Research Briefing: Bird sternum evolution facilitated the origins of powered flight rdcu.be/eyTdn

Thrilled to share the final chapter of ‪@talialm.bsky.socia’s dissertation — just published! This paper is the capstone of her PhD work and a major contribution to our understanding of the early evolution of birds and flight. 🦅 Way to go, Talia! 🥳

Evolution of the sternum (breastbone) in birds and other pennaraptoran dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @talialm.bsky.social et al.)

The final chapter of my PhD is finally published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution! Extremely proud of this culmination of years of work on the avian sternum, and grateful to everyone who contributed. Please reach out if you'd like a PDF 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our woodpecker grant is in! Who knows what will happen to it now... but it's really good! Congrats to a brilliant team: @dtobiansky.bsky.social, @talialm.bsky.social & Aki 🎉 🥳

A spotted pardalote! 🪶 The colors and patterns on this stunning floofball remind me a lot of Aboriginal art. It’s normally found high up in the canopy, but after sitting in place for a long time, unsuccessfully photographing fantails, I turned and found two near the forest floor in clear view.

Hi Blue Sky! Look at this fabulous lady I saw in a book today #feathereddinosaur