We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement. Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

Check out our new paper assessing the relative scientific & cultural value of outdoor UK dinosaur track sites with @richardjbutler.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Determining the relative scientific and cultural “value” of the UK's in-situ dinosaur track sites

Dinosaur tracks (footprints) provide useful information on the palaeoecology and distribution of dinosaurs over time, complementing the skeletal (body…

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📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...

Like palaeontology? Like art? Then consider submitting a submission for CAVEPS 2025 logo competition! * $500 AUD prize * must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils  * no use of generative AI permitted * include text "CAVEPS 2025" Email to CAVEPS.palaeo@gmail.com by 31/01/25!

January is the perfect time to set new goals and expand your academic horizons! Whether you're diving into evolutionary biology or mastering new data tools, learning something new can fuel your passion and career!

Also true in palaeontology. In the UK, there is a risk averse approach to funding fieldwork by funding panels: as a result, field-based palaeontological work is in steep decline (along with taxonomy and systematics). Where will we end up if no-one is generating primary data anymore?

PEC Exeter@pec-exeter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Happy New Year #paleo peeps, We invite you all to propose #workshop ideas pre (@Bengaluru) and post (@Goa) #ICP15 Please send us a brief description 🙏🏼 - mailto: icp15.2025@gmail.com www.icp15.com/workshops

Pallavi Anand (she/her)@anandpallavijha.bsky.social · 2y ago

Website for #ICP15 is now live 👇🏼 www.icp15.com Please create an account to be on ICP15 email-list and receive conference updates: www.icp15.com/account/logi...

My colleagues @nhm-london.bsky.social named nearly 200 new species last year, from mantids and bryozoans to dinosaurs and rodents: if you'd like to know more check out this great summary vid on YouTube, hosted by @joshlukedavis.bsky.social: youtu.be/oUirKS694j0

What new species have been discovered this year? | Natural History Museum

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Next Monday 13 we have the 6th session of The Life of Retaria Seminar Series! Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and @filiphusnik.bsky.social Check it out: thelifeofretaria.github.io #radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky

Post doc position at the University of Copenhagen. Apply until January 17th. More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

🚨Postdoc job offer!🚨 We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal. Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...

We are hiring! Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by Associate Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland and Denmark. lnkd.in/dWxjQcUX

Digging for Britain continues tonight on BBC Two. Join us again as we go walking with dinosaurs - as well as serving up another lovely platter of archaeological fare! www.facebook.com/share/r/15sQ...

A bit more on those dinosaur footprints! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...

Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ - University of Birmingham

Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints.

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Watching Digging For Britain on BBC Two with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and the opening dig is Cetiosaurus footprints found near Bicester - the most complete Cetiosaurus skeleton found in Europe is on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on New Walk. www.leicestermuseums.org/media/cmhmoa...

Exciting news! TMS is now an Ambassador Institution to @tscourses.bsky.social and all our members get 20% discount on their courses. Become a member: www.tmsoc.org/membership/#... Upcoming courses: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/#upc...

My Norwich Science Festival talk - 'Fossils of the East of England' is available to book! Join me for a fascinating look at climate change through the lens of local fossils and minerals from the past 66 million years. norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fos...

Fossils of the East of England | Norwich Science Festival

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2 yr postdoc w/Dr. Laura Cotton @ Natural History Museum of Denmark on micro- and nannoplastics from historical expeditions to reconstruct what happened to plastics in the ocean from the 1950s-1970s, using sediments & agglutinated foraminifera. Deadline Jan. 17th! jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Postdoctoral researcher on ‘Unveiling the Ocean’s plastic time capsule"

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Incredible site. If you want to see the length of these trackways, and a little walk through of some of the Sauropod tracks, I've uploaded a 4k60p video to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyH...

Richard Butler@richardjbutler.bsky.social · 2y ago

We imaged the entire site including using drones, taking >20,000 images that @lukeemeade.bsky.social has been turning into 3D photogrammetric models, which we aim to combine with previous work by @peterfalkingham.bsky.social . We're using these to complete a full detailed study.

Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry

Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry

Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at what is said to be largest site of its kind in UK It is now a quarry in Oxfordshire. But nearly 166m years ago it was where a large number of dinosaurs crisscrossed the limestone floor.…

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In keeping with the exciting dinosaur track announcement today if you’re interested in a PhD with me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and Natural England on UK vertebrate track sites there is still time to apply (deadline 8th Jan) centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

2024 truly wad the year of the Megalosaur. Not only did we celebrate 200 years since the first scientifically described dinosaur, the megalosaurus, was announced but our team along with researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social uncovered megalosaur and sauropod trackways in Oxfordshire!

Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...

UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site discovered | BBC News

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Last year myself, @kirstymedgar.bsky.social @dremmanicholls.bsky.social & @djemurdock.bsky.social led a huge week-long excavation of a truly remarkable dinosaur track site. We can now finally talk about it & it will be on Digging for Britain on the BBC next Wednesday! 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Paper out today 🚨 Our Oligocene–Miocene dinocyst-based analysis reveals how subpolar gyres broke down and #SouthernOcean circulation evolved 🌊 shaping modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current, deepwater formation and sea ice 🔬🧊 📰 doi.org/10.5194/jm-4... #paleosky @polarrobs.bsky.social ++

Stepwise Oligocene–Miocene breakdown of subpolar gyres and strengthening of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Abstract. Through the Cenozoic (66–0 Ma), the dominant mode of ocean surface circulation in the Southern Ocean transitioned from two large subpolar gyres to circumpolar circulation with a strong Antar...

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#InverteFest is here! 25-31 December your local time zone. Share your invertebrate art. Plug your merch & services. Don't forget the hashtag & alt text.

The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) is a registered charity aiming to advance the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology through our five specialist groups - Foraminifera, Nannofossils, Ostracods, Palynology, and Silicofossils. Learn more: www.tmsoc.org

Some last minute pre-Christmas filming in the Lapworth Museum ahead of a big 🦕 🦖 news story in the early new year. With @kirstymedgar.bsky.social.

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon Continue reading...

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