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

Nice article by @joshlukedavis.com on our Antarctic sauropod paper: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur | Natural History Museum

Antarctica was once a thriving, forested ecosystem filled with a diversity of dinosaur life.

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Nice piece on our little Antarctic dino find courtesy of the BBC Science team: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Antarctica's first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer

The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.

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Our new paper led by @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social & Mark Evans @bas.ac.uk on a sauropod from Antarctica 🦕 that represents the earliest collected dinosaur fossil from this continent: www.app.pan.pl/article/item... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @es-ucl.bsky.social

Currently on vacation in the South African bush and enjoying the wildlife at Sabi Sands

Would be great if the major UK news outlets could potentially talk more about policy and how it’s failing or working, rather than just fuelling personality politics did their own weird gratification and gossip. So little discussion of actual issues. Do better

Just heard we got our grant to go back to Kariba so that we can continue the hunt for more Zimbabwean Triassic goodies next year, can’t wait! 🦕🇿🇼🦖

A lovely, if scorching, day of birding @rspbengland.bsky.social Rye Meads: saw my first ever cuckoos and red-crested pochards in the UK (have seen both elsewhere, but never at home)

This specimen of #Ichthyosaurus is one of the many spectacular fossils you can see at #JurassicOceans from today until 3rd Jan 2027! - www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibi... @nhm-london.bsky.social #FossilFriday 🌊

A reminder that some of the largest Late Triassic predators were croc relatives: here’s the humungous maxilla of a rauisuchian from the Elliot of South Africa, which was originally misidentified as a carnivorous prosauropod #FossilFriday

Rather lovely last minute visit to the Courthold Gallery yesterday to see their delightful Seurat and the Sea Exhibtion

✨ We are thrilled to have 6 fantastic plenary speakers at IPC7 in Cape Town! Today we’re excited to introduce Dr. Paul M. Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social from Natural History Museum, London, who will be one of our plenary speakers. We’re delighted to have him as part of IPC7!

We’re hiring a herpetology curator @nhm-london.bsky.social - come join us! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

Senior Curator in Charge, Herpetology:South Kensington

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Had an early morning jaunt to Peterborough Cathedral to do some filming in front of Patagotitan for a fun announcement we’ll be making in the near future …