So in the Bluesky user map, I find myself sitting in the Palaeontology Researchers and Educators. Which is fair. But we definitely have the best neighbours. 🌈💃

Imagination in bonobos! I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko

We got sheep! 🐑 Come meet Barley and Rye in the gardens of the Natural History Museum. 😁 @nhm-london.bsky.social

I see Barney has turned to a life of crime. 👀

And yet more gorgeous wildlife images from this year's People's Choice Award! 🙌🏻 Particularly love this one of a rufous-vented ground cuckoo with its lovely metallic orange-purple tail 🪶🧪 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/february/vote-for-wildlife-of-the-year-nuveen-peoples-choice-award-2026.html

Great news for Svalbard polar bars, for the time being anyway. ❄️ Interesting to see how some animals are adapting to the effects of climate change. www.newscientist.com/article/2513...

This #FossilFriday, we have a new Paranthropus fossil that was recently discovered in northern Ethiopia! 🦴 The latest discovery shows that this group was as widely distributed as other early human relatives, despite having a more specialised diet. Check it out 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

Cows use tools! 🧹 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.

This is my 30th year as a journalist. But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners. An utter disregard and contempt for their readers

Every time I visit an Ivy restaurant, I always come away with new ideas of how I want to decorate my house.

Today in the UK, I dropped my six-year-old at school and came home. Alive. Wednesday in the USA, Renee Good dropped her six-year-old at school and never made it home. Killed by masked government agents. There are UK politicians who want Trump-style ICE enforcement here. Let's never vote them in!

It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025! Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪 See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M

There’s something endearing about watching birds trying to walk on a frozen lake. 🦆

Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab. Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.

I am constantly blown away by how weird and wonderful nature can be! 🦈 This remarkable fossil is believed to be the lower jaw of a Helicoprion, an extinct group of shark-like fish that lived more than 270 million years ago during the Permian. Its mouth was basically a buzz saw. 🤯

Today is (apparently) National Trivia Day! Here’s my favorite fun piece of shark trivia: Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, have been found with reindeer and polar bear remains in their stomachs!

It’s a cold one on the water today. 🥶

This is really cool! 🌞

The earliest confirmed evidence of an adult cremation pyre has been discovered in Malawi! 🔥 theconversation.com/oldest-known...

Happy New Year!! 🥳 What a beautiful frosty morning to start 2026.

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 You may have received lots of lovely presents, but did you know that some animals also give gifts? In my final video of 2025, I explore the generosity of bats. Check it out 👇 youtu.be/feA45_bjTXo?...

My last article of 2025 is a throwback to my previous job working for Gerald Durrell’s wildlife charity in Jersey. The new species of beetle was described from @nhm-london.bsky.social collections, but the story of the taxonomist who named it is even more fascinating. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Misty winter mornings are just perfection. 👌

Nice summary of our team's recent paper on the osteohistology of the tiny ankylosaur Liaoningosaurus, with words by @emmacaton.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Dozens of small dinosaur fossils found in China have turned out to be baby ankylosaurs! Great to chat with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social about this new research. 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

More dino prints! 🐾 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lots of fantastic new species described by Museum scientists this year! 🦋🐍🐟🦖🪱🐸

A 106 square metres spider web?! 🕸️ www.bbc.com/newsround/ar...

Looks like I’ll be renewing my Apple TV subscription! 🦣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kv...

It’s a bit late for Halloween, but these frogs are fantastically spooky! 🐸🎃 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Back in the climbing gym after a month away. Oh how I’ve missed it. 🧗🏼‍♀️

Dive into the evolutionary history of sharks! 🦈 I had the pleasure of speaking with shark scientist Emma Bernard about these fascinating animals. We also take a look at some pretty cool shark fossils that are millions of years old. Check it out 👇

I love this time of year so much! 🧡🍂

A thunderstorm on the 31 October feels like the Halloween equivalent of a white Christmas. ⛈️

Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate. Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.

The wonderful @yukihaba.bsky.social and I went beneath London to help solve the riddle of the Underground Mosquito... Debunking rather than spelunking ;) @marakat.bsky.social @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social

The red deer rut is still one of my favourite UK wildlife spectacles! 🦌 I took a trip over to Bushy Park before sunrise to see the male deer in action, and they certainly didn’t disappoint.

The winning images for Wildlife Photographer of the Year have been announced! 🎉 And obviously, they are stunning. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The release of the BBC story on this year’s dinosaur track excavation at Dewars Farm means I can finally post these team photos. Thanks so much to quarry manager Mark Stanway & all his team at Smiths Bletchington for being utterly amazing & supporting our work at the site.

You had me at ‘sword dragon’. 👀🐉 A remarkable fossil ichthyosaur that was discovered in the UK in 2001 has been identified as a new species! www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

So excited to have been given the chance to explore the RRS David Attenborough (which I still call Boaty McBoatface 😅)! It was great to have a tour of the ship and speak to some of the scientists about their important research.

David Attenborough + Kew Gardens puzzle = Perfect Sunday evening 👌

Spent a windy weekend away at the coast. Storm Amy didn’t mange to keep me from swimming. 🏊🏻‍♀️

I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr Jane Goodall in Cambridge back in 2017. She had a wonderful sense of humour, and I certainly left that conference feeling a lot more optimistic about the world. 💚 At the age of 91, she was still actively involved in her movement to protect wildlife.

Devastated to learn about the passing of Dr Jane Goodall. 🕊️ Her amazing achievements and passion for protecting the natural world is what originally inspired me to pursue science at university. The world has lost a true titan of conservation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

The @nhm-london.bsky.social 's human evolution exhibition, includes models of a neanderthal and homosapien looking at each other, like dads comparing barbecue-ing techniques 🥰👍🏛️🍑🍖 #MuseumBums Thanks @thelabandfield.bsky.social for directing us to the rare humanish bums in a natural history museum ❤️

Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024! 🌱 A good reminder that positive changes are still happening despite general feelings to the contrary at the moment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...