Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Score more evidence for Nanotyrannus being a legit species of small tyrannosaur and not a juvenile T. rex: Mature histology in, of all bones, the hyoid. Of the holotype Cleveland skull! Truly innovative work by @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social & team. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Some crawled out of the ocean and then several million years later, crawled right back in. www.iflscience.com/when-did-som...

Many thanks to Dr. Silvia Pineda-Munoz at @climateages.bsky.social for covering our research! Check out her great article on our Spinosaurus results here: climateages.com/how-aquatic-... Or dive into the original paper below! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

The surprising crab-trap–pulling behavior is described in this article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We recently published a paper on how animal tool use is conceptualized, offering a framework to make sense of its different forms 👇📃 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #evosky #philsci

Dinosaurs were nearly wiped out 66 million years ago, long before the start of the Quaternary ice age. However, #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge shows that the few surviving dinosaurs (birds) would go on to become highly successful. Let's meet the ice age dinosaurs featured in the series! 🪶🧪

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊

Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Across scientific disciplines, US university departments are cutting the numbers of PhD candidates they plan to accept in the current application cycle, for students due to begin in 2026, according to a Nature news article. Some plan to pause admissions altogether. #Academicsky 🧪

Limb proportions predict aquatic habits and soft-tissue flippers in extinct amniotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.25.661573v1

Hey BlueSky! Want to learn more about some almost literally mind-bending brain research being done by @noonanlab.bsky.social? Check out the story below for one scientist's perspective on the importance of basic scientific research and the pursuit of open-ended questions about what makes us human.

Can simple #algorithms tell cryptic species apart? by Caleb Gordon, MPhil, B.A. iobopen.com/2025/05/04/c... On doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #morphology #machinelearning #science #conservation #turtles #organisms #biology

I also fear there will be a Lost Generation of scientists & researchers w/ these massive cuts, esp current trainees & #ECR Stripping away funding is quick, but short-sighted. It will set us back many years We must support #science, it is one of the very best things #America does! #Medsky #Scisky

Hey BlueSky! I’ll be defending my PhD dissertation on Monday, Feb 24 from 1–2pm US ET. Message me for Zoom info if you’re interested!

Hey BlueSky! Just made a quick starter pack of vertebrate SECAD researchers with accounts. Please add anyone I missed! go.bsky.app/Gm5h3Ww

Awesome new paper out on bromalites and the ecological expansion of dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great to see fossilized digestive remains getting the love they deserve! 💩🦖