Dinosaurs 🦕

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

paid summer internship in our museum, it is in BOTANY but you cannot get in there without walking through the insect collection and being subjected to Beetle Facts drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...

The Paleontological Research Institution invites applications from undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers for the 2026 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program who want to visit PRI collections www.priweb.org/collections/... Deadline is March 2, 2026.

⚡Applications for Paleontological Society Student Representative (2026-2028) are open! ⚡ @paleosoc.bsky.social It's a great way to be a part of the community and advocate for students! Applications due March 1. forms.gle/6qg2BLWgEXVd...

Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68

juvenile Herring Gull

MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...

The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.

Stand up, fight back.

If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.

The Senate Switch Board Number is: (202)224-3121.

Geological Society of America Michele Aldrich History & Philosophy of Geology Research Award for PhD students, Masters, or recent (w/in 5 yrs) PhD to conduct research on history & philosophy of geosciences. rock.geosociety.org/net/document... www.geosociety.org/GSA/Educatio... deadline: 18 Feb #HPS

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go

Collaborate with me! Myself and @peterroopnarine.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with expertise in quantitative paleoecology to work on our new NSF grant addressing whether communities after the PTME functioned differently than those beforehand. job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaac...

🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh

Time Travel Is Easy, my full length collection of Deep Time poetry, processing queer embodiment in the Late Anthropocene (with dinosaurs), is now available on Itch! dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...

Do you care about the future of the US NSF and science in general? The agency is seeking feedback on the draft Strategic Plan. www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

Our job adverts are now live! 🤩 We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL. Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️ More info and links below 👇

From all the way back in 1958, here's some more work from the ever-superb Maurice Wilson, as featured in Richard Carrington's 'A Guide to Earth History' (the Pelican version). It's in black and white because everything was back then, you know. Enjoy. chasmosaurs.com/2026/01/04/v...

I’m thrilled to share that PRI reached its fundraising goal and we will survive! Thanks to all who made this happen! I am so grateful!❤️ www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...

Apropos of nothing, here's Walt Disney saying Compsognathus

One of the absolute coolest "regular" birds in my area - a hybrid Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk that has been in the same wintering spot for 12 years in a row here in MA! Check out the mix of RSHA and RTHA field marks. A real splendid bird that I hope makes it through another winter! #birding 🦅🪶

Sauropods xkcd.com/3185/

The only New Year’s resolutions you need: - haunt more forests - wander more moors - terrify more towns - draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form

decked out in her breeding plumage, arizona's most eligible dilophosaurus debutante takes a much-needed rest by a stream. who knew that competing for a mate could be such an exhausting endeavour? #paleoart comm by @literallymiguel.bsky.social

We wish you a Merychippus, and a happy New Year! This Miocene, three-toed horse hopes everyone has a safe and cozy holiday season. 🐴🎄

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

We wish you a Merychippus, and a happy New Year! This Miocene, three-toed horse hopes everyone has a safe and cozy holiday season. 🐴🎄

Merry Christmas! Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Result from the Mammoth Site #paleostream! This has been our first mammoth steppe formation stream, dwelling into some the classic giants of the Pleistocene. This site in South Dakota offered a unique opportunity is that is has so much stuff preserved in situ that we can...

Out of the Cold #paleoart #dromaeosaur

"I Contain Multitudes" This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today. The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)

JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...

A rather beautiful digital model of a fossil soldier beetle, and how it was constructed from 3D micro-CT and 2D optical data. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Oh, you haven’t seen the last of Nanotyrannus. A new study, overlapping with the big paper a few weeks ago, may add to the evidence Nanotyrannus is back. I’ll catch you up on my latest for National Geographic. 🧪

Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.

Sharing an update because PRI shared on other socials - over $150,000 was donated this giving Tuesday bringing PRI even closer to their goal. Im very hopeful that PRI is likely to weather this crisis and create a path forward continuing its research and educational mission! Thanks all who helped!

'Tis the season for graduate school applications, so here's a reminder that I'm recruiting! My lab uses a combination of fossils, statistical phylogenetics, fieldwork, & computational methods to study macroevolutionary dynamics in the marine biosphere. Check the link below & feel free to reach out

Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.

Of all the wonderful depictions of Pleistocene life shown in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, few can compare with the beauty and realism of these psilopterines. I don't think I'm exaggerating to say this is the first and only time terror birds have been done properly in a documentary.

🐊 Largest survey of skeletal disease in living crocodilians! Nearly half showed osteopathologies, w/trauma most common. Skulls were hit hardest, and non-traumatic issues like inflammation and joint degeneration rose w/size & age. Cornille et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🌟 Volunteer Opportunity! 🌟 Sedimentologika is currently undergoing a transition to an open-source LaTeX based proofing and production workflow. We are advertising a volunteering position for one (or more) assistant production editor. Send your application at [email protected]

New seasonal paleontology positions available for Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park and Fossil Butte National Monument. Apply soon, they close after they receive a certain number of apps! #NPSpaleo #PaleoJobs www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000 www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700

ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social