Guess who gets applauded on their rational response to Jack Horner being in the Epstein files? Not SVP, that's for sure. But good job @dinoconuk.bsky.social ! youtu.be/4Y9NnzkxamQ?...

Happy #FossilFriday from this pair of Triceratops beaks! We're looking at the underside of the tips of the lower jaw. Interestingly the one on the left has a deep midline cleft, likely due to a congenital defect. Didn't slow this Trike down though, as it lived a long life growing large. 🧪🦕

A quick statement about current and ongoing events in paleontology - but this philosophy should also be duly applied to all sciences and walks of life.

Really SVP? You’re just going to ignore decades of sexual and academic misconduct, marrying a student AT one of your conferences, and every report I’ve filed (implying that’s what you do with reports) to defend famous Horner? You’d rather have pedophiles than students is your message?

I’ve already been incredibly disappointed by @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social’s handling (and lack of accountability) on serious safety and ethical issues. This latest statement is the final straw.

So excited to be in SLC for my first DinoFest!

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our first talk of 2026! Dr. Gussie Maccracken from @denvermuseumns.bsky.social gave an excellent presentation about plant life across the Cretaceous- Paleogene mass extinction to a full house. #fossilfriday #paleobotany #colorado

I’m incredibly honored to serve as the 2026 President of the Colorado Scientific Society. Founded in 1882, the Society has a long history, and I’m proud to be just the 7th woman to hold this role.

Free Pizza and Beer! All students and early career earth scientists are invited to present their work at the Colorado Scientific Society Poster Night, 6:30 pm Nov 20th at the Golden Calvary Episcopal Church, Golden Co. Visit the link in bio to register!

It's #FossilFriday again, and I am presenting 2 posters on Niobrara fish with Jeff Liston and @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social at #2025SVP

Calling all students and early career earth scientists, come present your work at the Colorado Scientific Society Poster Night, 6:30 pm Nov 20th at the Golden Calvary Episcopal Church, Golden Co. Visit the link in bio to register!

Don’t let the smile fool you, @mosasaurologist.bsky.social is actually screaming because I made him pose with his exhibits at Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center 🤣 He’d rather get eaten by a Megalodon.

I just wanted to show off some super detailed prints of Martinichthys snoots that I was using as tactile examples at our GSA poster on Monday. Happy #FossilFriday! Cc @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social 🧪🐟

Wish I could be there for our fossil fish feces poster! Thanks for representing @mosasaurologist.bsky.social!

Today's review...'The Fossil Keeper's Treasure' @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social illustrated by Natalia Cardozo @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social Beautiful! throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-...

It’s always fun stopping by the Morrison Natural History Museum to feed the mosasaur!

That moment when you see your book in the @denvermuseumns.bsky.social gift shop! #purejoy #booksky

My beautiful Texas friend, Acrocanthosaurus, looking gorgeous as ever at the Witte Museum. Glad I got to stop by briefly while I was in San Antonio last week! #fossilfriday

Never underestimate the power of fossils to inspire scientific curiosity in children. #FossilFriday 🦖🧪

Absolutely gorgeous bookpost today, Bea & I love this highly illustrated and tactile book about fossils, The Fossil Keeper's Treasure, written by @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social & illustrated by Natalia Cardozo. Thanks @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social! #KidLitUK

Thanks to @mosasaurologist.bsky.social for patiently trying to explain fish fossils to me yesterday while I was fully distracted by everything else, including this rad Pachycephalosaurus skull. #fossilfriday

Our Annual Dinner this year includes a talk by @geopetalfabric.bsky.social! In the area? Join us as she explores how we can confuse 'weirdness' for new species in long-dead animals, and how museum collections provide clues to untangle the fossil record.. mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...

My first book, The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure, is out now! It’s illustrated by the amazing Nat Cardozo. Each page features embossed fossils you can touch. Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid. I can’t believe it’s finally here! #fossilfriday #booksky

It was so much fun chatting with @embirlab.bsky.social on @scifri.bsky.social about the wonderful world of tails!

wrote about the pink peeing dolphins <3 love them defector.com/think-river-...

Embrace your inner weird fish!

Just trying to blend in with the boneheads

I got to visit CU Boulder today for collections visits. I definitely needed to clear off this Monument and get a picture of it. 🧪

The Turtle Cove assemblage from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is the theme for this year's #NationalFossilDay poster art! Check out the writeup on the NPS website! www.nps.gov/articles/000...

Moose! Seen this cutie* two days in a row now. *and by “cutie” I mean giant, terrifyingly awkward ungulate

Smilodectes, a lemur-like primate from the Eocene (~55 Mya) of North America. It jumped out of that tree right into my heart 🥰 On display @denvermuseumns.bsky.social #fossilfriday

December 18, 1949, birthday of #USGS volcanologist David Alexander Johnston. He famously announced the 1980 eruption of St. Helens with his last words: "Vancouver! Vancouver! This Is It!" press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

#mosasaurmonday from the Morrison Natural History Museum - Tylosaurus proriger

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3D prints are so cool. The Western Science Center printed these of a different rhino jaw and most of a skull I found, and because they’re print I can put them back together for the first time in several million years! Doesn’t fit perfectly because of some deformation, but pretty close!

I’ve been in a bit of a funk all day, and listening to the Weird & Dead podcast from @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social and @geopetalfabric.bsky.social has managed to cheer me up tremendously. I’m not sure what that says about me.

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring them inside.

When your Thanksgiving dinner gets revenge

I always love being called “sweetheart” and a bad scientist by strangers on the internet 🙃. For context, I’d pointed out that error propagation and uncertainty in body size reconstructions are things that exist.

Quetzalcoatlus - the largest flying creature of all time. Which was exactly how I felt when I was on an airplane while 8 months pregnant. I've dreamed of seeing this reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus in person, and I finally had the chance at #2024SVP at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

This is giving Animorphs realness and I am here for it.