The 9/2/26 filing follows President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 91 and 90 percent respectively. Nearly 3 million acres of land lost national monument protections in largest cut to public lands protection in U.S. history.

Happy #AnimationMonday on the 25th anniversary of the release of Osmosis Jones! 26+ years ago a bunch of us crazy biologists got to work with Tom Sito and his crew bouncing around crazy ideas for the film. I still use parts of it in my human Anatomy & Physiology course!

30 years ago Bears Ears Ntnl Monument was protected. I’ve done paleontology there & I was consultant for the film Spirit. Trump has now gutted BENM where Spirit first ran free. Lend your voice to protect these public lands. #SVPPresident #SpiritStallionoftheCimmaron #BearsEars

Thanks to every one at Mundos Digitales for collaborating with the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and me! It's been a fantastic experience: www.scanmenow.es/scenes/md26/... #mundosdigitales #svppresident #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Happy Fossil Friday from Mundos Digitales in A Coruna Spain where we celebrated Disney's Dinosaur, including David Krentz's amazing work on it. #svppresident #mundosdigitales #davidkrentz

Mundos Digitales starts today! Looking forward to speaking about dinosaurs in film tomorrow in A Coruna, Spain. #mundosdigitales #svppresident

Excited to be speaking at Mundos Digitales in A Coruña, Spain which runs 07/9-11/26; taking about our work on Disney's "Dinosaur" and what we've learned in animation and paleontology since then! #stuartsumida #svppresident #societyofvertebratepaleontology #mundosdigditales

I'm very excited to see the first trailer for Disney/Pixar's Gatto! Another exciting cat for our family! #svppresident #societyofvertebratepaleontology #gatto #anatomyandanimation www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIKf...

I have joined over 150 other scientists & scientific organizations in speaking out against attempts to overturn protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We call on the U.S. Congress to oppose attempts to overturn protections for the monument! monumentsforall.org/grandstairca...

Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Our next participant spotlight - Danny Anduza! #svppresident #DannyAnduza #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Our next participant spotlight - Evan Boucher! #svppresident #EvanBoucher #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Our next participant spotlight - Eric Scott! #svppresident #EricScott #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Todays's participant spotlight - Beth Rega! #svppresident #BethRega #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Todays's participant spotlight - David Krentz! #svppresident #davidKrentz #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Join us 3/28/26 at WonderCon 2026 (5:30; Rm 213AB) for our panel "Paleontology and Popular Media" with Dannny Anduza, David Krentz, Stuart Sumida, Beth Rega, Eric Scott, & Evan Boucher! #svppresident #wondercon2026 #societyofvertebratepaleontology

Join me at WonderCon 2026 as ComicCon Museum Science on Screen screens the first “How to Train Your Dragon” with a follow-up on the physics and biology that went into it. Rm 207, Anaheim Convention Center, Friday 3/27; 2-5 PM. #svppresident #WonderCon2026 #helpingdragonsfly

Happy to announce that I’ll be on a panel at WonderCon 2026 as we explore the “Science of Disneyland”. We’ll be in room 208 of the Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday March 28 at 4:30 PM. We hope to see all you science and Disneyland fans there! #svppresident #WonderCon2026 #scienceofdisneyland

I'm thrilled to mention that I'm the guest on the most recent PaleoNerds Podcast with Ray Troll and Dave Strassman. It was a blast talking with them! They're doing a great service to paleontology! #svppresident #societyofvertebratepaleontlogy www.paleonerds.com/podcast/stua...

12/12/25 is the 10th anniversary of the San Bernardino terrorist shootings. 14 people lost their lives, including five Calif St Univ San Bernardino Alumni. Please do not give into hate and divisive rhetoric, but instead remember them by coming together as a community. Image: the CSUSB Peace Garden.

SVP2025 begins in Birmingham, England in two days! The vertebrate paleontologists of the world are coming together at Birmingham's International Convention Centre. And the annual Christmas Market is going strong surrounding the Centre! #2025SVP #svppresident #svp #SVP2025

Our opinion piece on the importance of science and vertebrate paleontology in the United States was just published by Open Access Government: www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan... #svp #svppresident

The importance of palaeontology, Earth history, and science

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece

openaccessgovernment.org

I just finished a day near Georgenthal and Tambach-Dietharz, Thuringia, Germany where the locals are very proud of the Dimetrodon and other early Permian fossils we've excavated there over the years. They love our fossils, and we love the local bratwurst!

Happy #FossilFriday ! This image is to celebrate the (almost) 25th anniversary of when the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting was in Bozeman, MT in 2001. My (then) young son Darwin's first SVP, here posed under the foot of MOR 555, the T. rex "Big Mike".

Hi Everyone. This was just published on the "Conversation" website. An important discussion of "who owns history". theconversation.com/fossils-are-...

Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers

Dinosaur fossils are sold for millions to private collectors. These fossils are scientific evidence, and need to be accessible for research and public education.

theconversation.com

Happy to finally see this out! New hominin fossils from the Ledi-Geraru site in the Afar Region, Ethiopia reveal that early Homo lived alongside an as-yet unnamed new species of Australopithecus between 2.78 and 2.63 million years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Happy Fossil Friday. Cast of the skull of Dimetrodon, possibly the most iconic of all synapsids! #svp #svppresident

A thoughtful new post from Canadian Family Offices: canadianfamilyoffices.com/wealth/fossi... Note their lead line: Researchers and museums are left behind as deep-pocketed collectors scoop up dinosaur skeletons and meteorites and add them to private collections

Fossils join the ranks of alt investments, and scientists have a bone to pick - Canadian Family Offices

Researchers and museums are left behind as deep-pocketed collectors scoop up dinosaur skeletons and meteorites and add them to private collections

canadianfamilyoffices.com

SVP PRESIDENT'S TOWN HALL MEETING Traveling to Birmingham for the Annual Meeting Hi Everyone SVP members are invited to a SVP Town Hall meeting on 5 Aug. The topic: "Traveling to Birmingham for the Annual Meeting". Check SVP email for the link! Interested nonmembers - contact me directly for link.

Happy fossil Friday! Here - Seymouria sanjuanenesis from the Early Permian Bromacker locality of Germany. Easily the best specimen(s) of this genus ever found. #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP

Seen as I drive through SE Utah: the iconic Mexican Hat Rock - a Late Paleozoic rock formation where we've found bits of pelycosaurs - early members of the lineage leading to mammals. #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP