Napoli, J. G. (2026). Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology. Paleobiology, 1–30. doi:10.1017/pab.2026.10105 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here is a link to an actual "paper" in a predatory journal; excellent trolling from a vampire! www.easpublisher.com/article/arti...

baa baa black sheep have you any [Beastie Boys voices] WOOL yes sir yes sir three bags [Beastie Boys voices] FULL

#FossilFriday Rudist reef in Oman (from Schumann & Steuber 1997) (reused from a few years ago, in honor of #SurvivingEarth)

#SurvivingEarth Episode 4 observations: * Not in the control of the production, but subtitlers called the nodosaurs "Nothosaurus" and the pliosaurs "Pliosaurus" * Would production teams STOP GIVING MARINE REPTILES WHALESONG?? Please??? 1/

He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:

That ignores the role of climate change. Both are contributing factors.

Z ogromną radością informujemy, że dr Łukasz Czepiński, pracownik IPal PAN, znalazł się w gronie laureatów Stypendium Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego dla wybitnych młodych naukowców (edycja 21). Serdecznie gratulujemy! 👏👏👏 www.gov.pl/web/nauka/og...

Hemisphere-wide evidence of Early Paleoindian megaherbivore specialization | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Shame on you, Jupiter and Saturn!

In an unprecedented act of dissent, active-duty USAF Major Jason Watson was arrested on the Capitol steps after calling for the impeachment & removal of Donald Trump. Risking his career to uphold his constitutional oath, his arrest marks a historic moment. ✊🏻✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽

Did Clovis foragers hunt megafauna, scavenge their carrion, or both – And can we tell the difference? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Jurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birds | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Zietlow, A.R., Everhart, M.J. & Polcyn, M.J., 2026. - Redescription of the holotypes of Tylosaurus proriger and Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) - Deinsea 24: 1 - 21. zenodo.org/records/2041...

“Climate scientists appalled by politicians' refusal to accept responsibility as heatwave hits France… They say that years of warnings issued from scientists about the consequences of global warming have not been taken seriously.” #France #ClimateCrisis #UrbanHeat

The oldest shark face—anatomy of the Devonian elasmobranch Phoebodus C. Klug, M. Greif, A. Pohle, M. Ginter, M.I. Coates, W. Bel Haouz, A. Lagnaoui, J. Pople, and L. Frey Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71 (2), 2026: 399-430 www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

Belal S. Salem, Patrick M. O’connor, Matthew C. Lamanna, Wael A. Thabet, Sanaa El-Sayed, and Hesham M. Sallam Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71 (2), 2026: 383-397 doi:10.4202/app.01344.2026 www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

Birthright Citizenship is poised to become the next Roe v. Wade: A rallying cry for Republicans bent on revoking human rights. People claiming victory today should know that the Supreme Court gave Trump a roadmap to destroy it. My latest in @thenation.com

Anyone who watched Morning Live on BBC One this morning will have caught a first showing of the trailer for my most recent programme, Evolution with Chris Packham! I suspect it'll be online at some point soon - will share when it is!

Unlocking the early evolution of brain and feeding strategies in Anseriformes: the case of Conflicto antarcticus royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

PeerJ Three-dimensionally preserved appendages of the early Cambrian trilobite Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis peerj.com/articles/210... @peerj.bsky.social

Everyone should be extremely concerned that birthright citizenship was 5-4 and not unanimous.

If four SC justices are comfortable w/ ignoring the specific & (one would think) inarguable language of a *constitutional amendment* ... how do you think they'll respond when the felon tries to run for a 3rd term? As he will. Anyone thinking, "No, he can't, that's unconstitutional" needs to wake up.

P.M. Barrett, P.D. Mannion, S.L. Beeston, M.C. Lamanna, B. Clark, A. Otero, J.P. O’gorman, and M. Evans (2026) A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(2): 349-362 doi:10.4202/app.01315.2025 www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

The contingent advantage of photosymbiosis in coral evolution www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

A. Logghe et al. (2026) An exceptional Dimetropus pes imprint with scalation pattern from the lower Permian of Lodève and its broader implications for early synapsid palaeobiogeography and skin evolution Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(2): 363-382 www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

New theropod remains from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Yunnan, China: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Shimada, K. et al. 2026. Rediscovery of the associated gigantic vertebrae of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, from the Upper Miocene Gram Formation in Denmark... Palaeontologia Electronica, 29(2):a27. palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026...

Redescription of the osteology and the systematics of Panguraptor lufengensis (Neotheropoda, Coelophysoidea) sjp.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Old enough to recognize this as a data center

One billion more people face at least one day of extreme heat stress each year compared with the 1970s, according to a paper in Nature Climate Change. The findings show that global heat stress is intensifying across events during the day, night, and during both the day and night. 🌎🧪

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

Excited to announce my next book, #ComingBacktoEarth, due out in April 2028 from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social/ #PublicAffairs publishing:

Bossoms Mesa, A., Essel, E., Jáuregui, L. et al. Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art. Nat Commun 17, 5561 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

John D. Orcutt, Kevin C. Talbott, Michael J. Monroe & Nicholas A. Famoso (2026) Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication) doi: doi.org/10.1017/jpa.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

N.A. Lyubimov and M.V. Sablin (2026) A paleopathological study of the mandible of Canis etruscus from the Muhkai 2 locality and the problem of group behavior in early representatives of the genus Canis Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 330(2): 273–285 www.zin.ru/journals/tru...

nna L. Wisniewski & Graham J. Slater (2026) Phylogenetic analyses reveal that horses deviate from a pervasive pattern of skull shape evolution Paleobiology (advance online publication) DOI: doi.org/10.1017/pab.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

L. Corecco, V.P. Pereira, F. Erthal & C.L. Schultz (2026) Paleometric insights into the micromorphology of ziphodont archosaur teeth from the Santa Maria Supersequence (Triassic, Brazil). Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 29(1): e20260579. sbpbrasil.org/publications...

Jacob C. Dunn, Christian T. Herbst, Coen P.H. Elemans & W. Tecumseh Fitch (2026) Constraint and convergence in the evolution of vertebrate sound production Trends in Ecology & Evolution (advance online publication) doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Co-option and innovation in neural crest evolution | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

phylogenetic signal of extinction through the rise and fall of early vertebrates: field of bullets or clustered strike? academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

James S. Crampton, Michael Foote, Peter M. Sadler and Roger A. Cooper (2026) The spectrum of extinction rate magnitude Paleobiology (advance online publication) DOI: doi.org/10.1017/pab.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Silly thing is, a fun and cool nonpartisan event big crowds could enjoy would tend to support the power of the leading party—but they just can’t do it. They can’t bread or circus

Coming from the most corrupt Administration in American history, this is an honor I'll treasure forever.

More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/