Steve Brusatte
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)
Thanks @richardjbutler.bsky.social & the hosts. Maybe see everyone next year in Cleveland (if anything were to tempt me to that part of Ohio, it would be this 😉)
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thanks @richardjbutler.bsky.social & the hosts. Maybe see everyone next year in Cleveland (if anything were to tempt me to that part of Ohio, it would be this 😉)
What a great time at this year’s @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What a great time at this year’s @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
...and we are joined in magazine fame by my wee boy Anthony, showing off his super secret agent spycraft invisible ink skills!
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
...and we are joined in magazine fame by my wee boy Anthony, showing off his super secret agent spycraft invisible ink skills!
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
The Nanotyrannus debate has gotten heated at times. But what I truly respect about (most of) the people involved is that we've kept an open mind, tried to follow the evidence.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Nanotyrannus debate has gotten heated at times. But what I truly respect about (most of) the people involved is that we've kept an open mind, tried to follow the evidence.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Here's what Thomas Carr and I wrote in our 2016 tyrannosaur phylogeny paper. This truly has been our ethos all along.
Chicago, Illinois, 2025. A true American patriot, standing up for actual freedom. (photo by Chicago Tribune)
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Chicago, Illinois, 2025. A true American patriot, standing up for actual freedom. (photo by Chicago Tribune)
Slàinte Dugie, godspeed, we love you. Gum beannaicheadh Dia thu.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Slàinte Dugie, godspeed, we love you. Gum beannaicheadh Dia thu.
And just one year ago the University of Edinburgh awarded Dugie an honorary PhD in 2024. Incredible: from a kid forced to leave school to a doctorate.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
And just one year ago the University of Edinburgh awarded Dugie an honorary PhD in 2024. Incredible: from a kid forced to leave school to a doctorate.
Dugie was a friend and mentor to me, and to countless
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie was a friend and mentor to me, and to countless
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Edinburgh geosciences students.
He inspired @annebrusatte.bsky.social and me to write a children's' book on Scottish dinosaurs called...Dugie the Dinosaur! And he took such a liking to our wee Scottish boy Anthony.
Dugie was humble, kind & generous. He loved taking schools, families &tourists to the coast to look for fossils. Nobody knew Skye better than Dugie.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie was humble, kind & generous. He loved taking schools, families &tourists to the coast to look for fossils. Nobody knew Skye better than Dugie.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Which is why the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Mary Anning medal for outstanding contributions to paleontology from a non-academic.
Adventures that included the discovery of Dearc, the first Scottish pterosaur, the kite-sized reptile that soared over the heads of dinosaurs 170 million years ago when Scotland was a subtropical paradise of beaches and lagoons.
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Adventures that included the discovery of Dearc, the first Scottish pterosaur, the kite-sized reptile that soared over the heads of dinosaurs 170 million years ago when Scotland was a subtropical paradise of beaches and lagoons.
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
Here's Dugie cutting Dearc out of the rocks!
When I moved to Edinburgh in 2013 I barely knew Scotland, had only ever been a few times. But I wanted to find dinosaurs. Instead of treating me like some American interloper, Dugie welcomed me to his home. And thus began more than a decade of adventures together.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When I moved to Edinburgh in 2013 I barely knew Scotland, had only ever been a few times. But I wanted to find dinosaurs. Instead of treating me like some American interloper, Dugie welcomed me to his home. And thus began more than a decade of adventures together.
Dugie grew up in a Gaelic-speaking hamlet on Skye, left school at 16, forged a life as a builder and crofter, and was always enthralled with his island's history.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dugie grew up in a Gaelic-speaking hamlet on Skye, left school at 16, forged a life as a builder and crofter, and was always enthralled with his island's history.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
He built his own museum. Literally. The Staffin Museum, constructed with his own hands, now a popular tourist site.
We've lost Dugie Ross, truly one of the best people I have ever known.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We've lost Dugie Ross, truly one of the best people I have ever known.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
He reported the first Scottish dinosaurs, made the Isle of Skye into Scotland's Dinosaur Island, welcomed so many of us onto his island, into his home and family.
Our pal Jon Hoad, insanely talented paleo artist, just paid a visit to our Univ of Edinburgh fossil lab.
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our pal Jon Hoad, insanely talented paleo artist, just paid a visit to our Univ of Edinburgh fossil lab.
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
He’s thinking of doing a book on theropod skulls. Maybe I’ll be involved.
What do you think, should he do it??
This is the type of work we do here in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is the type of work we do here in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Maybe you want to study Earth sciences with us? Undergrad applications and Masters applications open now!
Massive thanks to the National Science Foundation &
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Massive thanks to the National Science Foundation &
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
the Bureau of Land Management and the American taxpayer for supporting our work, during both Republican & Democratic administrations.
And @erc.europa.eu here in the UK.
And thanks
@nataliajagielska.bsky.social for the awesome art!
The project was led by Andrew Flynn & included so many friends and colleagues as coauthors: @abqtom.bsky.social @danpeppe.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The project was led by Andrew Flynn & included so many friends and colleagues as coauthors: @abqtom.bsky.social @danpeppe.bsky.social @macroecoevoale.bsky.social
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
& my first PhD student Sarah Shelley. (apologies if I missed tagging others)
Here's Andrew in the field as a student. Now he's a prof!
The New Mexico dinosaurs were diverse: giant sauropods, bone-crunching tyrannosaurs, horned and duck-billed herbivores, raptors, armored tanks, and many others.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The New Mexico dinosaurs were diverse: giant sauropods, bone-crunching tyrannosaurs, horned and duck-billed herbivores, raptors, armored tanks, and many others.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.
They were thriving.
No sign they were in trouble. Then the asteroid ended it all.