Ashley Hall
@ladynaturalist.bsky.social
Paleontologist ⛏️. Museum Educator. Outreach Manager 🦖. Swiftie 🫶. #scicomm. Published author of children's #dinosaur books 📚. Favorite dinosaur: #Parasaurolophus. (she/her)
CONGRATULATIONS to paleontologist Dr. Michael Benton for being awarded the highest and most esteemed award at #2025SVP: the Romer-Simpson Award!!! 🎉🎉🎉
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to paleontologist Dr. Michael Benton for being awarded the highest and most esteemed award at #2025SVP: the Romer-Simpson Award!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Every person in this room studies an animal with a backbone - they're all paleontologists 🙌🦖🐟🐢🐦⬛🦎⛏️!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham 🇬🇧!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham 🇬🇧!
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Every person in this room studies an animal with a backbone - they're all paleontologists 🙌🦖🐟🐢🐦⬛🦎⛏️!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham 🇬🇧!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham 🇬🇧!
Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
I had the privilege of hosting the Science Communication and Media Engagement 📲 Student Roundtable w/ Dr. Steve Brusatte.
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I had the privilege of hosting the Science Communication and Media Engagement 📲 Student Roundtable w/ Dr. Steve Brusatte.
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Thanks to students who discussed everything from posting content to publishing books and consulting on Jurassic World 😂.
My poster is tomorrow! Stop by and say hi 👋!
Today Lee and I are leaving for Birmingham (UK!) for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology #2025SVP.
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today Lee and I are leaving for Birmingham (UK!) for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology #2025SVP.
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Our flights ✈️ take us from Bozeman -> Denver -> Frankfurt -> Birmingham. Our flight out from Bozeman is now delayed, so we'll see if we make it!
MORE ⬇️
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎
🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free
👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!
9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Happy #FossilFriday! 🔎 Step back in time with us for another Virtual Fossil Friday! This week, we’re walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning, one of history’s most influential fossil hunters.
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! 🔎 Step back in time with us for another Virtual Fossil Friday! This week, we’re walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning, one of history’s most influential fossil hunters.
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
We tabled at the Big Sky County Fair 🎡 in Bozeman for five days (Wednesday–Sunday) and connected with 1,660 people—that’s nearly an entire summer’s ☀️ worth of outreach in just a few days! ⬇️
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We tabled at the Big Sky County Fair 🎡 in Bozeman for five days (Wednesday–Sunday) and connected with 1,660 people—that’s nearly an entire summer’s ☀️ worth of outreach in just a few days! ⬇️
BRB JUST GOING OVER TO 🛩 ENGLAND 🇬🇧 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT MY #1 BUCKETLIST DESTINATION (LYME REGIS) TO GIVE A TALK AS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHERE THE FAMOUS MARY ANNING - PALEONTOLOGIST - FOUND THE FIRST ICHTHYOSAUR AND PLESIOSAUR FOSSILS!!!
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BRB JUST GOING OVER TO 🛩 ENGLAND 🇬🇧 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT MY #1 BUCKETLIST DESTINATION (LYME REGIS) TO GIVE A TALK AS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHERE THE FAMOUS MARY ANNING - PALEONTOLOGIST - FOUND THE FIRST ICHTHYOSAUR AND PLESIOSAUR FOSSILS!!!
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us this morning at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST to talk about flappy flaps - the majestic, weird, BIG, small, and wonderful world of PTEROSAURS!
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us this morning at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST to talk about flappy flaps - the majestic, weird, BIG, small, and wonderful world of PTEROSAURS!
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023
Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Can I just say how ✨️excited✨️ I am to be meeting so many of you at the Lyme Regis Fossil Fest?!
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Can I just say how ✨️excited✨️ I am to be meeting so many of you at the Lyme Regis Fossil Fest?!
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.
Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com
I was so ✨️THRILLED✨️ to see mine and @deanrlomax.bsky.social's book next to one another at @barnesandnoble.com in Bozeman, Montana!
Be sure to look for these in your local book 📖 shops and museum stores to add to your library!
Don't see it there? Ask the manager to carry them 🩷.
Be sure to look for these in your local book 📖 shops and museum stores to add to your library!
Don't see it there? Ask the manager to carry them 🩷.
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I was so ✨️THRILLED✨️ to see mine and @deanrlomax.bsky.social's book next to one another at @barnesandnoble.com in Bozeman, Montana!
Be sure to look for these in your local book 📖 shops and museum stores to add to your library!
Don't see it there? Ask the manager to carry them 🩷.
Be sure to look for these in your local book 📖 shops and museum stores to add to your library!
Don't see it there? Ask the manager to carry them 🩷.
🎉 Happy #FossilFriday! 🎉
Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday as we take a closer look at one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous: #Daspletosaurus 🦖.
Join us live on Zoom (FREE): museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday as we take a closer look at one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous: #Daspletosaurus 🦖.
Join us live on Zoom (FREE): museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎉 Happy #FossilFriday! 🎉
Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday as we take a closer look at one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous: #Daspletosaurus 🦖.
Join us live on Zoom (FREE): museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday as we take a closer look at one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous: #Daspletosaurus 🦖.
Join us live on Zoom (FREE): museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Happy #FossilFriday! Grab your art supplies because paleoartist extraordinaire Ruby Pines is back for this week’s Virtual Fossil Friday 🎨.
Join us 9 a.m. MST via Zoom to learn how to draw a mom and baby mosasaur! 🌊
FREE: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us 9 a.m. MST via Zoom to learn how to draw a mom and baby mosasaur! 🌊
FREE: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Grab your art supplies because paleoartist extraordinaire Ruby Pines is back for this week’s Virtual Fossil Friday 🎨.
Join us 9 a.m. MST via Zoom to learn how to draw a mom and baby mosasaur! 🌊
FREE: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us 9 a.m. MST via Zoom to learn how to draw a mom and baby mosasaur! 🌊
FREE: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Huge thanks to Museum of the Rockies @museumoftherockies.bsky.social 🦖 for bringing Riley Black @restingdinoface.bsky.social to speak at a special event discussing the black market fossil trade. It was a great evening!
It was so good to see you, Riley! (YES, we did accidentally coordinate!) 🩷🩷🩷
It was so good to see you, Riley! (YES, we did accidentally coordinate!) 🩷🩷🩷
May 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Huge thanks to Museum of the Rockies @museumoftherockies.bsky.social 🦖 for bringing Riley Black @restingdinoface.bsky.social to speak at a special event discussing the black market fossil trade. It was a great evening!
It was so good to see you, Riley! (YES, we did accidentally coordinate!) 🩷🩷🩷
It was so good to see you, Riley! (YES, we did accidentally coordinate!) 🩷🩷🩷
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday!
We’re spotlighting Daspletosaurus 🦖 pathologies with special guest Jeremiah Robinson, an MSU Master’s student studying dinosaur injury and disease.
🦴 Join us live Zoom:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
We’re spotlighting Daspletosaurus 🦖 pathologies with special guest Jeremiah Robinson, an MSU Master’s student studying dinosaur injury and disease.
🦴 Join us live Zoom:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
May 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Join us today at 9 a.m. MST for Virtual Fossil Friday!
We’re spotlighting Daspletosaurus 🦖 pathologies with special guest Jeremiah Robinson, an MSU Master’s student studying dinosaur injury and disease.
🦴 Join us live Zoom:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
We’re spotlighting Daspletosaurus 🦖 pathologies with special guest Jeremiah Robinson, an MSU Master’s student studying dinosaur injury and disease.
🦴 Join us live Zoom:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Tune in NOW (9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST) for a special edition of #FossilFriday with mosasaur expert, Amelia Zietlow @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social 🩷🌊
FREE! museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
FREE! museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Tune in NOW (9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST) for a special edition of #FossilFriday with mosasaur expert, Amelia Zietlow @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social 🩷🌊
FREE! museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
FREE! museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
I walked in to the SWEETEST little bookstore 📚, Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor, Michigan, and what do I see???
My first book, 🎉 FOSSILS FOR KIDS!!! 🎉
I LOVE 💕 seeing my books in "the wild". Please send me a message or tag me if you happen upon them!
My first book, 🎉 FOSSILS FOR KIDS!!! 🎉
I LOVE 💕 seeing my books in "the wild". Please send me a message or tag me if you happen upon them!
April 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I walked in to the SWEETEST little bookstore 📚, Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor, Michigan, and what do I see???
My first book, 🎉 FOSSILS FOR KIDS!!! 🎉
I LOVE 💕 seeing my books in "the wild". Please send me a message or tag me if you happen upon them!
My first book, 🎉 FOSSILS FOR KIDS!!! 🎉
I LOVE 💕 seeing my books in "the wild". Please send me a message or tag me if you happen upon them!
Happy #FossilFriday! Ready to dive into the world of one of the ocean’s most fearsome predators?
Join Outreach and Museum Educator MaggieJO Widdecombe and take a closer look at the mighty mosasaur!
💻 Join FREE via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join Outreach and Museum Educator MaggieJO Widdecombe and take a closer look at the mighty mosasaur!
💻 Join FREE via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Ready to dive into the world of one of the ocean’s most fearsome predators?
Join Outreach and Museum Educator MaggieJO Widdecombe and take a closer look at the mighty mosasaur!
💻 Join FREE via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join Outreach and Museum Educator MaggieJO Widdecombe and take a closer look at the mighty mosasaur!
💻 Join FREE via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Happy #FossilFriday!
Unicorn 🦄 skeletons? Fossil forgery? Tune in today for an April Fool's Day special!
Join free via Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST. museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
The Magdeburg Unicorn, on display at the Natural History Museum Madgeburg (image courtesy Sven Sachs)
Unicorn 🦄 skeletons? Fossil forgery? Tune in today for an April Fool's Day special!
Join free via Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST. museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
The Magdeburg Unicorn, on display at the Natural History Museum Madgeburg (image courtesy Sven Sachs)
April 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
Unicorn 🦄 skeletons? Fossil forgery? Tune in today for an April Fool's Day special!
Join free via Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST. museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
The Magdeburg Unicorn, on display at the Natural History Museum Madgeburg (image courtesy Sven Sachs)
Unicorn 🦄 skeletons? Fossil forgery? Tune in today for an April Fool's Day special!
Join free via Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST. museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
The Magdeburg Unicorn, on display at the Natural History Museum Madgeburg (image courtesy Sven Sachs)
It’s time for Virtual #FossilFriday! 🦴✨
Join us NOW at 9 a.m. MST for a special Dinosaurs and MOR! edition featuring Dr. Jingmai O’Connor.
We're talking about #Archaeopteryx!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us NOW at 9 a.m. MST for a special Dinosaurs and MOR! edition featuring Dr. Jingmai O’Connor.
We're talking about #Archaeopteryx!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
March 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s time for Virtual #FossilFriday! 🦴✨
Join us NOW at 9 a.m. MST for a special Dinosaurs and MOR! edition featuring Dr. Jingmai O’Connor.
We're talking about #Archaeopteryx!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us NOW at 9 a.m. MST for a special Dinosaurs and MOR! edition featuring Dr. Jingmai O’Connor.
We're talking about #Archaeopteryx!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
HAPPY #FOSSILFRIDAY 🦖!
Join our in-house paleoartist @MuseumRockies, Ruby Pines, at 9 a.m. MST / 11 a.m. EST for a step-by-step drawing ✍️ session of Troodon babies!
Grab your pencils and follow along live on Zoom!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join our in-house paleoartist @MuseumRockies, Ruby Pines, at 9 a.m. MST / 11 a.m. EST for a step-by-step drawing ✍️ session of Troodon babies!
Grab your pencils and follow along live on Zoom!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
March 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
HAPPY #FOSSILFRIDAY 🦖!
Join our in-house paleoartist @MuseumRockies, Ruby Pines, at 9 a.m. MST / 11 a.m. EST for a step-by-step drawing ✍️ session of Troodon babies!
Grab your pencils and follow along live on Zoom!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join our in-house paleoartist @MuseumRockies, Ruby Pines, at 9 a.m. MST / 11 a.m. EST for a step-by-step drawing ✍️ session of Troodon babies!
Grab your pencils and follow along live on Zoom!
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...