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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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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@historicalbiology.bsky.social Historical Biology is looking for a Data Editor to join the new Data Team! Dr Brooke Long-Fox (@brooke-long-fox.bsky.social) & Dr Sarah Shelley are our current Data Editors, interested in joining them? editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... #FossilFriday

Data Editor needed for Historical Biology

Data Editor needed for Historical Biology

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New paper alert! Julia Clarke & I wrote a piece in @historicalbiology.bsky.social on 'key advances' in descriptive anatomy, taxonomy/nomenclature, & interpretative palaeontology. We outline new online collections for our key themes www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Key advances’ in descriptive anatomy, taxonomy/nomenclature, and interpretative palaeobiology: an outline and perspective

Published in Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Congrats to a Masters student (Ashish Soni) I supervised publishing his first paper! It’s on the neuroanatomical evolution of thalattosuchians 🐊 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m so proud to announce that @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social is the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Historical Biology! Brooke is instrumental in our move to being an Open Science and FAIR journal. Look out for more from her!

Historical Biology@historicalbiology.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For #FossilFriday, we're pleased to announce Dr. Brooke Long-Fox as our new deputy editor-in-chief! Dr. Brooke Long-Fox is a paleobiologist whose research explores how organisms respond to environmental change across spatial & temporal scales.

Taxonomists: If you liked the old TAXACOM mailing list, we've restarted it. You can sign up, here: groups.google.com/g/taxacom Please share widely! We don't have access to the old lists. If you know any taxonomists, let them know, and pass it on. #science #academia #taxonomy

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

For #FossilFriday, we're paying tribute to fossils from the incredible work of our deputy editor-in-chief, Dr Hans Sues, who sadly passed away last weekend. This photo of him includes a cast of a Brontosaurus skull, a 20 m sauropod, from the Smithsonian where he worked 🦕(1/6)

@historicalbiology.bsky.social - exciting new era has begun! Our first big step to becoming an Open Science & FAIR Journal. If anyone has any questions please do contact our Data Editor @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social

Historical Biology@historicalbiology.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Historical Biology is now operating under a new Publicly Available data policy 🔓 All submitting authors must make their data &/or code available in an online repository that mints a DOI at submission. See the link below for more information: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing...

Reminder that @historicalbiology.bsky.social is changing data policy in Jan 2026. The journal will move to 'Publicly Available', meaning that data & code must be publicly available in a repository that mints a DOI. Our Data Editor (@brooke-long-fox.bsky.social ) & I are on-hand to answer questions

Happy Theropod Appreciation Day 🦃, aka Thanksgiving! We're thankful for ALL of YOU - our listeners, who make this podcast so much fun to make. THANK YOU!!! Listen to the newest episode with paleontologist and cat-lover 🐈‍⬛️🐾, Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues! 🔊 Listen now: www.paleonerds.com/podcast/hans...

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience

Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements! We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!

#2025SVP News about @historicalbiology.bsky.social (Historical Biology): we’re moving to online-only publication come January 2027! Reminder that I’ll be at the T&F booth Friday 16:30-17:00. (Also there at the moment)

Historical Biology@historicalbiology.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hello #2025SVP! This is the first of monthly announcements that, in January 2027, Historical Biology will be transitioning to Online-Only! Feel free to come to the Taylor & Francis booth (Booth 1, Hall 3) and meet our editor in chief Mark Young on Friday at 1630-1700 for any queries.

@historicalbiology.bsky.social is taking on new Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members! Please see the ad for further details.

Historical Biology@historicalbiology.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors! We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology. See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Please take note - Historical Biology is moving to ‘Publicly Available’ data policy in Jan 2026. If data/code is used in a paper, they will be required to be in an online repository.

Historical Biology@historicalbiology.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In January, we will be changing data policy to Publicly Available. Data & code for future submissions must be submitted to a public data repository. Inquiries can be directed to our editor in chief Mark Young or data editor Brooke Long-Fox. authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing...

I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖 We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝 #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology

In a new Editorial, Historical Biology promotes preregistration, Registered Reports, @pci-regreports.bsky.social and PCI-Paleonotology, and a three year plan to move to open and FAIR data standards. A forward-looking approach by @drmarkyoung.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Interested in preregistration and registered reports? Historical Biology supports both! My new editorial on these developments: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Support for preregistration and registered reports at Historical Biology

In this editorial, I will update the readership on the progress of the new ‘Registered Report’ article type, our support for preregistration, and how this furthers our goal of becoming an Open and ...

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Publication day for My Grandparents Were Dinosaurs! The story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs, for kids, from the creative mind of @annebrusatte.bsky.social ! And some fact-checking from me. Thrilled to unbox our copies. And you can get yours in the link below!

MorphoBank Connects kicks off Sept. 18 with featured speaker presentations on research applications, integrations & innovative uses of MorphoBank. Speakers include 🧵 READ MORE: bit.ly/MorphoConnectsBlog REGISTER: bit.ly/morphobankconnect #evolutionarybiology #paleontology #phylogenetics #biology

@historicalbiology.bsky.social now has online Collections. One where I highlight papers that are thought-provoking or advance a field. The other is edited by our Science Communication Editor (@cooperpalaeo.bsky.social) - which brings together his SciComm series. www.tandfonline.com/journals/ghb...

Historical Biology article collections

Browse article collections from Historical Biology

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Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers a remarkable dinosaur specimen; but one that also has a troubled history in smuggling & private collections. Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891... Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor John Whitlock. This Diplodocus specimen is Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM) 11161. It is essentially complete, largely undeformed, and has been studied so extensively; making it an exceptionally important fossil for understanding feeding 🦕

Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers a fascinating new paper detailing the collection of Sir John Murray on board the HMS Challenger at @nhm-london.bsky.social Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891... Read the original paper by Miller & Jouet-Sarkany: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

Historical Biology now has a Phylogenetics Editor (Dr Rodrigo Müller). Please read Rodrigo’s editorial where he goes over that this means for the Journal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Phylogenetic studies at Historical Biology

Published in Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Evidence of osteophagia in Mesozoic mammals: multituberculate tooth marks on a hadrosaurid maxilla from the Late Cretaceous of the Russian Far East: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Evidence of osteophagia in Mesozoic mammals: multituberculate tooth marks on a hadrosaurid maxilla from the Late Cretaceous of the Russian Far East

The study of bioerosional traces provides new information on the behaviour and feeding repertoire of ancient vertebrates. Here, we describe extensive bioerosional traces (tooth marks) on the maxill...

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We're delighted to welcome Historical Biology @historicalbiology.bsky.social as our latest (and 36th) PCI RR-friendly journal! Full journal entry: rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr... Complete list of PCI RR-friendly journals: rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...

Some exciting Historical Biology updates! 1. We've changed data policy, to 'share upon reasonable request'. This is our first step to becoming an Open & FAIR journal. Now data availability statements are mandatory: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/.../data.../