If you haven’t already, go follow @svp_vertpaleo on instagram!

Join hosts @geosplore.bsky.social on our Instagram on November 4th at 8pm EST with guest @cjsalcidopaleo.bsky.social!

Public lands help us tell the story of natural history that we all can share in! Hosted by @geosplore.bsky.social. Episode 1 guest @al3xandr4.bsky.social Editing by @cajune.bsky.social #FossilTrailsUSA

Max will be giving a mosasaur talk at the @omsiedu.bsky.social next month, on November 19th! Check out more info here: omsi.edu/events/after...

We hope you all haven’t lost your competitive streak just yet! 🏃 #EarthScienceWeek may be over, but we’ve got one more #competition for you, and this one’s for the teachers! 🧑‍🏫 Find out more on wardsci.com or at the link in bio! Deadline: 11/14 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ESW2025 #Teachers #LessonPLan

WOW! 😮 We can't believe #EarthScienceWeek is over already!! #ESW2025 wouldn't have been the amazing time that it was without all of our #partners and #sponsors - THANK YOU! 👏 Visit earthsciweek.org/support/ to see the complete list of all of our amazing supporters! #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ThankYou

And just like that, #EarthScienceWeek2025 comes to a close! 🌎🫶 We loved seeing all of your celebrations & educational moments - thanks for sharing the #EarthScience love with us! We’ll see you for #EarthScienceWeek2026 (10/11-10/17), but in the meantime, every week can be #EarthScienceWeek 😉

Archaeologists all have two things in common: 1. They have a great fashion sense 🤠 2. They do NOT study dinosaurs 🦖 Learn how you can celebrate #InternationalArchaeologyDay: www.earthsciweek.org/get-involved/focus-days/ #ESW2025 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #EarthScienceWeek #Archaeology #HumanHistory

Today we’re celebrating #GeoscienceForEveryoneDay! 🪨⛏️🌍🌋 Every person deserves access to #geoscience knowledge no matter their background! Get outside there and spread the word about our planet! #EarthScienceWeek #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ESW2025 #Education #Accessibility #EarthScience #Science

One of the most essential skills a #geoscientist can have is mapping! 🗺️🧭 To learn about the techniques & benefits of geologic mapping and modeling, join the #EarthScienceWeek webinar TOMORROW! Register now: www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/ #ESW2025 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #EarthScience #Map #Geology

Fossil Trails USA will focus on our shared US fossil heritage, with former Parks paleontology professionals joining to chat with Matt & Max! The Fossil Finders will include guests joining Danny to talk about the joys and challenges of paleontology fieldwork all over the world!

This year’s National Fossil Day focus is on the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, specifically, the 29-million-year-old Oligocene assemblage of the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation.

We're excited to announce two new bi-weekly livestream programs coming soon from SVP! Fossil Trails USA will debut on October 21 on our Instagram channel. The Fossil Finders will debut on October 29 as a collaborative program with Paleontologizing on Twitch! #NationalFossilDay

Everybody walk the dinosaur 🦖, it’s #NationalFossilDay! Check out the ✨ BRAND NEW ✨ NPS Paleontology Guide: education.americangeosciences.org/resources/nps & fossil 3D models: sketchfab.com/AmericanGeosciencesInstitute #EarthScienceWeek #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ESW2025 #EnergyResourcesForOurFuture

To use sources of #energy, we have to FIND sources of energy via EXPLORATION! 🤠🧑‍🔬 Join us TOMORROW for the next #EarthScienceWeek seminar focusing on the future of energy exploration Register now: www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/ #ESW2025 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #EarthScience #Resources #Exploration

What are you doing inside?? Don’t you know what today is??! It’s #NoChildLeftInsideDay, brought to you by @neefusa.bksy.social! 🥾🏕️☀️🏃 Check out their incredible resources at www.neefusa.org/no-child-left-inside #EarthScienceWeek #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ESW2025 #EnergyResourcesForOurFuture #NCLI

Today is #MINERALSDAY! 💎⛏️🚨 Where would we be without minerals? They impact every aspect of our life! So why not take some time today to explore minerals on mineralsday.org? #ESW2025 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #EnergyResourcesForOurFuture #MineralsDay #Minerals #Mineralogy #Geology #EarthScience #Earth

It’s #InternationalEarthcacheDay! 🧭🗺️ Today we celebrate #adventure & #TreasureHunting 🏴‍☠️ with @geosociety & @geocaching Find your first #EarthCache TODAY by visiting GeoCaching.com Let us know what you find! #EarthScienceWeek #EarthScienceWeek2025 #EnergyResourcesForOurFuture #ESW2025 #GeoCache

It’s FINALLY #EarthScienceWeek! 🌍 Celebrate with us & explore how this year’s theme, #EnergyResourcesForOurFuture, highlights the essential role of #geoscience in understanding, developing, & sustaining #EnergyResources for a resilient future! ⚡🔋 #EarthScienceWeek2025 #ESW2025 #EarthScience #Earth

NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY IS LESS THAN 1 WEEK AWAY! How will you celebrate on 10/15?! 🥳 Start celebrating NOW by exploring the amazing National Park Service #3Dmodels from our #FossilFriday series – links in bio, including this week’s #clam jam! (bit.ly/bivalves-chaco) #Fossil #NPS #Paleontology

Don’t be stuck inside on 10/14 because AGI & @neefusa.bsky.social are teaming up to bring you #NoChildLeftInsideDay! ☀️🏕️🥾 Head over to NEEF's incredible new webpage for #education materials, activities, & more: www.neefusa.org/no-child-left-inside #NCLI #NEEF #Outside #ESW2025 #EarthScienceWeek2025

Go outside!

Did you know New Mexico had beach-front property 75 million years ago? 🏝️⛱️🌊 That’s right! This #rock from Chaco Culture National Historical Park contains ripples & a clam #fossil — it must have formed on a #beach! Explore the #3Dmodel — bit.ly/clams-ripples-chaco #FossilFriday #NPS #Paleontology

Get ready for the ⚡️ energetic ⚡️ return of the #EarthScienceWeek #webinar series, from October 13th to 16th! Don’t miss out on THE FUTURE of energy! 🛸 Register now - link in bio! www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/ #energy #earthscience #future #NEED #geothermalrising #aapg #usgs #geology #geoscience

This horse from the desert DOES have a name–Equus Scotti 🐎 🏜️ This #IceAge #fossil horse from Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument lived during a time when Nevada was much cooler and wetter than it is now. Explore the 3D model: bit.ly/equus-jaw-tule-springs #FossilFriday #NPS #Paleontology

On this fine #FossilFriday, we’re taking a deep dive into deep time to check out this potential plesiosaur fossil from Chaco Culture NHP 🌊 Plesiosaurs were marine reptiles (not dinosaurs) that existed at the time of the dinosaurs! Learn more at bit.ly/plesiosaur-b... #Paleontology #NPS #Science

It’s #FossilFriday! Did you know? #Dinosaur tracks are full of facts! 👣🦖 #Paleontologists learn about the behavior of extinct animals from trace #fossils, like these tracks from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Learn more at bit.ly/JWPowell-tra... #NPS #EarthScience #Paleontology #Education

On this #FossilFriday, we have a question - what do you get when you cross a tree & a fish? 🌳🐟 A “scale tree”, AKA a Lepidodendron! Explore this Lepidodendron bark impression #fossil from #MammothCave #NationalPark at bit.ly/tree-fern-ma... #NPS #Paleontology #Science #Education #Geoscience #Earth

What do #cats and #camels have in common? 🐱🐫 They both walked through the exact same spot 3 million years ago in what is now #DeathValley #NationalPark and left behind #fossil tracks 😮 Explore this amazing #3Dmodel at bit.ly/felid-cameli...! #FossilFriday #NPS #Paleontology #Geology #EarthScience

Just 1 WEEK left to apply to the Sternberg Science Camps! Applications close APRIL 7 👀😳 If you’re in middle or high school and are passionate about #rocks, #fossils, & #EarthHistory, click the link in our bio RIGHT NOW! We can’t recommend these #ScienceCamps enough! 🙌 @sternbergcamps.bsky.social

12-18 year-olds! RUN, don’t walk to the link in our bio! Today is the day to start your Sternberg Camps application‼️🏃‍♂️ It just makes sense 🤌 Watch the video to learn more! TAG SOMEONE BELOW WHO SHOULD APPLY!👇 Deadline is April 7th (10 days away!) ✍️ @sternbergcamps.bsky.social #Paleontology #Camp

📢 SHARE THIS WITH THE #SCIENCE KID IN YOUR LIFE! & tell them to check out the one, the only STERNBERG CAMPS! 😮 @sternbergcamps.bsky.social Are we working for them? Yes, maybe. Do we genuinely believe in their education model & value to aspiring 🌎 #scientists? 100% Apply by APRIL 7TH, link in bio 👀

Reminder we are coming up on the final deadline for the 2025 @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program applications on April 7th. Here's an at-a-glance of everything we have offered for this summer. (Credit to @geosplore.bsky.social for the graphic design work.) sternberg.fhsu.edu/education-ou...

#SCIENCE ON #PUBLICLANDS IS UNDER THREAT! Watch for ways to fight back (or to see Max climb into a laundry basket, either way 🤷‍♀️) Are you under 18? Wanna be a #scientist? Pursue this goal to fight back! Visit @sternbergcamps.bsky.social or click the link in bio-seriously, you’ll thank us later 😉

Ever wish you could join us in the field? Well now you* can! ⚒️ (*if you’re in middle or high school) Watch video and see caption to learn more about @sternbergcamps.bsky.social! Or you can head to the link in our bio 👀 Hope to see you there! #Paleontology #Fossil #FieldCamp #SummerCamp #Science

Leptomercids were TINY, adorable, now extinct deer 🦌that lived 38-24.8 million years ago. Mattison Shreero's first publication 📝 was naming and describing a NEW genus after Senior National Park Paleontologist Vincent Santucci. 🔊Listen to a episode #83 now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/matt...

What do you do if you find a fossil in a National Park 🤔? A. Keep it B. Sell it C. Leave it there, take a photo, get the coordinates, and report it to a ranger.

What happens to a #fossil after it’s excavated & prepared? 🤔 It’s taken to a #paleontology #collection! Aka a #FossilLibrary, with a #CollectionsManager/ #Curator as the fossil librarian! 🦴📚 Are you in high school? Check out Sternberg Camps @sternbergcamps.bsky.social - link in bio! Apply today!

Welcome to…THE FUTURE! 🛸 Well, this technology is modern, but it uses LASERS!⚡️PEW PEW Watch the video below to learn about #digital #paleontology! And tune in TOMORROW for Part 2 - how to get started on your digital #paleontologist career path! 😎 #fossils #3D #CT #scanning #education #science

Like our last guest, you've probably seen Mattison’s fantastic #scicomm videos on TikTok! In this episode, geologist 🪨, paleontologist ⛏️, and #scicomm'er 📲 @geosplore.bsky.social, talks about Badlands National Park, Wall Drug, and fossil mammals 🦌. Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/matt...

🔥 HELL PIGS RULE!!! 🔥 These LARGE pig-like mammals called entelodonts (EN-tee-low-dahnts) had canines as large as a T.rex! You wouldn't have wanted to run into one 38-19 million years ago in South Dakota! Listen to episode #83 with @geosplore.bsky.social now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/matt...

NEW! Episode #83 features geologist, paleontologist 🐎, and science communicator 📲, Mattison Shreero @geosplore.bsky.social! Mattison talks about Badlands National Park in South Dakota, how it all got there, and why she LOVES her job. 🔊 Listen to episode #83 now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/matt...

Go out there and get you a #paleontologist! ⚒️🫶🥰 (‘cause nothing says “I love you” like paleo puns and comic sans 😌) Which one(s) are you sending to your Valentine? 🤔 #ValentinesDay #Valentines #Paleontology #Geology #Puns #Fossil #Love

So, you wanna be a #paleontologist …but what kind?! #Research and #fieldwork are the well-known directions, but what about #FossilPreparation? 🦴 Watch to learn more! And, if you’re 14-18, you can apply to the @sternbergcamps.bsky.social prep-focused #summercamps - link in bio! #fossil #education

Forget hot girl summer; are you ready for #JurassicParkGirlSummer? 🦖 Take it from Dr. Grant, @sternbergcamps.bsky.social are the next best thing to #JurassicPark, and registration is NOW OPEN! Learn more & apply today to start your #paleontology journey— link in our bio! ✨ #SummerCamp #Education

Did you know #mosasaurs can be World Record holders? Well, if you visit the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, you’ll meet Bruce, the 13 meter-long, #worldrecord holder for largest mosasaur on display!🥇🏆 (The largest published mosasaur is ~17 meters long 😮) #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Education

Hi and welcome to *shameless Wayne’s World parody*! We’re here to tell you about an amazing #paleontology opportunity for you, your kid, or your (high-school-aged) loved one—the Sternberg Science Camps @sternbergcamps.bsky.social Learn more at the link in our bio! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22CpWcG/

I did it, ma! I made the papers! (Calling mosasaurs dinosaurs was not my input) #mosasaurs #dinosaurs #paleontology #winnipeg #freepress www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Grandma got run over by WHAT? 👵🏼🐻 We made a collection of #Paleontology #parodies of #ChristmasSongs! Check them out! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYsB49P9/

This #FossilFriday we’re looking at some late #Neogene sharks from the central East Coast of the US, including teeth from a baby Otodus megalodon, a Carcharhinid shark, and a Hemipristis serra! 🦈 #shark #sharkweek #fossil #otodusmegalodon #teeth #science #paleontology #naturalhistory #beach