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Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. http://rileyblack.net
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It was a long walk to look at a footprint.
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It was a long walk to look at a footprint.
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
Presenting to you
The Snoof
The Snoof
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Presenting to you
The Snoof
The Snoof
Sometimes I can get us both.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sometimes I can get us both.
Another household cat, seldom seen on here compared to Strata.
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another household cat, seldom seen on here compared to Strata.
What a ridiculous beast.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
What a ridiculous beast.
May your Sunday leave you happy as a Tylosaurus.
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
May your Sunday leave you happy as a Tylosaurus.
*ahem*
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
*ahem*
I can’t call it Monsterpiece Theatre because someone beat me to it
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I can’t call it Monsterpiece Theatre because someone beat me to it
We have Tyrannosaurus at home
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We have Tyrannosaurus at home
Holding down your meal with a clawed foot, steadying for deft jaws.
It’s hard not to be a little envious.
It’s hard not to be a little envious.
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Holding down your meal with a clawed foot, steadying for deft jaws.
It’s hard not to be a little envious.
It’s hard not to be a little envious.
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Not sure what sparked the memory, but I had to smirk recalling the time I was doing some Eocene fieldwork around Won'Sits Yu-Av and, fittingly, the local pronghorn were wondering what I was doing scrabbling over the hills.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not sure what sparked the memory, but I had to smirk recalling the time I was doing some Eocene fieldwork around Won'Sits Yu-Av and, fittingly, the local pronghorn were wondering what I was doing scrabbling over the hills.
Strata concurs
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Strata concurs
Joey is the softest creature I have yet encountered.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Joey is the softest creature I have yet encountered.
Oh is it that time already?
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Oh is it that time already?
Jet likes to know what I’m doing and if it has anything to do with walk, cookie, or food.
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Jet likes to know what I’m doing and if it has anything to do with walk, cookie, or food.
Strata has been such a little character today.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Strata has been such a little character today.
She took my spot.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
She took my spot.
I got hit with the bird beam.
I asked @peripendrake.art for a black-throated magpie jay, with a few touches from my jaguar, and the result is spectacular. ✨
I asked @peripendrake.art for a black-throated magpie jay, with a few touches from my jaguar, and the result is spectacular. ✨
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I got hit with the bird beam.
I asked @peripendrake.art for a black-throated magpie jay, with a few touches from my jaguar, and the result is spectacular. ✨
I asked @peripendrake.art for a black-throated magpie jay, with a few touches from my jaguar, and the result is spectacular. ✨
Couch time is everyone’s favorite.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Couch time is everyone’s favorite.
There she is, there’s my girl.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There she is, there’s my girl.
I’n pretty happy with that. Especially because I just baked that bread yesterday.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’n pretty happy with that. Especially because I just baked that bread yesterday.
Love when it’s grilled cheese and tomato soup weather.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Love when it’s grilled cheese and tomato soup weather.
Rip and tear
until it is done
until it is done
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Rip and tear
until it is done
until it is done