#Yourpalaeolife The ECR survey is published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! Early career palaeontologists from all over the world have talked about their experience with fieldwork - how could you change your working practices to get more early career researchers into the field? doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

#Yourpalaeolife: Interrogating the Status of Fieldwork Among Early Career Palaeontology Researchers

This global survey of early career palaeontologists provides the first quantitative data regarding the prevalence of field skills training and field work among junior researchers of the discipline. T....

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🚨 Is #palaeontology facing an ‘extinction of experience’ in relation to fieldwork? ⬇️ @whosyourmammal.bsky.social's survey shows it's not just funding issues turning ECRs away - better access to training + a significant cultural shift are needed if we want high levels of engagement with fieldwork 🦖⛏️

Harriet E. Nuttall@whosyourmammal.bsky.social · 3w ago

#Yourpalaeolife The ECR survey is published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! Early career palaeontologists from all over the world have talked about their experience with fieldwork - how could you change your working practices to get more early career researchers into the field? doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

⚠️Please repost!⚠️ Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history. We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿 teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog... The consultation is open now! Have your say👇

Found an excellent 'techno fossil' of a leaf in a concrete pavement slab today. Veins and everything!

Sticky sheets for... wut????

Cool new behavior caught on video! This is a special type of octopus known as a #papernautilus (aka #argonaut) and her shell is a little less than 5cm. Watch as she extends and retracts her fleshy mantle - at the end, she rapidly retracts it all! #blackwater #blackwaterdiving

This week I've been equal parts scared and angry. Juan Jairo Coronilla was a Mexican tourist with a tourist visa, like I have been for many conferences and research trips. ICE has killed 18 Mexican nationals. As a dinosaur palaeontologist, this is a setback for my career.

Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández@mathchaos.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🇺🇸🇲🇽| Claudia Sheinbaum announced that formal complaints will be filed today regarding the 17 Mexicans who have died during operations or while in ICE custody. "I call upon political parties, all of them, to stand in solidarity with our fellow citizens."

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

As part of the celebration events in Crystal Palace Park this weekend, the Dinosaurs will be illuminated each evening. We got a preview tonight..

If you want an up-to-date summary of whale and dolphin evolution, have a read of my new review paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com! I’ve tried to cover as much research as possible in this, so apologies if I’ve missed you! doi.org/10.1038/s443...

The evolution and diversification of Cetacea - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Cetaceans are a highly diverse and enigmatic group of animals with a well-documented evolutionary history. This Review describes the macroevolutionary and palaeobiological history of Cetacea, from the...

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Sad to wake up to the news that Sam Neill has passed away. An icon and inspiration to a generation of kids who grew up to be palaeontologists. 🦖💔

Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades Moment

ALT: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Iconic Shades Moment

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This #ProcB study presents the most complete evolutionary tree of tunas and mackerels to date, revealing warm-bloodedness evolved at least three times independently doi.org/10.1098/rspb... |#Evolution #Physiology #Taxonomy

The Historical Biology (@historicalbiology.bsky.social) Associate Editor team is growing! We’re currently looking for candidates with expertise in insects, other arthropods, molluscs, & conodonts. Interested in joining our team? editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... #FossilFriday

Associate Editor needed for Historical Biology

Associate Editor needed for Historical Biology

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Historical Biology (@historicalbiology.bsky.social) is creating a Review Board, and we’re looking for candidates across the entire span of palaeobiology. Interested in being a Review Editor? editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... #FossilFriday

Review Editors needed for Historical Biology

Review Editors needed for Historical Biology

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Thanks to a @thepalass.bsky.social grant we’ve been able to grow out outreach so much Today we’re at a school near Oldham running a mini palaeontology science fair for years 3&6. Not something we could have done without the grant money 💕

This #FossilFriday, go face to snout with Futabasaurus suzukii at the wonderful Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep now on @nhm-london.bsky.social. This long necked Plesiosaur is from the Cretaceous of Japan and is a beautifully mounted centrepiece of the exhibition!

She was trying to cross a busy street here in Alexandria and I love her $250 bucks in supplies later, I can very much say this crab could not have found a better sucker to rescue her off the street

Nighthawk Says Y'All (Silver Fox Era)𓅣🌏🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☭@socialistpuffin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

see a crab, post a crab

Am in love with this book cover from the @colezoology.bsky.social collections. New tattoo idea?

Since this outrageous heat started, I kept hearing animals trying to get into my roof. Turns out the local magpies have learnt that they can get water from my boiler overflow pipe. Clever little dinosaurs 🦖

Lovely, but exhausting, weekend at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Hundreds of visitors visited the stand to learn about trilobites, how animals turn into fossils, and getting to meet real palaeontologsts! Very proud of our team, representing the very best of @thepalass.bsky.social!

Does anybody know the name of the trilobite species used in the @thepalass.bsky.social logo??? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeon....

Palaeontological Association - Wikipedia

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And if anyone’s at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this Saturday I’ll be giving the talk again! ⭐️

Lucy Jackson@lej-palaeo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Last week I gave my talk “Starfish before they were star-shaped” as part of the monthly Reading “Cafe Scientifique” talk series. This was my first time talking to the public about my research (!) and it was lots of fun sharing the weird world of extinct echinoderms with them!

Happy weekend! Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

When we want to know what the rocks are under our towns, we use a special drill that can collect long cylinders of rock hundreds of feet below the surface. This core, collected under Reading, punched through a fossil layer, scooping up ancient shells and even a beautiful sea urchin! #fossilfriday

One of the best reasons to go fossil hunting on the coast is the excuse to go rock pooling at the same time. You get to meet beautiful Strawberry anemones like this beauty 😍

The vibrant flying gurnard showcases its stunning pectoral fins in Dominica's rich waters, a mesmerizing sight in the tropical Atlantic.

Recent University of Birmingham graduate Lucy chooses the fossil fish of Wyoming as her Object of the Month. Produced by Ran Gao. youtu.be/MSCw2eQRqHw #LapworthRocks #geology #geologyrocks #fossils #palaeontology #paleontology #palaeo #paleo #museum

Lapworth Museum of Geology - Object of the Month - Green River Fish

Recent University of Birmingham graduate Lucy chooses the fossil fish of Wyoming as her Object of the Month. Produced by Ran Gao.

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The Cephalopods Are Coming - nautil.us/the-cephalop...

The Cephalopods Are Coming

The Cephalopods Are Coming: Fossil records reveal Earth’s mass extinctions are followed by a rise of ocean cephalopods. They’re rising again.

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👀 shameful.

Benjamin Gill@sedgeochem.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yep... I seriously don't have words...