Curious about anthropology? READING THE BONES 💀🦴by Marc Aronson and @evoexplorer.bsky.social is on sale now! This High-stakes adventure that recounts the groundbreaking discovery of Homo naledi has three starred reviews! 🌟🌟🌟 tinyurl.com/36tjcyw7 #newbook #edusky #Kidlit #booksky

Adventure meets cutting-edge anthropology in READING THE BONES 💀 by Marc Aronson and @evoexplorer.bsky.social. This true account of the groundbreaking discovery of Homo naledi has received THREE starred reviews. READING THE BONES is available on 8/4! tinyurl.com/36tjcyw7 #kidlit #newbook

With 10 days left till publication, I am thrilled to see "Reading The Bones" as the #1 new release in our category on Amazon! A million thanks to all our supporters! @mackidssl.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #homonaledi #middlegrades #nonfiction #newrealease

With 10 days left till publication, I am thrilled to see "Reading The Bones" as the #1 new release in our category on Amazon! A million thanks to all our supporters! @mackidssl.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #homonaledi #middlegrades #nonfiction #newrealease

🩻READING THE BONES by Marc Aronson and @evoexplorer.bsky.social Illus. by Tim Foley is the @ala-booklist.bsky.social Review of the Day! ★"Part anthropology lesson, part adventure story, and all enormous fun." www.booklistonline.com/products/982... #EduSky

Happy to share this latest review of our book, "Reading The Bones," from Center for Children's Books! Excited that the publication date is now less than a month away! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #homonaledi #middlegrades #nonfiction us.macmillan.com/.../97803743...

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Which Microscope? For youngsters, school kids and hobbyists

Which microscopes are good for doing Moss Safari? Whether you are 7, 15 or 75, here are some of my recommendations and guidance.

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Enjoying time here in #SouthCarolina and a visit to the amazing #BrookgreenGardens -- I am a huge fan of the #HammockCoast

Happy to share this latest review of our book, "Reading The Bones," from Center for Children's Books! Excited that the publication date is now less than a month away! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #homonaledi #middlegrades #nonfiction us.macmillan.com/.../97803743...

Why were mysterious ancient humans found in an African cave all female? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Why were mysterious ancient humans found in an African cave all female?

Analysis of fossil proteins deepens mystery of the enigmatic Homo naledi

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Enjoying time here in #SouthCarolina and a visit to the amazing #BrookgreenGardens -- I am a huge fan of the #HammockCoast

@barnesandnoble.com is running a preorder sale until June 26. They will have a 25% discount on ALL preorders, including our new book Reading The Bones! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reading-th... #BNPreorder @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social

Never seen the death of a ciliate like this-- usually it's too much pressure from the coverslip or too much osmotic pressure. But this gradual posterior-to-anterior "unzipping" effect amazed me ! Motic BA310e - 40x Objective - sped up 2X #microscopy #Paramecium #Iteachbiology #edusky

Just saw this recently deceased copepod with a hefty load of peritrich epibionts (I think Vorticella). Excited to see the egg sac with eggs that already have eyes developing. It's my first time observing this! #microscope #edusky #nature #biology #iteachbiology #science

Always love getting to see a microscopic population explosion in my samples! Here's a Paramecium undergoing binary fission to create two clones! Motic Ba310e / Lbacam Ultra/iPhone 15/ 10X objective #nature #microscope #biology #iteachbiology #edusky #science #naturephotography

Microverse Minute I collected samples from a local fountain several days after a good rain, and the sediment was loaded with these micro crustaceans called Ostracods!! They date back in the fossil record over 400 million years! #microscopy #naturephotography📷 #science #biology

While pretty common in samples from puddles & birdbaths, I never tire of the antics of Ostracods - the hyperactive #crustaceans who also bear the nickname "Seed Shrimp" - they have a fossil history going back over 570 million years! They are a great marker in relative dating in #paleontology!

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Please take 2 minutes to help me with a challenge for my students. 🙂 How good are we at discerning whether videos are made with AI? I created a collection of 6 short video clips. I plan to ask my students whether they were created with AI. wakelet.com/wake/OB_4iRd... THANKS!

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I just enjoyed seeing this Sun Animalcule (aka Heliozoan) in a sample, took a photo of it, and digitally painted it. A neat interaction between #Art and #Science! #microscope #microscopy #pondscum #biology #sciart #nature

A round of applause for Education Engagement Coordinator Jenna Kissel & @loreleipatrick.bsky.social and the whole group of contributors to those sweet, sweet combatant info slides! #2026MMM

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March Mammal Madness returns to celebrate science, storytelling and libraries | ASU News

On a chilly winter afternoon in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, Victoria Savo is painting a blank tournament bracket on the outside wall of a library. Savo is a library media specialist at Swift...

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Real Talk: you hear from me A LOT, but March Mammal Madness is made possible by the most incredible teaMMM of the very awesomest people you will ever have the honor of knowing! #2026MMM

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#2026MMM WILDCARD WINNER: Assassin Bug! Join us Wednesday, March 11th at 8PM EST for ROUND ONE of MONEY MAMMALS!

It's fun to let students in their free time create "Mix slides" from different pond samples & then see what appears.... this "mix" has at least 4 species. Aeolosoma, Paramecium, Rotifers, and Stentor Can you spot any species I missed? #microscope #naturephotography #biology #iteachbiology #edusky

It's always nice when you see a nauplius that isn't hell-bent on zooming everywhere. LOL *For my non-bio friends, a nauplius is a larval form of a crustacean. I suspect this one belongs to the genus Cyclops - a copepod. #microscopy #nature #biology #edusky #iteachbiology #science

While pretty common in samples from puddles & birdbaths, I never tire of the antics of Ostracods - the hyperactive #crustaceans who also bear the nickname "Seed Shrimp" - they have a fossil history going back over 570 million years! They are a great marker in relative dating in #paleontology!

I encountered this Bursaria truncatella after it "inhaled" a Paramecium. I was hoping to see the Paramecium get sealed into a vacuole, but instead it finally managed to escape! My students have nicknamed Bursaria "Micro Roomba." LOL #microscope #science #microscopy #iteachbiology