And just in case you forgot that Philadelphia is the greatest city in the world, THE eponymous raven of Poe fame and Dickens's menagerie hangs out in our Free Library and is available for parties

Tapejara wellnhoferi #sciart #tapejara #paleostream #pterosaurs #paleontology

thank you @goldenpterosaur.bsky.social for the late birthday present! here is cryodrakon, coloured like a white-crowned hornbill

I'm finally putting up a commission sheet since I've been wanting to for a while! I mostly specialize in fish and mammals, but I can draw almost anything. Contact me so we can figure out how to work together! #commissions #paleoart #sciart

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." --MLK, Jr., 1963

Literally the prongler in the middle. What did Gary Larson know.

COW TOOLS. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Today I got to see a mummified ankylosaur name Zuul and I love him.

News | Giant mechanical scorpion free to good home, says Natural History Museum 🔗https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/natural-history-museum-offers-giant-mechanical-scorpion-free-to-good-home/

Also Žilov, Czechia (Acrolepis gigas) www.zilov.cz

Some display cases in the old brontosaur hall at AMNH (1956–1990)

Massachusetts recently had a contest to redesign its flag that allowed people to submit their own designs. One of the submissions was this one, featuring the state dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis, but for some reason it did not advance to the later voting rounds. I am still not sure why.

Presenting a skull of the #dicynodont, Ischigualastia, at the BYU Museum of Paleontology in Provo, Utah 🇺🇸 for this #FossilFriday. This ancient, beaked herbivore was the size of a cow & lived in Argentina 🇦🇷 during the Late #Triassic (~230 Ma). #Paleontology #Science 🧵 1/

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...

Flags with extinct animals on them: - California (California grizzly bear) - Chernyshevsky District, Russia (Kulindadromeus) - Doronogovi, Mongolia (sauropod) - Srednekolymsk, Russia woolly (mammoth)

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

#FossilFriday The Miocene pinniped Allodesmus gracilis @nhm.org

Lolong, reliably the largest modern crocodilian ever measured by humans, and a tragic tale that shows what happens when rural populations mingle with the natural habitat of such mystical creatures they're not prepared for, RIP Lolong.

wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!

Wait I have a website. I could set up an archive there so it’s still openly accessible (and decentralized!)

Hey.👋 Release your tongue from the roof of your mouth. Relax your jaw. Relax your shoulders and neck. Breathe awhile.

🌊 The reptiles of western North America San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. [Source]

I love that Wikipedia's edit history is public because it only takes two clicks to get to the very first version of the "ant" article in its entirety from 2001. Happy 25th birthday Wikipedia! You've come so far

Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026

Wikipedia turns 25 today! 🎂📚 To celebrate, we’re looking back at its baby pictures—some of the earliest captures of the site, preserved in the #WaybackMachine. Take a nostalgic peek at early Wikipedia ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/20030301... #WikipediaDay #Wikipedia25 @wikipedia.org

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a researcher studying insect fossils of South Korea, and also a paleoartist. Feel free to contact me! Contact: [email protected] Pixiv: www.pixiv.net/users/6334360

uh, idk if this counts but I made some "horror pods" a few years ago

Barely anyone is named Zebulon anymore

Seven different dinosaur skeletons have held court in the Field's main hall over the last century. The one everyone forgets is this Mamenchisaurus, which was part of the Dinosaur Dynasty temporary exhibit in 2005.

Hey everyone, We literally just added 100 more trans girl scouts to the trans girl scout cookie list. The list is bigger than it has ever been in EITM history. Go get some cookies and make a trans scout's day!

I like how in the past couple months we’ve gotten several really solid, rigorous research papers that demonstrated our previous understanding of Tyrannosaurus life history was probably wrong. This comprehensive histology work demonstrates it grew at about half the rate we previously thought!

You know how you get used to seeing a person in their old grandpa era and then you see a photo of them in their youth and you're like, oh damn? Happened to me today with this photo of Karl Schmidt wrangling a sloth.

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Please keep calling your reps to demand they oppose KOSA and other internet censorship bills!

It appears that some members of the Democratic Party are supporting KOSA. The act purports to be about protecting children, but it could weaponize Trump's FTC to target LGBTQ+ content on the internet. Evan Greer writes for EITM in this latest op-ed. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I'm making a series of infographics at the moment for some school groups, and, honestly, I'm really enjoying it!!! They're learning about paleontology, and I was asked if I could provide some images of extinct plants and animals! Here are the first few: #paleoart #scicomm #education #paleontology

I may not be up on my systematics but I believe this is a puppy. Thought of you, @ethankocak.com

Sketched a 🐄

Who can enjoy this toucan? You can.

Maybe I should repost here some of my better tweets from the archives, for posterity and because there were some bangers there

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

An Apatosaurus meanders through a lush glade in the ancient Morrison. #sciart #paleoart

Amargasaurus #paleoart

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

finally, the longest valid genus name! K is for Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium

Saws, scissors, and more, the oceans used to be full of huge ratfish relatives with amazing teeth. So what happened to them? I dive in over at Smithsonian Magazine. 🧪

Visit to the mountain A Zhejiangopterus climbs to the mountaintop, where the view is higher than any it had ever seen on its own wings. Inspired by the Tang dynasty travelogue “My First Visit to the Western Hill” by Liu Zongyuan (始得西山宴遊記 柳宗元) #paleoart #sciart

All plesiosaurs today for #FossilFriday, in tribute to our departed friend Richard Forrest.

From sea slugs to sunflowers, California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species in 2025 news.mongabay.com/2026/01/from... 🌎🧪🦑