This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

[blog] Paleontology R Packages to Benefit from Software Sustainability Institute Grant 🎉 🦴 Palaeoverse is a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology (The Palaeoverse toolkit). 🐊🦕🌿🪸🦑 Will Gearty and The Palaeoverse Team are excited to announce funding from the Software […]

📢 Abstract submission for IPC7 is now open! We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web 📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026 🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site #IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown

✨ Calling all PalAss members & future members! ✨ 👉 Explore all opportunities here: palass.org/awards-grant... Not a PalAss member yet? You’re very welcome to join us! 🔗 palass.org/membership Please share with colleagues and students who might benefit 💬✨ #PalAss #grant #palaeontology #join

⚡Applications for Paleontological Society Student Representative (2026-2028) are open! ⚡ @paleosoc.bsky.social It's a great way to be a part of the community and advocate for students! Applications due March 1. forms.gle/6qg2BLWgEXVd...

🎉 The 6th VCWAP is happy to announce our upcoming workshop! 🗓 Wednesday, March 4th ⏰ 1:00–3:00 PM (UTC+1) 🔍 “An Introduction to Open Science in Archaeology and Palaeontology” 🎤 Presented by @palaeoverse.bsky.social 👉 palaeoverse.org ✨ Don’t miss it! Join us! #workshop #conference #online

Great news! A new NSF Geoinformatics grant to support the PBDB was funded in June of 2025! This will overhaul the technical underpinnings of PBDB, a necessary step for carrying the PBDB forward -- www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Exciting news! Our invited perspectives in npj Biodiversity looks at how marine life bounced back after the worst mass extinction ever, the Permian‑Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) ~252M years ago. Big questions: fast or slow? recovery or restructure? www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New paper out: The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️

Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68

Brilliant talk by Dr Johannes De Groeve today, perfectly timed to the time I was working on my spatial analysis. I'll definitely be keeping TABS on the package.

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Join us later today! 👇

⚠️After a fantastic 69th PalAss meeting in Portsmouth, we’re thrilled to announce what’s next! 🎉✨ 📅 The 70th Annual Meeting 📍 Oxford 🏛️ 🗓 8–11 December 2026  📌 Mark your calendars, spread the word, and keep an eye out 👀 — more details coming soon! 🚀 #PalAss26 #oxford #conference

New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama" 🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419 We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.

Our new paper is online! We found that 1) today's shark & ray diversity was already reached ~100Ma; 2) that the K/Pg extinction was not catastrophic; 3) that the max diversity was reached ~50Ma; and 4) that today's diversity is depleted compared to the past. www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️29th January 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for our first lecture of 2026, given by Dr Johannes De Groeve from University of Amsterdam, on “Tips for TABS (Temporal Altitudinal Biogeographic Shifts)” 🏔️ Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

🎉✨ The PalAss is BACK after winter break! ✨🎉 And we’re coming back with amazing news 👀👇 🌍✈️ Next ProgPal is heading to London! 📅 22–25 June 2026 💡Get ready for inspiring sessions, great talks, and posters 🇬🇧 ⚠️Stay tuned — more details coming soon! 🚀🔥 #conference

NEW EDITORIAL! 💡 Using data to construct tripartite networks & models 📊, we found that editorial diversification helps make peer review more inclusive & better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research 🌐 Find out more 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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...

If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

There’s not long left to apply for these positions! ✍️

Contingent responses of diversity and disparity of different animal groups to the P-Tr mass extinction: "Ammonoids...brachiopods exhibit refilling of vacated morphospace of shell outlines, Ostracods underwent adaptive radiation" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio

Our job adverts are now live! 🤩 We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL. Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️ More info and links below 👇

After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

Last Thursday @palaeoverse.bsky.social I shared some of our recent projects, exploring the application of phylogenetic methods and the exciting new wave of Bayesian diversification models. #paleobiology #paleontology #macroevolution youtu.be/vd-E4E6iFNg?...

Looking for a PhD in palaeontology or associated fields? Just a heads up that we have a list of opportunities on the @thepalass.bsky.social website: palass.org/phd-opportun... ⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky (If you're advertising one, you can add it to our listings too: palass.org/form/webform... )

Are you familiar with the @palaeoverse.bsky.social Lecture Series? Check out our YouTube Channel for lectures from community experts on method development and application in Palaeontology: www.youtube.com/@ThePalaeove... We will be announcing the next set of lectures in the New Year, stay tuned!

Join us later today! 👇

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

New paper alert! We reconstructed the diversification trajectory of sharks & rays over the past 145 myrs to answer: When did they experience major extinction events? Does age play a role in extinction selectivity? If so, does it change with extinction intensity? 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Attending the BES annual meeting? Come to our lunchtime workshop launching the new version of our better science guide on reproducible code! 🌍 🧪

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️18th December 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for our last talk of 2025, given by @singerstone.bsky.social from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, on “Mammals as a key to evolutionary theory” 🦬 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

We are excited to have been awarded a Large Grant by @softwaresaved.bsky.social! 🥳 This will help us future-proof our R packages and tools, and provide more training and mentoring for computational palaeontologists. Coming soon: job ads for two new team members! 👀 www.software.ac.uk/ssi-awards-f...

Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al: "Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited" doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals

We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Come and join us in 40 mins to hear from Dr Tyler! 🤩

📢 rphylopic 📦 1.6.0 is now on #CRAN! - resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄 - geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛 - add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees 🪾 - get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤 rphylopic.palaeoverse.org #Rstats

*Gain skills and training in journal publishing!* Open Palaeontology is looking for Managing Editors and Steering Committee members! Please consider helping to shape community open-access publishing in palaeontology, and spread the word! openpalaeo.org @openpalaeo.bsky.social

ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social

Some good representation from the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at #2025svp! If you have any queries about what we do, come find us! 😊 @joeflansan.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social @piginatutu.bsky.social Some flyers still left at the @graphicssci.bsky.social booth too! 🎨

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

💡 Need support to attend your next palaeontology event? Apply for a PalAss Diversity Bursary! 🌍✨ 👉 palass.org/palaeontolog... 💷 Funding available: up to £250 GBP per individual bursary. 📝 What you’ll need: A short supporting statement A breakdown of your anticipated expenses [1/2]

Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me). www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...

🎓 Member News! 🌟 We’re excited to announce a brand-new series of Early-Career Researcher webinars all about careers and grants 💼💡 Our ERC Officer will be joined by inspiring grant awardees and professionals from diverse career paths who’ll share their experiences, tips, [1/2]

🦕 Thinking about a career in Palaeosciences? 🌍 Explore a list of Masters Courses and take the next step toward uncovering Earth's ancient secrets! 🔍✨ If you coordinate a Masters course that you’d like to see listed, need to update existing information,[1/2]

Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸 We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini. 🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...

New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...