We've just launched an official Tetrapod Zoology discord server. The following link will be in operation for ONE day, but we'll open it again if there's sufficient interest. See you there... discord.gg/6RYBDRMn

More whalefall-related news, about an apparent long-lived (long-deaded?) whale skeletal accumulation in the Indian Ocean, making for a fascinating taphonomic situation. 🧪🐋🪦

My love of dinosaurs runs deep. It's ancient. Primordial, even.

Most people remember the "other" birds associated with Charles Darwin. You know, the Galapagos "finches" that are actually tanagers (but Chuck didn't know that). The first chapter of "On the Origin of Species" was based on his work with PIGEON breeding. It started as research & ended as a hobby.

Evolution of root systems in land plants: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Um novo arcossauriforme eucrocópodo do Triássico Médio do Sul do Brasil e a filogenia de Euparkeriidae www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A study of Shetland's unique Eurasian Wren population has uncovered new evidence showing how isolation on remote islands repeatedly drove the evolution of larger body size:

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: @joannakobierska.bsky.social's Protoceratops, Just 9's Spectrovenator, Charles Knight's Dinornis, and Marco Pineda's Tyrannosaurus!

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame

And the paper is now available online (open access) 🌿⛏️🎉 A new anatomically preserved species of Keraphyton (Iridopteridales) from the Upper Devonian of Australia | Palaeontologia Electronica doi.org/10.26879/1640 #paleobotany

Most conversations with me look a little something like this.

This one's been in the works for a bit of a while: Postosuchus skeletals! including the type species (P. kirkpatricki) and P. alisonae, alongside other sp.'s there is an appreciable proportional reduction of the forelimbs between the juvenile paratype and the holotype specimen

Another wonderful commission by another talented artist! So excited to share more about these guys with you all in the near future.

A New Age of Reptiles: Torpedo Crocs Marine reptile diversity in the New Age of Reptiles eclipses any time in Earth's history, with thousands of species documented to date across dozens of lineages. The crocodylids, early colonisers of the Cenozoic seas, are among the most spectacular. (1/14)

Loxodonta adaurora

The Minotaur #backrooms

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: Luis Rey’s Supersaurus and Torvosaurus, John Conway’s Psittacosaurus, Peter Schouten’s Microleo, and @prehistorica.bsky.social’s Wiwaxia!

L. Macaluso et al. (2026) New fossil evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Europe (southern France) deepens the origin of Salamandridae (Urodela) and refines the biogeography of the family Scientific Reports 16: 16567 doi: doi.org/10.1038/s415... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Michel Laurin, Gilles Didier, Sylvain Richoz, Matteo Montagna and Evelyn Kustatscher (2026) Kungurian extinctions in eupelycosaurs: a press–pulse event? Paleobiology (advance online publication) DOI: doi.org/10.1017/pab.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new large paracrocodylomorph archosaurian from the Tarjadia Assemblage Zone (upper Ladinian to lower Carnian) of the Chañares Formation (Argentina) and a revision of key loricatan features - Cardillo - 2026 - Papers in Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A note on posts about the diversity of sex and sexuality across biodiversity: these posts are not legitimizing the existence of LGBTQ+ folks. They are celebrating the new appreciation for biodiversity that social progress has allowed. LGBTQ+ folks exist and need only exist to be legitimized.

Some extra-wide, professional photos of Reptiles Alive taken by Michelle Kuo. This exhibit had a comparatively modest budget and was largely made by remixing things we already had, but I'm really proud of how it came out.

Big fan of this comic-strip style academic figure

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: John Sibbick’s Tyrannosaurus and Edmontosaurus, Bernard Long’s Tanystropheus, @tessasaurus.bsky.social’s Allosaurus, and Brian Engh’s Megalonyx!

Some army ants are extremely polymorphic. This photo shows a large soldier and a small regular worker of Eciton hamatum. If you saw them separately, you wouldn’t even think they belong to the same species. You might also notice the light color of the ants - both are callows / newly eclosed.

So I guess I won’t be buying Crazy Taxi. My partner was already bummed about Tomb Raider so I guess we can be miserable together.

if I seem militant about AI it's because a lot of my friends are writers, concept artists, QA people, etc, and they are the ones who are currently having their careers obliterated by that shit. not speculatively. happening right now. I don't see a need to be soft towards ppl who shrug at that

Triassic archosauromorph lips onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Quick skeletal reconstruction of Carinthiasuchus! a newly published possible poposauroid

'Orange' house finch is a dad! Junior getting fed at the birdbath. Typically our house finch males are red but when molting their diet will determine the colors of their new feathers. If their diet lacks certain pigments then a house finch may end up orange or yellow. #birds

Recently, Peter F. D. Boesman updated the Sounds and Vocal Behavior section of the extremely handsome Egyptian Plover. (Sign-in required.)

Reconstruction of the 1932 Grobler/Johanson case: the original ‘Kassaisaurus’ report including photographs and its later transformation into the pop-cultural ‘Kasai Rex’ motif. Review of Schomburgk’s ‘Chimpekwe’ accounts in context. globsterblobsandmore.com/more/kassais...

DALLA VECCHIA, F. M. and CAU, A. (2026) “CARINTHIASUCHUS KANDUTSCHI, A NEW ARCHOSAUR (REPTILIA: DIAPSIDA) FROM THE TRIASSIC OF AUSTRIA”, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA , 132(2). doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/29890. riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RI...

The New Age of Reptiles: Grapplewhips Oceania, like in our timeline, is a hotspot of squamate diversity. Scincomorphan lizards are among the biggest success stories of the region. One lineage, the long-bodied predatory grapplewhips, have taken forms unlike anything in our world. (1/6)

I’ve been craving some really good indie found footage stuff and this absolutely hit the spot. Can’t recommend this series enough!

Results from the #paleostream! Cerrejonisuchus, Parabos, Argentinonectes and Bayanoteuthis

I really like coots, and had great close-up encounters today. What's the deal with the iridescent look to the feathers? Can't work out if this is a quirk of photography or due to surface oil. #birds

Today Graham Hancock posted a fake photo with AI versions of Sean Gulick, Megan Bruck Syal, C. Vance Haynes, & Jonathan Overpeck supporting the YDIH. Hancock is leading a race to the bottom. Deep fakes might get clicks and fans, but increases distrust of anyone who pals around with this charlatan.

The New Age of Reptiles: Grapplewhips Oceania, like in our timeline, is a hotspot of squamate diversity. Scincomorphan lizards are among the biggest success stories of the region. One lineage, the long-bodied predatory grapplewhips, have taken forms unlike anything in our world. (1/6)

Tyrannosaurus rex: The Film Noir Edit. Also, there was no colour film in the Cretaceous.

Reconstructing vegetation biomass in the Middle Jurassic Yanliao Biota from insect fossil assemblages academic.oup.com/nsr/article/...

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Recipe for a perfect evening: 1 part golden hour, 2 parts tall grass, and 1 very stoned Cobra Chicken giggling at its own reflection. That toothy grin says it all. 🪶🌿🍁🤙🐍🦆💨 #Birds #CanadaGoose #GeeseOfBlueSky #AgentsOfChaos #OhMyDouglas #GlazedAndConfused #LivingItsBestLife #GoldenHour

On Friday I took my *luckiest* and *most disgusting* wildlife shot so far: a California sea lion (Z. californianus) puking up a bunch of rocks! 🤮🪨 That's right - many pinnipeds use gastroliths. The gastroliths are in mid-air! 🦖🐬🦑 #nature #photography #sealion

tarbosaurus. #paleoart

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social’s Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, Zdenek Burian’s Archaeopteryx, Brian Engh’s Coelophysis, and Rod Ruth’s Tyrannosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus!

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social’s Velociraptor, @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social’s Beelzebufo, James Field’s Stegosaurus, and Steve Kirk’s Oviraptor!

"Got'cha nose!!" Kronosaurus, a bus-sized pliosaur, ambushing a herd of Platypterygine ichtyosaurs (art commission for @BeatTheBread on twitter :3) based in an actual specimen! (down in replies)