In my latest (and long overdue) blog post, I give a short account of some work that was published in the summer looking at tapir hand muscles, and their internal architecture. Hopefully interesting for biologists, conservationists, and veterinarians alike! Enjoy! #tapir #anatomy #locomotion

Hands up who loves tapirs!

Eugh, oh dear it's been a LOOONG time since I posted anything. I have been super busy with research and teaching this past year, and unfortunately you fine folks have been left out. But no longer. I have finally managed to find a little time to sit down and write up some bloggy-business for a couple of publications that have come out this year!

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Published in Biology Letters @royalsocietypublishing.org with A Rogé, R Cottereau, @just-fre.bsky.social , @antoinelaboury.bsky.social , I Scavezzoni, @palaeotheoryum.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @rennesuniv.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social 3/4

Today is the day! #SEBExPalaeo will be live at #SEBCONFERENCE 9h30 in Nightingale 1&2 (follow signs for Bird Rooms) Looking forward to seeing you for plenty of experimental #palaeontology #palaeobotany #3D #modelling and fun discussions!

I smell science! Finishing proofs for a very appropriate #tapir #anatomy publication this weekend! Happy #WorldTapirDay (for yesterday) everybody! 😇

a baby tapir is standing in the dirt with its mouth open and looking at the camera .

ALT: a baby tapir is standing in the dirt with its mouth open and looking at the camera .

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Back in Black. Ever wondered what colour mammals were in the time of dinosaurs? Well a sample of six #MesozoicMammals suggests they were *drum roll* all dark brown/black. The original goths, I love 'em more than ever. Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration

Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...

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Do you work on experimental #biology to understand past organisms and ecosystems? Could your work be applicable to organisms in the #fossil record? Perhaps the @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Meeting special session "Experimental Palaeontology" #SEB_ExPalaeo is something for you?! (1/n)

Two great scientists working on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! #PhD student Eleesha Annear and #Masters student Ilke Boutsen @UAFunMorph working on measuring #ungulate necks at the @africamuseumbe - exciting project results coming soon! #ExPalaeo

Something is coming (back) this summer... in Antwerp... in July... 🇧🇪🦣🦕🌿🦠 More details to follow soon! @narimanechatar.bsky.social @peterfalkingham.com @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

Common Loons (Gavia immer) are beautiful water birds that dive up to 60 m deep when searching for prey! My contribution to the #BirdWhisperer project for January. Pencil and colored pencil in #Moleskine notebook. #NatureJournal #Birdart 🪶 @birdwhisperers.bsky.social

ALERT! Special Issue in BMC Zoology "Bringing Fossils Back to Life" Join us in our special issue with all your #experimental #palaeontology, #taphonomy, #palaeomimetics, and #functional #morphology of extinct life. Check out the issue call here: biomedcentral.com/collections/bfbl

😃New article published in J Biomech! "End-divergent architecture diversifies within-muscle mechanical action in human gluteus maximus in vivo", by Takahashi et al. 👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #journalofbiomechanics #BiomechSky

Finally got round to writing a short blog-post about my recent book chapter "The Fossil Record of Tapirs" in "Tapirs of the World" by Springer Publishing. This chapter is a collaboration with Luke Holbrook and artwork by Eva Corssmit. We hope you enjoy! palaeotheoryum.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/t...

These tapirs are fully booked

Well this one took a while! With the end of term, new contracts, and general Christmas madness, I finally got my latest book chapter over the line. This time, I collaborated with world expert on ea…

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These tapirs are fully booked Well this one took a while! With the end of term, new contracts, and general Christmas madness, I finally got my latest book chapter over the line. This time, I collaborated with world expert on early tapirs Prof. Luke Holbrook on a book chapter in the latest in the…

These tapirs are fully booked

Well this one took a while! With the end of term, new contracts, and general Christmas madness, I finally got my latest book chapter over the line. This time, I collaborated with world expert on early tapirs Prof. Luke Holbrook on a book chapter in the latest in the Fascinating Life Sciences series by Springer Publishing: Tapirs of the World…

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social. Here's my "Eonurture" painting, depicting an adult Fuxianhuia caring for several babies –Cambrian arthropod parental care! cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-... #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Cambrian

Proud to announce that in November 2024 I embarked on my new FWO post-doc at the FUNMORPH lab of UAntwerpen. Building on my previous work looking at #tapir & #horse #locomotion, my new project will investigate locomotor #evolution during (semi)aquatic transitions in herbivorous mammals (1/n)

Hello BlueSky! I have migrated myself over here from 🐤 in the hopes of continuing to share my exploits in science and academia. I hope to connect with old friends and new here! Long overdue updates on my work at the University of Antwerp coming soon - until then: bonjour, goeiedag, and greetings! 🦋