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Cockroaches getting some positive attention in the Guardian. Love to see it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters
Cristian Lucañas has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there’s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eye
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Welcoming Musango matusadonaensis, a new sauropodomorph dino from the Late Triassic of Zimbabwe found by our team back in 2018. Read about it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and have a look at this lovely reconstruction by @markwitton.bsky.social (1/2)
#MolluscMonday Section of a high-spired gastropod fossil in a paving stone adjacent to the National Theatre, London. #PavementGeology
#MolluscMonday Small (<2 cm) glycymerid bivalve shell with characteristic taxodont dentition. Photographed on a building stone (almost certainly Oligocene Calcaire à astéries) in St Émilion, the famous centre for Bordeaux wine.
Forget pervert glasses - what about smart plugs? Me on domestic abusers taking over home devices as.ft.com/r/8f4ab2f1-4... How smart tech is being weaponised in the home
For #FossilFriday a rare shark’s head in lagoonal sediments from the earliest Aptian of the #IsleofWight. About 30 cms across. A row of teeth can be seen across the lower jaw. On display at #DinosaurIsleMuseum.
#FossilFriday Field photograph of a belemnite, partly wrapped in seaweed, eroding out of Lower Jurassic rocks on the Yorkshire coast. A human finger points to this ‘witch’s finger’, one of the multitude of folklore names coined for belemnites.
My son just told me is favourite sentence is: “I didn’t say we should kill him” because if you emphasise each different word it changes the entire meaning
Orkneys first Blue cheeked Bee eater, first found by Paul and Jakey around Clestrain whilst out on the quadbike. A nervous wait, but relieved to find it again around around Hundland where still present this evening #BirdingOrkney #RareBirdsUK
23 month research associate job now available with our team to work on Middle Jurassic mammals from Scotland. Requires strong experience with segmentation of CT data but does not require a PhD. Deadline for applications is 26th July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Associate (Leverhulme) - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105138 - Grade 6
This is a Research Associate position to assist in palaeobiological research conducted as part of the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils” funded by the...
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Seen in an old cookbook, a recipe that resonates with me today.
This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
Thin Section Thursday! Image & caption: Nicole Mueller, UG student at James Madison University. Dhofar 287 is a lunar mare basalt meteorite. Note orthopyroxene (white crystals) and plagioclase (dark crystals) and clinopyroxene (the bright crystals). #thinsectionthursday #lunarmeteorite
We will have a 23 month research associate role opening to support our work on mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. Open to candidates with substantial CT-segmentation experience with Masters or PhD qualifications. Advert should be out next week - will post soon but do get in touch if of interest.
While Spain and Portugal battle it out in the football World Cup, the Iberian contest of the rudist limestones pits a red Ezcaray pavement in Spain against the floor of Porto railway station in Portugal.
It's another stunning 2026 find for July's Fossil of the Month! Tony Gill found this rock showing a hint of ammonite back in January. Some expert prep work from Kayleigh Gill has revealed this stunning, rare ammonite, an ancestor to the ones found up in Yorkshire! #FossilFriday
Just a moment of appreciation for our Minerals gallery! 😍💎 From sparkling gems to striking minerals from around the world, there’s so much to explore! Did you know that the specimens are displayed in original 19th century oak cabinets?
Just been out for an early run here in Hannover. 25C at 7am but the reason I could go out is the shade - lots of trees here in lovely long avenues. The UK is going to need much more of this. And trees take time to grow, so we’d better start now!
More from the old meadows, Wood tiger moth, Painted ladies, & Marsh fritillaries.
A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky
11 year old Emily found this fossil fish at Charmouth. Emily took it to Steve Etches, who after careful examination identified it as a fish! It would've been swimming in the Jurassic seas alongside ammonites and ichthyosaurs #fossilfriday
This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage
