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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 4h

Nutty-fruity-type

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 1h

Camarasaurus sketch

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 4h

Check Out This “Truly Exceptional” Fossil Of A Two-Headed Reptile That Lived 125 Million Years Ago

www.iflscience.com/check-out-th...

What Is This Prehistoric Animal With Two Heads? We Asked A Dinosaur Expert

And yes, it's real.

www.iflscience.com

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 5h

#MolluscMonday: Rather nice example of the Lower Lias bivalve Gryphaea in life position, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 5h

ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 5h

Tyrannosaurus Scotty sketch

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 1d

🚨New paper Alert! 🚨 (still in pre-proof!)

Gastropod predation and parasitism on echinoids from the Jandaíra Formation (Turonian–Maastrichtian), Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

GASTROPOD PREDATION AND PARASITISM ON ECHINOIDS FROM JANDAÍRA FORMATION (TURONIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN), POTIGUAR BASIN, NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Fossil echinoids bearing boreholes offer valuable information about the paleoecology of both the echinoids and their tracemakers, assisting paleobiolo…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 22h

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 1d

🚨New paper Alert! 🚨 (still in pre-proof!)

Gastropod predation and parasitism on echinoids from the Jandaíra Formation (Turonian–Maastrichtian), Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

GASTROPOD PREDATION AND PARASITISM ON ECHINOIDS FROM JANDAÍRA FORMATION (TURONIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN), POTIGUAR BASIN, NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Fossil echinoids bearing boreholes offer valuable information about the paleoecology of both the echinoids and their tracemakers, assisting paleobiolo…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 6h

Pterodactylus

prints to north america: www.inprnt.com/gallery/guil...

t-shirts, prints and much more to north america, europe and oceania: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1728...

painting of a Pterodactylus flying over a island with an erupting volcano

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 5h

Almost done with the dewlap

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🦕Journal of Systematic Palaeontology🦴 @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 6h

In JSP this week, Bisconti 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describe a newly discovered fossil from the Late Miocene of Piedmont (Italy), illuminating a long-lost chapter in the evolution of Cetotheriidae 🐋 an extinct lineage of baleen whales within Mysticeti 🐳

Read more: buff.ly/EPHt5wE
#PaleoSky #Fossils #NewSpecies

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 7h

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 8h

Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops

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☆ Astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 12h

a Golden Columbian Mammoth for that azz.

#paleoart

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Lynzie Flynn @lynzieflynn.bsky.social · 15h

The Golden Hour
#mandarinduck #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #photography #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #beautifulbirds

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_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 15h

It’s Blondie, a beautiful Nile crocodile!

I’ve seen yellow reptiles like this often referred to as xanthic. Mutation? Polygenic morph? Anyone know more?

#croctober 🐊

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Folha de S.Paulo @folha.com · 7h

Eclipse solar total afetou ritmo de pássaros

Eclipse solar total fez pássaros cantarem como se um novo dia tivesse amanhecido

Pesquisadores coletaram dados durante fenômeno em abril de 2024

www1.folha.uol.com.br

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 16h

Behold the striking colors of the blue-spotted stingray! Its bright spots are a warning to onlookers that it's venomous—& if its colors aren’t enough to ward off foes, it’s equipped w/ a tail that can inject a lethal dose of toxins.
Photo: Derek Keats, CC-BY-2.0, Wikimedia Commons

A photo of a blue spotted stingray. The animal is a dark greenish gray with a multitude of vibrant blue spots. Its body is flat and pancake-shaped.

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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 16h

#SurvivingEarth BTS!
Images (6/6)
Caption: 94 million years ago

Well, well, well... look it is! :D

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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 16h

#SurvivingEarth BTS!
Images (3/6)
Caption: 94 million years ago

Link to the source (Instagram): www.instagram.com/p/DPuUcUSDK7...

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Bingcai Liu @bingcailiu.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share our research on the evolution of fossil forests from the Devonian to Jurassic! By analyzing 38 global fossil forests, we explored key parameters to better understand how these fossil forests developed over time.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 20h

Can not stop thinking about the philosophical/existential implications of this.

When you are constantly being offered suggestions for your thoughts, when do you stop being you, and just become an interface for the AI.

This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI

A patient who types with his brain thanks to a Neuralink implant is using AI chatbots to speed things up.

www.technologyreview.com

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 20h

Let’s set aside the question of whether these edited animals *are* the species they’re claimed to be - what possible argument would there BE for releasing them into a wild that isn’t the ecosystem they went extinct from? It would likely be condemning behaviorally-unequipped animals to slow death.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h

One of the world’s most important nature groups is weighing a call for a temporary ban on allowing genetically engineered plants or animals, such as canines edited to appear like extinct “dire wolves,” from being released into the wild.

These animals are extinct. This vote would make sure they stay that way in the wild.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, a top conservation group, is weighing a moratorium on unleashing genetically modified plants or animals into the wild.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 18h

Help fund art and science on the iconic sauropod family group Diplodocoidea
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Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea

We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary…

experiment.com

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