype supports Nanotyrannus as distinct from T. rex.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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ICYMI, we have a new paper out offering advice to shark scientists who want to perform policy-relevant research but don't understand the basics of science-based policymaking.
Here's the press release/ lay summary. The open access paper is linked within.
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Here's the press release/ lay summary. The open access paper is linked within.
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Shark scientists want their research to help save threatened species, but don’t know how. Our new paper can help.
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, and accordingly many scientists who study sharks want their research to be useful for conservation. However, most scientific training does n…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ICYMI, we have a new paper out offering advice to shark scientists who want to perform policy-relevant research but don't understand the basics of science-based policymaking.
Here's the press release/ lay summary. The open access paper is linked within.
🧪🦑🌍🦈
Here's the press release/ lay summary. The open access paper is linked within.
🧪🦑🌍🦈
First Sunday of Advent!
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
First Sunday of Advent!
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WHY DINOSAURS? Official Trailer. Streaming worldwide very soon! Get updates at www.whydinosaurs.com #whydinosaurs #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #jurassicpark
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
WHY DINOSAURS? Official Trailer. Streaming worldwide very soon! Get updates at www.whydinosaurs.com #whydinosaurs #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #jurassicpark
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Manuscript submitted, for an unexpected and fun little writing project. Not primary literature, but very cool nonetheless. Fingers crossed for the editorial process...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Manuscript submitted, for an unexpected and fun little writing project. Not primary literature, but very cool nonetheless. Fingers crossed for the editorial process...