@charliesdragon.bsky.social
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It also means T.rex 🦖was not the only predator to fear in the Hell Creek.....
You can read the full study here: rdcu.be/eUit1 Let me know what you think!
@uppsalauni.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
@ndgspaleo.bsky.social Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
You can read the full study here: rdcu.be/eUit1 Let me know what you think!
@uppsalauni.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
@ndgspaleo.bsky.social Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
“King of the Riverside”, a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective on mosasaurs before their extinction
rdcu.be
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It also means T.rex 🦖was not the only predator to fear in the Hell Creek.....
You can read the full study here: rdcu.be/eUit1 Let me know what you think!
@uppsalauni.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
@ndgspaleo.bsky.social Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
You can read the full study here: rdcu.be/eUit1 Let me know what you think!
@uppsalauni.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
@ndgspaleo.bsky.social Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
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December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Iguanodon ✅
Megatherium ✅
Megatherium ✅
Now that the scaffolding is gone, you can get a good look at a rare artform — heraldic palaeontology — above the Downing Street door of the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Iguanodon ✅
Megatherium ✅
Megatherium ✅
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Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Last month 30+ Twitch streamers came together to signal boost the endangered vaquita porpoise.
Together we raised over $14,000 to help save them!
These streams also generated 10,000+ watch hours during which MANY people learned about the vaquita for the first time!
+
#SaveTheVaquita
#vaquita
Together we raised over $14,000 to help save them!
These streams also generated 10,000+ watch hours during which MANY people learned about the vaquita for the first time!
+
#SaveTheVaquita
#vaquita
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Last month 30+ Twitch streamers came together to signal boost the endangered vaquita porpoise.
Together we raised over $14,000 to help save them!
These streams also generated 10,000+ watch hours during which MANY people learned about the vaquita for the first time!
+
#SaveTheVaquita
#vaquita
Together we raised over $14,000 to help save them!
These streams also generated 10,000+ watch hours during which MANY people learned about the vaquita for the first time!
+
#SaveTheVaquita
#vaquita
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2026 coming for us while we're still trying to process 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
2026 coming for us while we're still trying to process 2025.
A bit of luck, but it's hard to beat two guesses. (Although I have gotten it in one once.)
🦕 Animal #856 🪰
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
🟨🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 6.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦕 Animal #856 🪰
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
🟨🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 6.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A bit of luck, but it's hard to beat two guesses. (Although I have gotten it in one once.)
🦕 Animal #856 🪰
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
🟨🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 6.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦕 Animal #856 🪰
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
🟨🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 6.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
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The word explode literally means “to clap outward” (ex “out, away from” + the Latin plaudere “to clap,” same root verb as “applaud”).
Its original meaning in English, c. 1500s, was to reject something. “Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it.” — Francis Bacon, 1696
Its original meaning in English, c. 1500s, was to reject something. “Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it.” — Francis Bacon, 1696
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The word explode literally means “to clap outward” (ex “out, away from” + the Latin plaudere “to clap,” same root verb as “applaud”).
Its original meaning in English, c. 1500s, was to reject something. “Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it.” — Francis Bacon, 1696
Its original meaning in English, c. 1500s, was to reject something. “Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it.” — Francis Bacon, 1696
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Dinovember 2025 - Little King
While his parents are out on a hunt, a young Tyrannosaurus takes matters into his own hands after a Nanotyrannus attempts to once again harass his family members.
#paleoart #tyrannosaurusrex #nanotyrannus
While his parents are out on a hunt, a young Tyrannosaurus takes matters into his own hands after a Nanotyrannus attempts to once again harass his family members.
#paleoart #tyrannosaurusrex #nanotyrannus
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Dinovember 2025 - Little King
While his parents are out on a hunt, a young Tyrannosaurus takes matters into his own hands after a Nanotyrannus attempts to once again harass his family members.
#paleoart #tyrannosaurusrex #nanotyrannus
While his parents are out on a hunt, a young Tyrannosaurus takes matters into his own hands after a Nanotyrannus attempts to once again harass his family members.
#paleoart #tyrannosaurusrex #nanotyrannus
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#Dinovember Day 29: Ambopteryx!
Fun fact: This scansoriopterygid evolved flight more like a bat than a bird, using skin membrane stretched between its hands and body to glide. Wild, right?! I know it looks like a dragon, but it was a real dinosaur!
#dinovember2025 #ambopteryx #yiqi #sciart
Fun fact: This scansoriopterygid evolved flight more like a bat than a bird, using skin membrane stretched between its hands and body to glide. Wild, right?! I know it looks like a dragon, but it was a real dinosaur!
#dinovember2025 #ambopteryx #yiqi #sciart
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#Dinovember Day 29: Ambopteryx!
Fun fact: This scansoriopterygid evolved flight more like a bat than a bird, using skin membrane stretched between its hands and body to glide. Wild, right?! I know it looks like a dragon, but it was a real dinosaur!
#dinovember2025 #ambopteryx #yiqi #sciart
Fun fact: This scansoriopterygid evolved flight more like a bat than a bird, using skin membrane stretched between its hands and body to glide. Wild, right?! I know it looks like a dragon, but it was a real dinosaur!
#dinovember2025 #ambopteryx #yiqi #sciart
I went for a coffee with my mother, browsed a few shops and cleaned the bathroom, and now I'm exhausted. I should just go sleep a few hours.
It doesn't help that my back hurts a bit from falling a few days ago.
It doesn't help that my back hurts a bit from falling a few days ago.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I went for a coffee with my mother, browsed a few shops and cleaned the bathroom, and now I'm exhausted. I should just go sleep a few hours.
It doesn't help that my back hurts a bit from falling a few days ago.
It doesn't help that my back hurts a bit from falling a few days ago.
I'm all for safe vaccines, but the current US guidelines are strict, they don't let just anyone through, and this is likely to do far more harm than good.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm all for safe vaccines, but the current US guidelines are strict, they don't let just anyone through, and this is likely to do far more harm than good.
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Prepared and posed...
Prepared and posed...
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
White-breasted Nuthatch
Prepared and posed...
Prepared and posed...
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I had to be very patient to get this picture of a Hedge Beauty 🤩
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I had to be very patient to get this picture of a Hedge Beauty 🤩
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇
#BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth
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I’ve been laid up in bed all day with a thrown-out back, and miss seeing Merp through the downstairs window. Here’s Merp from a couple of days ago. I would very much appreciate a back as strong as Merp’s. #birds
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’ve been laid up in bed all day with a thrown-out back, and miss seeing Merp through the downstairs window. Here’s Merp from a couple of days ago. I would very much appreciate a back as strong as Merp’s. #birds
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For this week's #FossilFriday, here's a specimen which brought tears to my eyes —
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For this week's #FossilFriday, here's a specimen which brought tears to my eyes —
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
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If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
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My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
a turkey is standing in a grassy field with other birds .
Alt: a turkey running awkwardly in a grassy field with other birds
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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![Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicp2ka5asjgkmgfdfj33vnjb5bbvk3vnyao6ju5kipxcdc23pqasm@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
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After 12 1/2 hours, our gingerbread dragon 3d print is done! He might just be the cutest thing in existence. 😍
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
After 12 1/2 hours, our gingerbread dragon 3d print is done! He might just be the cutest thing in existence. 😍