My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

MASSIVELY excited to see Tityus achilles, South America's first #venom spraying #scorpion, finally described in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social ! This new species from #Colombia can spray venom at potential predators, a striking case of convergent #evolution 🧵 (1/n) academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

For #FossilFriday have you ever considered the scorpion fossil record? This is surprisingly rich, but how we categorize these animals transcends being a hot mess. It's a spicy disaster. My colleague Jason and I wrote a paper on it which came out today: peerj.com/articles/185... ⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky

We always encourage diverse perspectives in our research group and aim to cater to a broad audience, but sometimes lab meetings are not for the faint of heart 😂

QRP with your sketch vs final #art! #arttrain #sciart One of my rare legible sketches, the two fossil tardigrades trapped in amber: Beorn & Aerobius

Lets share some science! @harvardoeb.bsky.social Marc Mapalo uses limb patterning genes to understand the evolution of tardigrade legs... turns out tardigrade legs have a predominant distal identity relative to those of arthropods & onychophorans 🤯 evodevojournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

At long last, the Lab for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution @harvardoeb.bsky.social is getting on the bandwagon! Thanks for the early adopter followers making the transition easier 😁 Will soon resume posting news about our crew and research, stay tuned! ortega-hernandezlab.oeb.harvard.edu