the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

I mean we technically did say this in 2016...

BREAKING: new discovery reveals the Tully Monster is a (very) distant evolutionary relative of Nanotyrannus

Fossils are cultural objects - and this is not some woke b*llshit that people come up nowadays to spoil the fun in #palaeontology; this classification actually has a long history. If you're curious how fossils became #culturalproperty under int'l law, check my new paper: doi.org/10.1093/lril...

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

🚨We have exciting new webinar series starting next Wednesday @1730 BST! Join me as we discuss the #ERCStartingGrant with our panel speakers who have recently obtained this funding. Anyone is welcome to join this webinar - register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

👀Someone call a clambulance, I pulled a mussel laughing 👀 Great headline from the @theonion.com

Bacteria 🦠 🧫 play a crucial role in how animals become fossils! Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Had the amazing privilege earlier in the year to watch a lithographic limestone plate be made by one last plate makers in Germany. Each plate is cut and then hammered by hand into shape - and after having a go it's very skilled work. Currently they have no apprentices, so a truly dying art.

From our rare books collection we have this illustration of Vampyroteuthis infernalis, also known as the vampire squid from hell. In an order of its own, we don't really think the vampiric moniker is fair either as they actually feed on detritus and not blood #EYAMonsters

It's Kürbiszeit (pumpkin time) here in Bavaria! Bumper crops this year from the local farms, so every type of pumpkin dish is on the menu 🎃

Happy #Croctober to all who celebrate.

#Marine #origins and #freshwater #radiations of the otophysan fishes: dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adr4494

I’m googly eyed for the googly-eyed squid (Teuthowenia pellucida) 😍🧵🧪

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

This one was my arch nemesis for a hot minute. But theyre finally done. Teuthowenia pellucida, the googly-eyed squid. A deep sea cranchiid aka glass squid 🦑 🧪🐙🐡

Quick scan for you: No definition of 'woke' Key finding: "There was no wider correlation between how woke a university was and how it fared on the rankings." Utter drivel designed to drive culture wars.

Happy #fossilfriday ! Staffordshire is probably best known for its extensive carboniferous coal measures This gorgeous specimen in a borehole was found at a depth of 452m. Lepidodendron aff. ophiurus Middle Carboniferous, Beech, Staffordshire Photo taken @potteriesmuseum #paleobotany #plants

New out of office: "Contrary to any reports currently circulating I have actually been Raptured and will not be responding to emails. Thank you for your understanding during this exciting time".

Like Angela Bassett, I did the thing. I am knackered but yesterday morning I heard a group of 10 children screaming with excitement and suddenly everything was worth it.

Shrimps Shrimps 🦐 #gouache

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Really interesting and excellently executed taphonomic study alert! The authours designed neat insect disarticualtion experiments to better understand preservational patterns of insect found in the Crato Formation, Brazil. 🪰🪳🦟 Very very cool work by Storari et al. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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🎵 Country roads, take me home To the place I belong, West Bavaria, Solnhofen Plattenkalk, Take me home, country roads 🎶

⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉 🔗 Registration link ⬇️ palass.org/annual-meeti... #conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting

LOVE papers about gut contents! Vampyromorph coleoid predation by an ichthyosaurian from the Early Jurassic Lagerstätte of Bascharage, #Luxembourg Valentin Fischer et al peerj.com/articles/197... (Seen thanks to @arctomet.bsky.social!)

"How's the online ad coming?" "Pretty much done" "Great. You knew the names of all the relevant dinosaurs?" "...yeah. Definitely." "Cool. Just go ahead an launch it then"

Very excited to announce that I will be joining the staff at @uniofreading.bsky.social in the new year. Especially looking forward to working alongside Kevin the Ichthyostega and the team at the @colezoology.bsky.social as part of my new role.

Hard to concentrate on a symposium when the person sitting next to you keeps snuffling you for scritches.

🌊🦑 For 500+ million years, #cephalopods have shaped ocean ecosystems as active predators. In our study, we trace body #size fluctuations of cephalopods—from ancient shelled cephalopods to today’s squids & octopuses—using maximum body volume for comparability across groups. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Wholeheartedly agree with Emma. The piece is a really mixed bag: very comprehensive, topical, and timely, but with a selection of experts that I find partially questionable. Call me crazy, but I do think that a piece about the legality of the fossil trade should include legal experts. [cont'd]

Great to see an interrogation of the sources of commercial fossils, especially from Morocco 🦖🇲🇦 But utterly disappointing to see the platforming of people who have repeatedly and openly flouted (inter)national laws. Not a legal (or ethics) expert in sight 🤦‍♀️ [1] edition.cnn.com/2025/08/15/s...

Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553

The Deep Ones - I’ve been always thinking about a deep sea Cephalopod theme and here it is! Tentacles and appendages are so different when it comes to arranging the composition so it took me a good while, and hopefully it ends up well! 🦑🐙They’re just like from another world💙

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More uncertainty for ECRs in terms of NERC IRF. Hard not to feel like an already difficult situation is getting worse and worse in the UK. Not much transparency or a clear timeline here, making it difficult for any form of future planning. Anyone know a rough ETA?

you're not gonna believe this but the hardest part of drawing soft boneless animals is avoiding inappropriate shapes, because oh boy, lots of them look very inappropriate

scallop appreciation! 👁️ tidalfarce.com/index.html?p...

Proud supervisor moment! 🥹🤩 So incredible to watch our undergrad students from the lab shine in front of such a knowledgeable audience at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social. They absolutely crushed it and I couldn’t be prouder! @fernandalandim.bsky.social, Anna Clara Annes, Jorge Silva and Gabriela Karam.

Beetles are the most speciose animal order: 25% of described animal species are beetles. Everything has to start somewhere, though, and for #FossilFriday, here is the earliest known 'beetle' - the 297 million year old Coleopsis, found in Freisen (Saarland, Germany). ⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky

New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

ITS COMING HOME! Standing in the 'Big Ben British Pub' in Zurich surrounded by Spanish supporters. What a game. What a shootout. Super proud of the Lionesses. Amazing.

can we start a whale fall art train? any other whale fall freaks out there?

Only 52% of people polled like Stuttgart's music scene.

#Mirasaura brought me home to #Ireland during this work, where I could show my 92-year-old grandad these exceptionally preserved fossils. To which he replied, "It's just wonderful to see something older than me and age so well" He couldn't be more right. ☘️ #FossilPreservation @nature.com

*Taps the sign again*

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While this octopus is a complete vibe, the idea of them having smiley little faces is kinda freaking me out.

A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...