Ashley Hall
@ladynaturalist.bsky.social
Paleontologist ⛏️. Museum Educator. Outreach Manager 🦖. Swiftie 🫶. #scicomm. Published author of children's #dinosaur books 📚. Favorite dinosaur: #Parasaurolophus. (she/her)
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Ashley Hall
@ladynaturalist.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hey, everyone! I'm Ashley Hall and I'm a museum educator 🏛, paleontologist ⛏️, children's book author 📚, and naturalist.
I am open to educational consulting involving paleontology education, writing children's books, scientific publications, and more. Get in contact with me! 💕
I am open to educational consulting involving paleontology education, writing children's books, scientific publications, and more. Get in contact with me! 💕
Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
I had the privilege of hosting the Science Communication and Media Engagement 📲 Student Roundtable w/ Dr. Steve Brusatte.
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I had the privilege of hosting the Science Communication and Media Engagement 📲 Student Roundtable w/ Dr. Steve Brusatte.
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Wide WIDE awake at 3 a.m. 😂😂😂 so this bodes well for later!
good morning to all the other americans who are also wide awake at 430 at #2025svp
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Wide WIDE awake at 3 a.m. 😂😂😂 so this bodes well for later!
Lee and I made it to Birmingham safe and sound - our luggage 🧳 has not! Hopefully they'll get it to us by the morning...😂
For now, we're happy to be showered and at the hotel. We had chicken shawarma for dinner and are watching Digging Britain.
I'm SO happy to be back in the UK 🇬🇧. I love it here!
For now, we're happy to be showered and at the hotel. We had chicken shawarma for dinner and are watching Digging Britain.
I'm SO happy to be back in the UK 🇬🇧. I love it here!
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Lee and I made it to Birmingham safe and sound - our luggage 🧳 has not! Hopefully they'll get it to us by the morning...😂
For now, we're happy to be showered and at the hotel. We had chicken shawarma for dinner and are watching Digging Britain.
I'm SO happy to be back in the UK 🇬🇧. I love it here!
For now, we're happy to be showered and at the hotel. We had chicken shawarma for dinner and are watching Digging Britain.
I'm SO happy to be back in the UK 🇬🇧. I love it here!
Today Lee and I are leaving for Birmingham (UK!) for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology #2025SVP.
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today Lee and I are leaving for Birmingham (UK!) for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology #2025SVP.
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Reposted by Ashley Hall
👇 Check it out! 🧪
Should be loads of fun!
Should be loads of fun!
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
👇 Check it out! 🧪
Should be loads of fun!
Should be loads of fun!
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Belatedly sorting through some of my acquisitions from the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival last month, one of which is the wonderfully illustrated Prehistoric Worlds by @ladynaturalist.bsky.social & Claire McElfatrick. It was great to meet Ashley at Lyme Regis Museum & have her sign my copy of her book.
July 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Belatedly sorting through some of my acquisitions from the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival last month, one of which is the wonderfully illustrated Prehistoric Worlds by @ladynaturalist.bsky.social & Claire McElfatrick. It was great to meet Ashley at Lyme Regis Museum & have her sign my copy of her book.
Happy #FossilFriday! 🔎 Step back in time with us for another Virtual Fossil Friday! This week, we’re walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning, one of history’s most influential fossil hunters.
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! 🔎 Step back in time with us for another Virtual Fossil Friday! This week, we’re walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning, one of history’s most influential fossil hunters.
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
The Dino Shindig 🦖💕 at our sister museum, the Carter County Museum, is one of THE BEST dinosaur events in the country. Be sure to plan your summer ☀️ around it next year! (That's me and our outreach Velociraptor, Gobi!)
www.ktvq.com/community/ou...
www.ktvq.com/community/ou...
Finding community: Annual dinosaur shindig brings community and financial boost to small town
Every summer in the small town of Ekalaka, the Carter County museum hosts the Dino Shindig, a four-day event connecting professional paleontologists with community dinosaur enthusiasts.
www.ktvq.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Dino Shindig 🦖💕 at our sister museum, the Carter County Museum, is one of THE BEST dinosaur events in the country. Be sure to plan your summer ☀️ around it next year! (That's me and our outreach Velociraptor, Gobi!)
www.ktvq.com/community/ou...
www.ktvq.com/community/ou...
We tabled at the Big Sky County Fair 🎡 in Bozeman for five days (Wednesday–Sunday) and connected with 1,660 people—that’s nearly an entire summer’s ☀️ worth of outreach in just a few days! ⬇️
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We tabled at the Big Sky County Fair 🎡 in Bozeman for five days (Wednesday–Sunday) and connected with 1,660 people—that’s nearly an entire summer’s ☀️ worth of outreach in just a few days! ⬇️
This is one of the greatest gifts I've ever received!!! Thank you, James!!! 💖✨️
The second one I painted was a gift for the lovely @ladynaturalist.bsky.social and based this off the current colours of the iconic Crystal Palace Megalosaurs. It’s such a lovely iconic design, muscular, robust and still feels plausible even as science has moved onwards!
July 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is one of the greatest gifts I've ever received!!! Thank you, James!!! 💖✨️
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Cutting specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth — during Pride Month, no less — is disgusting.
To our LGBTQ youth: California has your back. We’ll keep investing in resources to help you lead safe and healthy lives.
To our LGBTQ youth: California has your back. We’ll keep investing in resources to help you lead safe and healthy lives.
June 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Cutting specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth — during Pride Month, no less — is disgusting.
To our LGBTQ youth: California has your back. We’ll keep investing in resources to help you lead safe and healthy lives.
To our LGBTQ youth: California has your back. We’ll keep investing in resources to help you lead safe and healthy lives.
BRB JUST GOING OVER TO 🛩 ENGLAND 🇬🇧 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT MY #1 BUCKETLIST DESTINATION (LYME REGIS) TO GIVE A TALK AS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHERE THE FAMOUS MARY ANNING - PALEONTOLOGIST - FOUND THE FIRST ICHTHYOSAUR AND PLESIOSAUR FOSSILS!!!
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BRB JUST GOING OVER TO 🛩 ENGLAND 🇬🇧 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT MY #1 BUCKETLIST DESTINATION (LYME REGIS) TO GIVE A TALK AS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHERE THE FAMOUS MARY ANNING - PALEONTOLOGIST - FOUND THE FIRST ICHTHYOSAUR AND PLESIOSAUR FOSSILS!!!
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Day 42 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
A vase shaped clam companion to help with hot sauce. John(right, H. sapiens) is joined by the rudist Dictyoptychus persica (cut in half). #SavePRI #fossils 🦑
A vase shaped clam companion to help with hot sauce. John(right, H. sapiens) is joined by the rudist Dictyoptychus persica (cut in half). #SavePRI #fossils 🦑
June 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Day 42 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
A vase shaped clam companion to help with hot sauce. John(right, H. sapiens) is joined by the rudist Dictyoptychus persica (cut in half). #SavePRI #fossils 🦑
A vase shaped clam companion to help with hot sauce. John(right, H. sapiens) is joined by the rudist Dictyoptychus persica (cut in half). #SavePRI #fossils 🦑
Reposted by Ashley Hall
NEW! Episode #86 is out!
Listen to Painting Prehistoric Worlds 🎨 and Dinosaur Dreams ☁️ with the extraordinary, legendary, one and only paleoartist Mark Hallett.
Ready, set, go!
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mark...
Listen to Painting Prehistoric Worlds 🎨 and Dinosaur Dreams ☁️ with the extraordinary, legendary, one and only paleoartist Mark Hallett.
Ready, set, go!
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mark...
May 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW! Episode #86 is out!
Listen to Painting Prehistoric Worlds 🎨 and Dinosaur Dreams ☁️ with the extraordinary, legendary, one and only paleoartist Mark Hallett.
Ready, set, go!
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mark...
Listen to Painting Prehistoric Worlds 🎨 and Dinosaur Dreams ☁️ with the extraordinary, legendary, one and only paleoartist Mark Hallett.
Ready, set, go!
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mark...
Reposted by Ashley Hall
The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath
Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…
Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.
If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.
Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…
Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.
If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath
Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…
Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.
If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.
Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…
Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.
If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us this morning at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST to talk about flappy flaps - the majestic, weird, BIG, small, and wonderful world of PTEROSAURS!
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us this morning at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST to talk about flappy flaps - the majestic, weird, BIG, small, and wonderful world of PTEROSAURS!
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
😍😍😍 Thank you 😍😍😍
I haven't really had a "mentor", but colleagues/friends?
Lee and Ashley Hall (@paleeoguy.bsky.social and @ladynaturalist.bsky.social).
Their whole story needs to be a book series, a non-cancelable Netflix romantic show with at least 2 seasons, and added to the dictionary under "Wholesome".
Lee and Ashley Hall (@paleeoguy.bsky.social and @ladynaturalist.bsky.social).
Their whole story needs to be a book series, a non-cancelable Netflix romantic show with at least 2 seasons, and added to the dictionary under "Wholesome".
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
😍😍😍 Thank you 😍😍😍
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Can I just say how ✨️excited✨️ I am to be meeting so many of you at the Lyme Regis Fossil Fest?!
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Can I just say how ✨️excited✨️ I am to be meeting so many of you at the Lyme Regis Fossil Fest?!
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
Reposted by Ashley Hall
Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...