Want to learn or teach about 290-million-year-old vomit? Check out our educational resource! We break down how scientists study regurgitalites to find out what prehistoric creatures ate. Plus our free worksheet helps kids to think big about fossilized vomit. https://bit.ly/3RYVo0B

🚨 There’s a new T. rex in town! A newly described species of giant mosasaur—growing up to 43 ft long—has been named Tylosaurus rex, or “king of the tylosaurs.” One of the largest mosasaurs known to date, this T. rex might be every bit as fearsome as the original “tyrant king.” Read more.👇

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of the “Iliad” sealed in a clay packet outside its wrappings. It is the first time a literary work has been found playing a functional, spiritual role in the mummification process.

Good news for all Jurassic ichthyosaur lovers! fr.pensoft.net/articles.php... In this paper we did 3 things: 1) assess a specimen of UK Stenopterygius, 2) Find new metrics to differentiate the Stenop species 3) ammend some taxonomy (no more Magnipterygius). Congrats to Timothee on his first paper!

Last week, @science.org revealed 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, a giant predatory octopus from the Cretaceous 🐙 This discovery reminds us how even a single lump of rock can totally change our perspective on the history of the world. ⁣Read more about the new sea monster here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding. Gift link: nyti.ms/4u7I3kr

Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. The letters read, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I’m writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐬? Well, we’ve always assumed they did (and for good reason), but there’s been surprisingly little direct evidence to support this assumption. In a new paper, we describe an unassuming little Jurassic fossil that directly confirms it: doi.org/10.3374/014....

So glad to have been interviewed for this story! I stand by it ⚰️🔨 See the article below and the original paper by Ned Snelling and colleagues for more info on the increasingly dubious connection between high oxygen and griffenfly size 😎

🦖 Free Webinar: 200 Years of Vertebrate Paleontology in South Asia Join Dr. Advait Jukar for a fascinating look at the history and future of vertebrate paleontology in South Asia. 📅 March 11 | 12-1 PM ET 🔗 Register: anatomy.org/ANATOMY/Meet...

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! 💩🦖