Ants! Ants! Ants! 792 species of ants (!!!!!!) 3D scanned (high-throughput synchrotron X-ray microtomography) in luxurious detail: spectrum.ieee.org/3d-scanning-... paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... website: www.antscan.info Phenomenal.

Poposaurus running simulations starting to get better than utterly ridiculous. Now just ridiculous.

New #DAWNDINOS paper! We do predictive simulations of vertical height jumping in the Triassic theropod Coelophysis & extant (tinamou) bird Eudromia. Mainly as sensitivity analysis of what parameters are most important. We show how crucial tail mobility is. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

For those who haven’t seen it yet, the award-winning documentary @whydinosaurs.bsky.social is now available free on YouTube! You should definitely watch it if you have the time. I’ve embedded the video in my review here. dinodadreviews.com/2026/02/19/w...

A second species of non‐crocodyliform crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: Implications for locomotory ecological diversity in Saltoposuchidae - Bodenham - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Locomotor reassessment of Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) using osteological correlates fr.pensoft.net/articles.php...

There is a beauty in the reverence of the long since dead

Spinosaurus

Growth dynamics, skeletochronology, and histovariability of the theropod dinosaur Berthasaura leopoldinae - Souza - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Interesting preprint suggesting that recently described fossils from Brazil described as a new ctenochasmatine pterosaur, Bakiribu, preserved within a regurgitalite, instead represent the gill arch apparatus of an actinopterygian fish: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A paper published in Nature reports the discovery of an early sauropodomorph in the Andes of La Rioja, northwestern Argentina. The finding expands the known diversity and geographic range of early dinosaurs and offers new insights into sauropodomorph evolution. go.nature.com/4984sqA #Paleosky 🧪

Still scarred, @stellaludwig.bsky.social 🤣😭 www.pbs.org/video/the-ri...

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States. www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...

New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social

#PrehistoricPlanet - Discovering Dinosaurs Behind the Scenes | Framestore www.youtube.com/watch?v=_seC...

BBC Learning Hub has launched Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources. More here: edtechchronicle.com/bbc-learning...

And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November. Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet

On #FossilFriday I am proud to share a new discovery - a skull of a large extinct relative of king and emperor penguins. @atennyson.bsky.social, Daniel Thomas, Felix Marx, and I report this magnificent skull in Journal of Paleontology: https:// bit.ly/4ne3HQV

This week, a new megaraptor was described—found with its final meal still in its mouth! The discovery of Joaquinraptor sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology 🧪🦖 www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti... #science #paleontology #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #megaraptor #joaquinraptor

My take at Sobek (FSAC-KK 11888), scaled to the size assumed for MSNM V4047. #spinosaurus #spinosaurusaegypticus #kemkem #paleoart #pencildrawing

New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....

The Green River Formation is rich in species diversity. This snapshot captures nocturnal animals emerging as their diurnal neighbors start to settle in. This work is commissioned by the NPS to highlight species found in the Fossil Butte Monument in Wyoming.

#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️

A new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Holly Creek Formation of southwest Arkansas and its implications on the relationships of Goniopholididae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Jaws didn't just scare a generation of beachgoers. It inspired future marine biologists like #MIT_WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock to explore the truth about #sharks! 📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks

Two fossils found in Germany show very young pterodactyls with arm bones thought to have been broken in flight, probably because of severe tropical cyclones

Onchopristis numida hunting an albino baby Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

As we're all taught, you can (usually) only directly date the age of a rock if it cooled from lava. But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking. My take @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

It's finally here! The next #Sketchasaur short starring the always-charismatic Spinosaurus, whose 'true colors' came out when we viewed it through the water. Let me know what you think! #Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation

#FossilFriday 150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Lania, A., Pabst, B. & Scheyer, T.M. Craniomandibular osteology of a new massopodan sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic (latest Norian) of Canton Aargau, Switzerland. Swiss J Palaeontol 144, 39 (2025). doi.org/10.1186/s133...

Out today in Nature is the most exciting dinosaur paper I've ever been involved in - led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social we describe a partial skeleton of the UTTERLY BIZARRE Spicomellus from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco, the oldest known ankylosaur. (1/x) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long before dogs became our best friends, their ancestors roamed Beringia 🐺 This is Zhùr, a ~57,000 yr old mummified wolf pup discovered in the Klondike (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Traditional Territory). Preserved by permafrost, her fur, skin, and paws have survived since the Ice Age. #InternationalDogDay

Rediscovery of one of the world's rarest sharks, the sailback houndshark Gogolia filewoodi, in Papua New Guinea 🦑🧪🦈🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bonus #whaleontology #fossilfriday: Introducing the new right whale Megabalaena sapporoensis from the upper Miocene of Japan! About 12-13 meters long - at the small end of extant right whales (Eubalaena). Described by my NZ office mate Yoshi Tanaka et al. palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...

#金曜日だから化石貼る #FossilFriday FPDM特別展『獣脚類2025〜「フクイ」から探る恐竜の進化〜』より、スピノサウルスSpinosaurus aegyptiacus。 戦争で失われたホロタイプの模型。論文の図版や後年見つかった写真を元に作られた。 当時唯一だった標本が失われた影響は大きく、長い間謎に包まれていた。

Check out all the work that goes into the creation of the Spinosaurus TLC! Prompted by new discoveries, we began model updates and animation reworks. Peek behind the scenes and see the Spino’s refresh in action. Play the Spinosaurus today! #pathoftitans #dinosaurs #DeExtinction #spinosaurus #dinoTLC

The Cincinnati Museum Center is housed in a restored art deco train station from 1933. I love how Torvosaurus and Allosaurus kinda look like they’re waiting for a train. #FossilFriday

Wie wir von den Dinosauriern Demut lernen @ksta.bsky.social. #wissenschaft #paläontologie #dinosaurier #spinosaurus #wwd2025 www.ksta.de/panorama/pro...

'The iguanodontian dinosaur, whose fossils were found on the Isle of Wight, was identified by Dr Jeremy Lockwood, a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth and the Natural History Museum.' 1/2

#WWD2025 USask students featured in new #WalkingWithDinosaurs series news.usask.ca/articles/com...