Steve Brusatte
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
...and we are joined in magazine fame by my wee boy Anthony, showing off his super secret agent spycraft invisible ink skills!
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
...and we are joined in magazine fame by my wee boy Anthony, showing off his super secret agent spycraft invisible ink skills!
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
The Nanotyrannus debate has gotten heated at times. But what I truly respect about (most of) the people involved is that we've kept an open mind, tried to follow the evidence.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Nanotyrannus debate has gotten heated at times. But what I truly respect about (most of) the people involved is that we've kept an open mind, tried to follow the evidence.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Chicago, Illinois, 2025. A true American patriot, standing up for actual freedom. (photo by Chicago Tribune)
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Chicago, Illinois, 2025. A true American patriot, standing up for actual freedom. (photo by Chicago Tribune)
Slàinte Dugie, godspeed, we love you. Gum beannaicheadh Dia thu.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Slàinte Dugie, godspeed, we love you. Gum beannaicheadh Dia thu.
And just one year ago the University of Edinburgh awarded Dugie an honorary PhD in 2024. Incredible: from a kid forced to leave school to a doctorate.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
And just one year ago the University of Edinburgh awarded Dugie an honorary PhD in 2024. Incredible: from a kid forced to leave school to a doctorate.
Dugie was a friend and mentor to me, and to countless
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie was a friend and mentor to me, and to countless
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Dugie was humble, kind & generous. He loved taking schools, families &tourists to the coast to look for fossils. Nobody knew Skye better than Dugie.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie was humble, kind & generous. He loved taking schools, families &tourists to the coast to look for fossils. Nobody knew Skye better than Dugie.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Adventures that included the discovery of Dearc, the first Scottish pterosaur, the kite-sized reptile that soared over the heads of dinosaurs 170 million years ago when Scotland was a subtropical paradise of beaches and lagoons.
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Adventures that included the discovery of Dearc, the first Scottish pterosaur, the kite-sized reptile that soared over the heads of dinosaurs 170 million years ago when Scotland was a subtropical paradise of beaches and lagoons.
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
When I moved to Edinburgh in 2013 I barely knew Scotland, had only ever been a few times. But I wanted to find dinosaurs. Instead of treating me like some American interloper, Dugie welcomed me to his home. And thus began more than a decade of adventures together.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When I moved to Edinburgh in 2013 I barely knew Scotland, had only ever been a few times. But I wanted to find dinosaurs. Instead of treating me like some American interloper, Dugie welcomed me to his home. And thus began more than a decade of adventures together.
Dugie grew up in a Gaelic-speaking hamlet on Skye, left school at 16, forged a life as a builder and crofter, and was always enthralled with his island's history.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie grew up in a Gaelic-speaking hamlet on Skye, left school at 16, forged a life as a builder and crofter, and was always enthralled with his island's history.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
We've lost Dugie Ross, truly one of the best people I have ever known.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We've lost Dugie Ross, truly one of the best people I have ever known.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
Our pal Jon Hoad, insanely talented paleo artist, just paid a visit to our Univ of Edinburgh fossil lab.
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our pal Jon Hoad, insanely talented paleo artist, just paid a visit to our Univ of Edinburgh fossil lab.
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
This is the type of work we do here in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is the type of work we do here in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Massive thanks to the National Science Foundation &
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Massive thanks to the National Science Foundation &
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
The project was led by Andrew Flynn & included so many friends and colleagues as coauthors: @abqtom.bsky.social @danpeppe.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The project was led by Andrew Flynn & included so many friends and colleagues as coauthors: @abqtom.bsky.social @danpeppe.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
The New Mexico dinosaurs were diverse: giant sauropods, bone-crunching tyrannosaurs, horned and duck-billed herbivores, raptors, armored tanks, and many others.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The New Mexico dinosaurs were diverse: giant sauropods, bone-crunching tyrannosaurs, horned and duck-billed herbivores, raptors, armored tanks, and many others.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
For about 15 years our team has been collecting dinosaur and mammal fossils in New Mexico. And sampling the rocks to date them.
We can now tell that these dinosaurs lived at the very end of the Cretaceous, at most a few hundred thousand years before the asteroid.
We can now tell that these dinosaurs lived at the very end of the Cretaceous, at most a few hundred thousand years before the asteroid.
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
For about 15 years our team has been collecting dinosaur and mammal fossils in New Mexico. And sampling the rocks to date them.
We can now tell that these dinosaurs lived at the very end of the Cretaceous, at most a few hundred thousand years before the asteroid.
We can now tell that these dinosaurs lived at the very end of the Cretaceous, at most a few hundred thousand years before the asteroid.
These were the dinosaurs that faced the asteroid.
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
These were the dinosaurs that faced the asteroid.
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
Donald Trump has destroyed much of the White House. Demolished it. Literally. Tore it down.
The East Wing was more than 120 years old. Witness to generations of American history, seat of our democracy. Now, gone. Because one guy demanded it.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The East Wing was more than 120 years old. Witness to generations of American history, seat of our democracy. Now, gone. Because one guy demanded it.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Donald Trump has destroyed much of the White House. Demolished it. Literally. Tore it down.
The East Wing was more than 120 years old. Witness to generations of American history, seat of our democracy. Now, gone. Because one guy demanded it.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The East Wing was more than 120 years old. Witness to generations of American history, seat of our democracy. Now, gone. Because one guy demanded it.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
Holy ground for geologists! Holyrood Park in Edinburgh.
Showing our University of Edinburgh undergrad students where the discipline of Earth sciences began:
When James Hutton noticed this crystalline rock sandwiched between burnt sandstone layers, and realized the Earth was old!
Showing our University of Edinburgh undergrad students where the discipline of Earth sciences began:
When James Hutton noticed this crystalline rock sandwiched between burnt sandstone layers, and realized the Earth was old!
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Holy ground for geologists! Holyrood Park in Edinburgh.
Showing our University of Edinburgh undergrad students where the discipline of Earth sciences began:
When James Hutton noticed this crystalline rock sandwiched between burnt sandstone layers, and realized the Earth was old!
Showing our University of Edinburgh undergrad students where the discipline of Earth sciences began:
When James Hutton noticed this crystalline rock sandwiched between burnt sandstone layers, and realized the Earth was old!