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Emma Caton
@emmacaton.bsky.social
Science news at @nhm-london.bsky.social 🦕 | Zoologist 🐢 | Science communicator 🎥 | Rock climber & runner 🧗🏼♀️ | Full-time nature nerd 🐞
I loved watching Bill Oddie as one of the original Springwatch presenters. Sad to lose such a funny, enthusiastic voice for the natural world. 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bill Oddie: TV presenter dies at 85
His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.
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#TrilobiteTuesday Magnificent slab awash with trilobites from the Ordovician of Morocco. On display at the Palaeontological Museum in Oslo.
I’m often hesitant about movies that seem way overhyped, but The Odyssey was actually pretty decent. Now to spend the day buried in Greek Mythology.
This is so cool! A monkey from the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed as a new species! 🐒 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DRC forest
Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.
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Are you right- or left-handed? You may have something in common with this 550-million-year-old animal! 🤯 👉 Meet Spriggina—the world’s first “right-handed” animal! Long before dinosaurs, this little organism crawled along a slime-covered seafloor and preferred bending to the right.
Scientists have discovered a 518-million-year-old fossil that has the earliest known evidence of spiders’ fangs! 🕷️ Using X-ray analysis, researchers found two pincer-like limbs emerging just behind the animals’ eyes, which are thought to be precursors of the fangs used by modern spiders.
The pangolins’ iconic pinecone-shaped scales have made them targets of wildlife trafficking. New DNA analysis has revealed that populations of Chinese pangolins living in the Himalayan foothills are actually a separate species. This distinction could be vital in helping to stop illegal poaching!
“Ford says it has hired back some human engineers after AI failed to match their skills and experience.” Sad that it’s required people to lose their jobs for a company to realise the value of human experience. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
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Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats Just published in @pnas.org, OA for all eyes Led by the one-and-only @romero-vidal.bsky.social, with the amazing @elena-tena.bsky.social and Sonia Sánchez-Navarro @ebdonana.bsky.social LINK: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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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🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there? A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years. Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social
Even in a heatwave, I can’t shake my very British habit of having a cuppa. 😅
🌈Want to come listen to me talk about queer nature? Of course you do! I'm doing a cute little talk this Sunday 07 for Manningtree Pride at ✨Little Bear Bar✨. Tickets are only £5, so if you're in the area you've got no excuse, really. Buy a ticket! 👇 checkout.square.site/merchant/MLA...
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Had a wonderful time presenting the Natural History Museum’s livestream last night, giving a first look at the fantastic new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans! 🐟 The exhibition looks amazing, and it was great to speak with some of the scientists who brought it all to life. 👏
Just returned from two weeks in a forest with limited internet access. I really need to do this more often. ☺️
Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough! 🥳 The GOAT of natural history storytelling and a big reason why I became a science communicator. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Attenborough: The risk-taker who changed how we see Earth - BBC News
A celebration of the career of Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday in video, audio and pictures.
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I was admiring this old oak, then realised I was being watched. 👀
we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience
This is really cool! 😮 DNA analysis has revealed what may be the oldest genetic evidence of domestic dogs. Several fossils found across Europe and Türkiye indicate that dogs may have been widespread by at least 14,000 years ago. Check it out 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Oldest evidence of domestic dogs discovered in Europe and Türkiye | Natural History Museum
Bones unearthed at several sites show that dogs were widely distributed across West Eurasia by at least 14,000 years ago.
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Wonderful to see the Natural History Museum is as popular as ever! 💚 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Natural History Museum most popular tourist attraction in 2025
The venue broke the record for the most visitors to any museum or gallery in a single year.
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This is your regularly-scheduled reminder that "someone saw a shark, saw dolphins, and was not eaten by a shark" does NOT mean "dolphins saved someone from a shark eating them." (By me, more than 10 years ago) slate.com/technology/2...
Dolphins Saved a Swimmer From a Shark! A Rare Combination of Three Marine Myths.
Last Month, the Huffington Post and other outlets reported that dolphins protected long-distance swimmer Adam Walker from a nearby great white shark....
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So excited for this! 👏
Natural History Museum, London@nhm-london.bsky.social · 5mo agoThink you know the Jurassic period? Think again. 🌊 Announcing our new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep, opening 22 May 2026. Find out more info and book your early bird tickets here: brnw.ch/21x0MBt
Spent my birthday weekend in the Cotswolds and now I get the hype.
Given how much nature is declining, I’d say it’s a fantastic time to highlight Britain’s wildlife on our banknotes. Can’t wait to see which designs get chosen. 👏
Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 5mo agoWinston Churchill helped defeat fascism in Europe. He deserves better than being replaced by a badger 🦡
Two minutes of octopuses bursting into the world. @schmidtocean.bsky.social has the 4k version on their socials. Dive 622 #octoodyssey #MarineLife
