Third trip on public transport in a row where someone let their dog sit on a seat. Have some consideration for the other humans please. I don’t want to sit where a dog has been licking its arse, drooling or rubbing its dirty feet. There are enough people doing that already ….

Glad to have attended SVPCA yesterday, a nice catch-up with people I’ve not seen in ages and I’m glad to see a community effort to try and keep it going in future. Sounds like we might have a full meeting at Lyme Regis next year … Thanks to @neilgostling.bsky.social for organising!

Piece by @joshlukedavis.com on a now-lost mysterious giant sauropod, with a few thoughts from yours truly: www.iflscience.com/in-the-1970s...

In The 1970s, Researchers Unearthed Fossils Of A Dinosaur That May Have Been The Largest Ever. Then The Fossils Disintegrated

Was this the largest dinosaur ever to have existed? Without the fossils, we might never know.

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The Tenth Anniversary Edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved IS ON SALE NOW. An article on this book, by myself and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social, published by @nhm-london.bsky.social ... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/5/... #dinosaurs #books #dinosaurbooks

The Tenth Anniversary Edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved — Tetrapod Zoology

dinosaur book dinosaur evolution new for 2026 new edition covering anatomy evolution Tyrannosaurus Velociraptor Stegosaurus Triceratops stegosaurs ceratopsians origin of dinosaurs in Triassic diversif...

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Lovely ceremony @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring today, to mark the installation of a prestigious Blue Plaque by Historic England commemorating pioneering zooarchaeologist Dorothea Bate

Sad to hear of the death of Prof. Yasuwa Hasegawa - one of the founding fathers of Japanese vertebrate palaeontology, a generous host & a curious mind. I enjoyed all my meetings with him since we first met 30 years ago when I was a PhD student. My heartfelt condolences to my Japanese colleagues

Thanks to Jack Bantock @cnn.com for this longer read piece on our team's recent dinosaur discoveries in Zimbabwe 🦕 🇿🇼 edition.cnn.com/science/new-...

New dinosaurs are popping up in Africa. Scientists think it could be just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ | CNN

The discovery of new species of dinosaurs along the shores of Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has scientists excited about future finds in Africa.

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Had a lot of fun chatting with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and @she-paleo.bsky.social for this, even if I did have to convince them I was not looking to set up my own side hustle... www.iflscience.com/how-to-fake-...

How To Fake A Fossil: We Asked Palaeontologists How They'd Do It, And Yes, They Told Us

How to separate prehistoric fact from carefully crafted fiction.

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Increasingly sick of seeing ideas thrust forward as new when they’ve been in the literature decades, but ‘discovered’ by applying the latest R package to the same data. Please attempt some scholarship & at give credit to the people who published those ideas even if you have a new way to confirm them

Lovely crescent suns … #eclipse2026

Using my exceptionally sophisticated colanderscope, I can confirm that the solar eclipse has hit London

This … I’ve also funded a lot of my own fieldwork as large funding agencies don’t value basic discovery-led science as much as they should.

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Examples of what we are doing at Birmingham to address this: - introduced new palaeontology field skills module training c. 100 students in field prospecting, excavation, ethics & legalities. - trained 100s of students and volunteers as part of three huge annual dinosaur highway excavations (1/x)

Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs: We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable BBQs. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to public safety & wildlife petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs

We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...

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Trying to read The Simarillion and find it amusing there’s a place called Tuna, given that I doubt JRR Tolkien ever encountered a tuna sandwich

Common sense I think, have your BBQs at home or in designated safe areas like they do in other countries: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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Ah the joys of trying to transfer CT data when your office download speed is 5% that of the average UK home broadband connection. Fifth failed attempt so far …

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)

Was trapped on a cliff on the Isle of Wight with Bill Oddie during the filming of Live from Dinosaur Island … wasn’t a fun time for either of us 😂 I’m know he inspired many with his wit and enthusiasm, but have to say that neither were on show under those circumstances

Sorry that I can’t be joining you @dinoconuk.bsky.social as planned today, but there is a good reason … Hope it’s going with a bang!

It may be surprising to some that there are thousands of undescribed species just sitting in museums awaiting description. One of the main reasons this problem exists is that taxonomy is undervalued and underfunded, a trend that coincides with the devaluing of studies on natural history.

Swifts soaring and screaming overhead in Fulham today 🥰

Big thanks to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and @stevebrusatte.bsky.social for talking me through the real cost of dinosaur auctions. $50 mil is just the surface of what's lost when fossils wind up in people's living rooms @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/50-million-d...

$50 Million Dinosaur Sale Smashes Auction Record. Three Palaeontologists Told Us Why That’s Potentially Catastrophic For Science And Education

“Dinosaurs like Gus belong in museums,” said Prof Steve Brusatte to IFLScience.

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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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Sad to hear that #SamNeill has left us, not only did he leave us with Alan Grant but his performance as an astronomer in The Dish was some of the warmest, most charming acting

Demonstrating skills closer to my level in this one …

I’m not sure they’ve left the most competent person in charge 🤦‍♂️ Though I think, thankfully, I’m only in charge for around 10 mins …

My first visit to @esrf-som.bsky.social to scan some early dino fossils with colleagues from Cape Town, Joburg and the US. Huge facility with so much going on. Looking forward to a day on BM18

Well, thanks for another good stay South Africa. Much needed holiday followed by a week of collections work in the absence of meetings and (most) other office based distractions. Work on four projects pushed closer to completion …

Nice to be back working in Joburg for a few days and bumping into this old friend in the lobby

Correcting AI generated alt text captions for 28 figures is a new found way to waste my time: I’d have been very happy to provide these myself if requested, rather than having to rewrite this computer generated totally useless drivel