Dr Dana Ehret
@drdanaehret.bsky.social
Paleontologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, curator, adjunct professor. Editor for: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Eastern Paleontologist and The Mosasaur he/him
Princeton Allosaurus! Giving a departmental lecture today
September 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Princeton Allosaurus! Giving a departmental lecture today
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Press Coverage for my latest exhibit: Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey! whyy.org/articles/new... #endangered #ecosystems #newjersey
New Jersey State Museum gives flowers to its native flora and fauna
The exhibition highlights the state’s natural habitats and efforts to protect them.
whyy.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Press Coverage for my latest exhibit: Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey! whyy.org/articles/new... #endangered #ecosystems #newjersey
This past week a program about Natural History in Quebec came to the NJSM to film about the dinosaurs of Appalachia!
August 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This past week a program about Natural History in Quebec came to the NJSM to film about the dinosaurs of Appalachia!
I didn’t know I was mentioned in this #shark book about the #Megalodon !
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I didn’t know I was mentioned in this #shark book about the #Megalodon !
Before and after shots of drawer installation in our #naturalhistory collections #museumlife
June 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Before and after shots of drawer installation in our #naturalhistory collections #museumlife
The New Jersey State Museum is hiring a Curator of Archaeology and Ethnography!
May 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The New Jersey State Museum is hiring a Curator of Archaeology and Ethnography!
#SharkWeek appearance #2 filming completed! Look for me talking about fossil makos this summer!
May 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#SharkWeek appearance #2 filming completed! Look for me talking about fossil makos this summer!
It’s been 5 years since we lost paleobotanist Brian Axsmith to Covid… he was a good friend and I still think of him every time I see a plant fossil
May 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s been 5 years since we lost paleobotanist Brian Axsmith to Covid… he was a good friend and I still think of him every time I see a plant fossil
Reposted by Dr Dana Ehret
Died This Day: Joseph Leidy (Sept 9, 1823 - April 30, 1891). The Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology described the holotype of Hadrosaurus foulkii, the 1st American mostly complete dinosaur. He also mentored a young E.D. Cope and pointed he and Marsh to the rich fossil resources of the West
April 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Died This Day: Joseph Leidy (Sept 9, 1823 - April 30, 1891). The Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology described the holotype of Hadrosaurus foulkii, the 1st American mostly complete dinosaur. He also mentored a young E.D. Cope and pointed he and Marsh to the rich fossil resources of the West
Great day giving a tour to a Princeton University comparative anatomy class at the NJ State Museum today!
April 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Great day giving a tour to a Princeton University comparative anatomy class at the NJ State Museum today!
Our newest exhibit, Ecosystems at Risk opens on April 19th at the NJ State Museum! I’ll be there to give tours and talk to visitors!
April 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Our newest exhibit, Ecosystems at Risk opens on April 19th at the NJ State Museum! I’ll be there to give tours and talk to visitors!
Happy 95th (!!) birthday to John Astin aka Gomez Addams! @iamseanastin.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Happy 95th (!!) birthday to John Astin aka Gomez Addams! @iamseanastin.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Dana Ehret
Among the “largely obscure” (to use the NYT’s phrasing) agencies included in this order?
The IMLS.
[gift link]
The IMLS.
[gift link]
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent (Gift Article)
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Among the “largely obscure” (to use the NYT’s phrasing) agencies included in this order?
The IMLS.
[gift link]
The IMLS.
[gift link]
Reposted by Dr Dana Ehret
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Today we had to move our ‘Ornithomimus’ sculpture at the NJ State Museum. This was done by Louis Paul Jonas for Sinclair’s Dinoland exhibit at the 1964 World’s Fair. Ours is not the original but was made from the same mold in the mid 1960’s #FossilFriday
January 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today we had to move our ‘Ornithomimus’ sculpture at the NJ State Museum. This was done by Louis Paul Jonas for Sinclair’s Dinoland exhibit at the 1964 World’s Fair. Ours is not the original but was made from the same mold in the mid 1960’s #FossilFriday
Back to teaching at Monmouth University this Spring! It’s been a hot minute!
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Back to teaching at Monmouth University this Spring! It’s been a hot minute!
Ho hum… O. Megalodon
December 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Ho hum… O. Megalodon
I’m down at the National Museum of Natural History this week working on Late Cretaceous Appalachian faunas and it’s AGU! Who will I see??
December 9, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I’m down at the National Museum of Natural History this week working on Late Cretaceous Appalachian faunas and it’s AGU! Who will I see??
Reposted by Dr Dana Ehret
Coolest thing I've seen today, from the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme
Ethiopian Wolf Is First Known Large Predator-Pollinator to Feed on Nectar www.ecowatch.com/ethiopian-wo...
Ethiopian Wolf Is First Known Large Predator-Pollinator to Feed on Nectar www.ecowatch.com/ethiopian-wo...
December 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Coolest thing I've seen today, from the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme
Ethiopian Wolf Is First Known Large Predator-Pollinator to Feed on Nectar www.ecowatch.com/ethiopian-wo...
Ethiopian Wolf Is First Known Large Predator-Pollinator to Feed on Nectar www.ecowatch.com/ethiopian-wo...
This fossil represents an armored tail of a late Triassic (~215 mya) reptile named Aetosaurus arcuatus. Aetosaurs were herbivorous or omnivorous reptiles.This fossil once was the type specimen of 'Stegomus arcuatus jerseyensis'. It was found in Somerset Co., NJ #FossilFriday
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
This fossil represents an armored tail of a late Triassic (~215 mya) reptile named Aetosaurus arcuatus. Aetosaurs were herbivorous or omnivorous reptiles.This fossil once was the type specimen of 'Stegomus arcuatus jerseyensis'. It was found in Somerset Co., NJ #FossilFriday
December 2, 2024 at 11:52 PM