The Top 10 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025 By @restingdinoface.bsky.social And have a great Christmas Eve tonight, everyone! 🦕🎄🥂✨️❤️🦖 www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Furry, forest frog-face

Seems I'm not the only one with a speckly integument... royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Everlux Nomad Sculpt and Blender #FlightRising #FRFanart #3DArt #NomadSculpt #Blender

In late January 2026, the blog Tetrapod Zoology will be a ridiculous 20 years old. I'll be putting out a long introspective article but am still thinking I should arrange other events. Here are just a few images from the blog's history of operation...

wow, it's Shonisaurus, the giant Triassic ichthyosaur!

#RSOS in @newscientist.com | Fossilized melanosomes reveal colour patterning of a sauropod dinosaur: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

A somewhat liberal interpretation, but definitely inspired by your study! The amount of details of past life preserved in the fossil record never ceases to amaze me. Nor does the creativity and tenacity of paleontologists, working to tease out that information. What a cool study!

a sebecid and a dyrosaurid squabble over a delicious turtle #paleoart

Some exciting news relevant to sauropod life appearance (specifically, to diplodocids) has just been published by @tessasaurus.bsky.social and colleagues, excellent! In time, a Part II to this article will definitely be required .... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/1/... #dinosaurs #FossilFriday

If you created any artwork based on our recent study on Diplodocus color patterns, we would love to see it!!! Please feel free to reply to this with your colorful dippy art 🦕🖌️🎨

Is it scientific? Yes. Is it hot? Also yes.

Fresh. Water. Mosasaur. In. The. Hell. Creek. Formation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn8l...

Analysis of Diplodocus skin fossils indicates the presence of diverse melanosome types, suggesting these dinosaurs may have exhibited speckled color patterning rather than uniform coloration. doi.org/qh3n

Result from today's stream! A bby Diplodocus in 2 hours! In light of the new paper by Tess Gallagher I was really excited to draw a colorful little sauropod! I've studied and compiled knowledge on the Morrison for years so it's always amazing to see big new research! #paleoart #sciart

Forever grateful to have such an amazing and talented team here at EFM. Way to go Tess! We can't wait to hang this paper up on the staff fridge!!!

NEW paper out today in Royal Society Open Science: “Fossilized melanosomes reveal colour patterning of a sauropod dinosaur” (2025). 🦕 Research conducted in part & facilitated by Elevation Science. Art by Tess Gallagher. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

In light of @tessasaurus.bsky.social's amazing paper on paleocoloration of the MDQ Diplodocus, I would *highly* recommend those interested to check out @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social's paleo color doc! they've done great work researching it and have been very responsive to sources I've found for it. 👇

Super cool stuff!! Tess has put a massive amount of work into this project, and the end result is really incredible. Certainly worth a read, and major congrats to @tessasaurus.bsky.social and the rest of the team!

Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in @royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26

While the paper hasn't come out just yet, the news certainly has. Proud to announce our discovery of color patterning in a sauropod dinosaur. Will go in depth tomorrow.

Very cool thing coming out soon. Stay tuned. 🦕

The paper coming out later this week will provide an interesting update on the Hell Creek ecosystem. 🌎 As a teaser, here is a cropped bit of artwork. Any guesses about the topic? Best guess wins some NDGS Paleo stickers!🎉 [Keep quiet any paleontologists that already know about the paper] 😁

Hope my fellow sauropod peeps are okay with an early Christmas 😉🦕

Our first winter inside EFM is here, and our team filled the holiday trees with handmade, sustainable ornaments, crafted from nature-inspired materials. These small choices reflect who we are: creative and committed to a sustainable future. 🌱 Check out our blog post: dino.efm.org/ornament-blog

The jumble of bones looked like porridge. It turned out to be a new species of pterosaur preserved in prehistoric vomit, the latest fossil find extracted from dinosaur excretions. I’ll tell you more in my latest for NatGeo. 🧪

A *GREAT* new sauropod cervical ligament system paper just dropped. 🧵 Gonna start with the paper: Williams, A.R., & Harris, J.D. (2025). Cervical ligament systems in sauropod dinosaurs: what support is there? Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 13: 81–97. doi.org/10.18435/vam...

There were so many big paleo publications made this year, especially in the last few months. First sauropod with gut content, nanotyrannus X2, new hadrosaur mummies, new pterosaur in vomit. You think any more big things will come before the year ends????

For #FossilFriday, my *secret project* that I've been dying to share with y'all is finally here! 🥁🥁🥁🥁 HUNTER! Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog! 🧵

Happy #FossilFriday! I am absolutely thrilled to share the first new exhibit for the History Museum at the Castle to feature specimens from the Weis collection: bird evolution, flourite, & quartz. Many thanks to B Danz, T Green, & J Taylor for their photos & art!

Even dinosaurs slipped sometimes. This cast was made from a hadrosaur track found in 80 million-year-old rocks in Utah. Once considered the biggest hadrosaur track, it just looks extra large because the dinosaur’s heel slipped as its foot touched the ground. 🧪

Oh, you haven’t seen the last of Nanotyrannus. A new study, overlapping with the big paper a few weeks ago, may add to the evidence Nanotyrannus is back. I’ll catch you up on my latest for National Geographic. 🧪

A male Nanotyrannus lancensis sports their sharp and contrasting breeding season colors. They lift their head up and catch the whiff of the promise of hope... a female...

I am running in the Palaeontological Association Council Elections, as an Early-Career Research Officer & Meetings Co-ordinator🏅If you are a member of the PalAss, and want me to be part of the council, maybe cast a vote or two? I'd love to fulfill the Early Career position 🤞

Interested in #DinoCon 2026, happening in Birmingham in July? Check out what went down at our inaugural event in Exeter ... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/8/... Follow us on socials at @dinoconuk.bsky.social

I seeee youuuu🦖

”Bloody Mary” Nanotyrannus #sciart

Here, have a Dippy 🦕

tis the season

What might be my favourite fossil has been just published by Kiat et al. 2025. Years ago I saw a pic of this Anchiornis specimen in nat geo article and I audibly gasped.preserving not only the feathers but also the original patterns as well. I made this drawing on the spot. Maybe its time to do v2.0

I don't do Doom Scrolling, I do Hope Scrolling and see young people doing extremely creative and clever stuff, and go, wowza, the future is in good hands.

Feeling down. Didnt get into a dream PhD program. good news is that theres two rounds of applications (sometime around next spring i believe) but regardless, still sucks.

Last Saturday night was a good night. I received the Lanzendorf - National Geographic PaleoArt Prize for Scientific Illustration at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Thank you @drverakorasidis.bsky.social #SciArt #PaleoArt #SVP2025 #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld

Dinovember Glow Up #18 - Diplodocus Today we have Diplodocus on a stroll, accompanied by an entourage of pterosaurs. This one was inspired by @tessasaurus.bsky.social's studies on Diplodocus skin. Also look out for a small easter egg from my wife. #drawdinovember #Dinovember2025

Rex, all hail the king #sciart

Love this so much. 💜

Wang, W., Shang, Q., Wang, J. et al. Earliest long-necked sauropterygian Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis and plasticity of vertebral evolution in sauropterygian marine reptiles. Commun Biol 8, 1551 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Got informed about some sad news. Garfield Minott, a prolific dinosaur modeller, special effects and palaeoartist, recognised for contributions to the description of dinosaur binocular vision, passed away at age of 58.

If you’re at #2025SVP, I’ll be available to chat about this work this afternoon! Our poster on it is at the very end of the balcony (left of the stage) in Hall 3.

Tomorrow!