Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D.
@deadbovids.bsky.social
SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor
Paleontologist, anthropologist, naturalist, forager. Views my own 🏳️🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAy15BUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Paleontologist, anthropologist, naturalist, forager. Views my own 🏳️🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAy15BUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Cozy season! Garlic rye/wheat bread and a snuggled up Buster
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Cozy season! Garlic rye/wheat bread and a snuggled up Buster
Breaking out the Mammoth tooth to lecture about megafaunal extinctions today for #FossilFriday
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking out the Mammoth tooth to lecture about megafaunal extinctions today for #FossilFriday
Welp....it's winter!
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Welp....it's winter!
Eastern Gray Squirrel in Red Oak and Sugar Maple leaves for #MammalMonday
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Eastern Gray Squirrel in Red Oak and Sugar Maple leaves for #MammalMonday
My little foraging path through the beeches and maples--looking for some early winter mushrooms and the last crop of hickory nuts
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My little foraging path through the beeches and maples--looking for some early winter mushrooms and the last crop of hickory nuts
After 11 weeks of working our way through the primate and hominin family tree, we've made it to Homo sapiens in Intro to Bio Anth! #FossilFriday
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After 11 weeks of working our way through the primate and hominin family tree, we've made it to Homo sapiens in Intro to Bio Anth! #FossilFriday
Pretty purple blewit as an appetizer today!
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pretty purple blewit as an appetizer today!
When I imagined the future, I was excited for flying cars and a cure for cancer. I wasn't expecting daily emails from my washing machine.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When I imagined the future, I was excited for flying cars and a cure for cancer. I wasn't expecting daily emails from my washing machine.
White pines after sunset, illuminated by the moon (and a good non-apple phone camera)
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
White pines after sunset, illuminated by the moon (and a good non-apple phone camera)
Buster likes his possum pillow
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Buster likes his possum pillow
Little dudes hanging out, gathering red acorns #MammalMonday
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Little dudes hanging out, gathering red acorns #MammalMonday
Some backyard foraging to start off the day: Shaggy Mane
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Some backyard foraging to start off the day: Shaggy Mane
Two Hartebeest molars in a maxilla, from the Last Interglacial of Turkana, Kenya--a time period in which we desperately need more research! #FossilFriday
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Two Hartebeest molars in a maxilla, from the Last Interglacial of Turkana, Kenya--a time period in which we desperately need more research! #FossilFriday
Cozy season: chicken stew with garden carrots and foraged honey mushrooms
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Cozy season: chicken stew with garden carrots and foraged honey mushrooms
Homemade whole wheat bread with sautéed Slippery Jack Mushrooms and foraged herbs, everything collected in the woods behind my apartment
October 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Homemade whole wheat bread with sautéed Slippery Jack Mushrooms and foraged herbs, everything collected in the woods behind my apartment
Fresh and prepared Slippery Jacks--they taste like buttery, nutty dark-meat chicken
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Fresh and prepared Slippery Jacks--they taste like buttery, nutty dark-meat chicken
Kings don't build palaces that they intend to leave in three years.
I'm waiting for a single major news source to call the East Wing ballroom construction what it is: another step toward absolute monarchy
I'm waiting for a single major news source to call the East Wing ballroom construction what it is: another step toward absolute monarchy
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kings don't build palaces that they intend to leave in three years.
I'm waiting for a single major news source to call the East Wing ballroom construction what it is: another step toward absolute monarchy
I'm waiting for a single major news source to call the East Wing ballroom construction what it is: another step toward absolute monarchy
Hands-down, I have the prettiest walk to work
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hands-down, I have the prettiest walk to work
Working on the systematic paleontology for a new Damaliscus species today, related to modern bontebok (pictured here)!
#MammalMonday
#MammalMonday
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Working on the systematic paleontology for a new Damaliscus species today, related to modern bontebok (pictured here)!
#MammalMonday
#MammalMonday
Buster does not approve of the fall weather. I think he intends to spend the next 6 months like this, cuddled up inside watching tv and suspiciously awaiting the return of warm weather
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Buster does not approve of the fall weather. I think he intends to spend the next 6 months like this, cuddled up inside watching tv and suspiciously awaiting the return of warm weather
Got my box 'o fossil casts to set up my Australopithecus lab for #FossilFriday!
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Got my box 'o fossil casts to set up my Australopithecus lab for #FossilFriday!
It's Australopithecus week in Intro!
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's Australopithecus week in Intro!
Me with my little red maple outside
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Me with my little red maple outside
Sweater Weather
October 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sweater Weather
With classes in mid session, I finally have time to get back to research! At the moment, I'm working on naming a new bovid (antelope) species from the Pleistocene of South Africa! Stay tuned 👀 #FossilFriday
October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
With classes in mid session, I finally have time to get back to research! At the moment, I'm working on naming a new bovid (antelope) species from the Pleistocene of South Africa! Stay tuned 👀 #FossilFriday