TLDR; it is too early to stop doing taxonomic & natural history work and exclusively do meta-analysis; our existing datasets are highly structured & biology is weird. we shouldn't assume we already know enough to extrapolate a species' needs for conservation- we still need taxonomy & autecology

Sharing my research and learning from the community at #PalAss2025 It was a great experience to be a part of such a lovely and warm conference! #portsmouth #iiserpune

🧵New paper + open database drop! The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data. A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I'm a bit late, since we were away for fieldwork, but check out our new paper on data equity in paleo, led by the amazing @emmadnn.bsky.social.

📢 New publication! Oligo-Miocene marine bivalves from the Kutch Basin (western India) and their biogeographic implications in the context of Tethyan closure: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The project is funded by SERB @ANRFIndia, @IISERPune