Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026So excited to be starting at the @nhm-london.bsky.social this week as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow! 160
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Come join us later to hear me talk all about the wonders of PPGM! Who doesn't love a bit of R coding on a thursday afternoon 💻🐍 031
Reposted by Alex HowardPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️28th May 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week for a talk by Alex Howard from Natural History Museum, London, on “Combining palaeontological, neontological, & spatial data to understand evolution through time and space using the ppgm R package”. bit.ly/palaeoverse-... 0137
Reposted by Alex HowardPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳 We are looking forward to hearing from @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social, Joseph Flannery-Sutherland and @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social! Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-... 0137
Reposted by Alex HowardDr Suresh Singh @palaeosingh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🚨 UK Student Palaeo Research Opportunity 🚨 Brymbo Fossil Forest are offering students the chance to get involved in active palaeontology research & excavations ⚒️ at a unique #Carboniferous fossil site in Wales 🏴 - See below for more details ⬇️ #Paleontology #Geology #Fieldwork #FossilFriday #ECR 03124
Reposted by Alex HowardRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 09/02/2026Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/ 10587311979
Reposted by Alex HowardRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 23/12/2025Happy holidays! Pigeons make milk, and I hope this fact fills you with joy and concern during this festive time of year 29690199
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Wish I could be there, will be a really cool talk! Using PPGM! 100
Reposted by Alex HowardLewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀 Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on Unlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 19th January 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comUnlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines through AI at University of Reading on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Unlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines through AI at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com 0915
Reposted by Alex HowardDepartment of Ecology and Conservation Biology @tamueccb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025🌍 New paper alert! We’re pleased to share that Dr. Michelle Lawing has published a new Dispatch in Current Biology titled “Conservation biology: Fossils inform the future.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 👏 Congratulations #TAMUECCB #ConservationBiology #Paleobiology #FossilData #Researchsciencedirect.comConservation biology: Fossils inform the futureConservation decision-making increasingly requires data beyond those from depauperate modern ecosystems. A new study that integrates Pleistocene fossi… 011
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Feeling tired on the train back from #2025SVP after a great conference. Loved being able to talk about snakes, see a bunch of cool talks, and see my palaeo friends. Shout out to drinking wine under a dinosaur with @lucyroberts.bsky.social!🍷🐍🦖 072
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025So excited for the paper describing my and Dr Michelle Lawing's ppgm R package to come out in time for the end of #2025SVP ! If you're interested in using the PPGM method, this is the paper to read, and please come find me at the conference if you want to chat #R 0103
Reposted by Alex HowardLewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸 We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini. 🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...trees-dla.ac.ukHow did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLAThe closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ... 01012
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Standing near the fossil statues at Crystal Palace park, shaking my head so everyone knows I know they're inaccurate. In all seriousness, was super cool to see these icons of Victorian palaeontology. Featuring an iguanodon, plesiosaur, ichthyosaur, and a mosasaur (possibly...) 010
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025So incredibly disappointed by Texas A&M. So much for academic freedom. 100
Reposted by Alex HowardCPEG & CPB Symposium 2025 @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The CPEG & CPB meeting is officially underway! 🎉 We kicked things off with two fantastic workshop sessions: 📊 R-based open data science in palaeobiology and ecology 🧠 Deep learning for macroevolutionary analyses Big thanks to all our speakers and participants - spot yourself below! #CPEGCPB25 0158
Reposted by Alex HowardGabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Happy Pride! 🌈 🏳️🌈 I hope everyone has a great Pride month! Here is a lively pair of Deinonychus! #paleoart #dinosaurs #pride2025 #pride 5586183
Reposted by Alex HowardDr Christina N. Zdenek @cnzdenek.bsky.social · 19/05/2025ABC news online piece about how our snake-handling course and education efforts are debunking persistent snake myths and combating snake misinformation. #SnakesOfOz #VenomousSnakes #Snakes #SnakeEducation #HumanSnakeConflict www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...abc.net.auSnake handling training busts 'evil' myth about 'easygoing' reptilesQueensland experts Chris Hay and Christina Zdenek run snake handling courses to bust myths and teach professionals how to stay safe around venomous snakes. 0236
Reposted by Alex HowardAnna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again. 71185174520
Reposted by Alex HowardFunctional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 15/05/2025To celebrate UK Pride Month 2025, we are relaunching our Rainbow Research series to promote the work of LGBTQIA+ researchers around the world🌈 Find out here how to contribute!👇 buff.ly/SF9l8vW 🧪🌍buff.lyRainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!To celebrate Pride Month in June, we are relaunching our Rainbow Research blog series! This series aims to promote the visibility and inclusion of ecologists and evolutionary biologists from the LG… 0129
Reposted by Alex HowardJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/05/2025NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.science.orgTrump officials take steps toward a radically different NSFEfforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress 115896
Reposted by Alex HowardNatural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Happy Birthday to master storyteller Sir David Attenborough! 🎉 We’ve loved working with Sir David as he delivered the narration to the upcoming immersive experience, Our Story with David Attenborough. Tickets go on sale in just two weeks. Keep an eye out for the announcement! 241876295
Reposted by Alex HowardGabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 25/04/2025A pair of Diplocaulus magnicornis swimming in a flooded Early Permian forest alongside a bunch of other animals like a small Eryops larvae Diplocaulus magnicornis was a lepospondyl (which is a weird, likely polyphyletic group) that is famous for its weird boomerang shaped head. 6343115
Reposted by Alex HowardSave The Snakes @savethesnakes.org · 22/04/2025Happy Earth Day! 🌍🐍 Snakes are vital for our planet, controlling pests, balancing food webs, & indicating healthy ecosystems. Protecting them helps us all! Learn 10 ways to #SaveTheSnakes: savethesnakes.org/earthday #WildlifeConservation #EarthDay 022
Reposted by Alex HowardEthan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 22/04/2025In addition to what others have posted there are some folks (who I can vouch for) tracking the terminated NSF grants to facilitate coordinated responses, media coverage, etc: Form to add a terminated grant: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Current grants on the list: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...airtable.com 032
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Spontaneous walk in the park after work and was rewarded with a sighting of this beautiful copperhead! The first wild copperhead I've ever seen 🐍😍 Luckily I spotted this beauty before a person and their dog passed by and scared it into the bushes... 020
Reposted by Alex HowardNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 17/04/2025Colossal Biosciences’s "de-extinction" news is just the latest in a slew of eyebrow-raising claims by privately funded researchers. Is the bar for belief lower when those making the claims have a lot of money, wonders Jonathan R. Goodmannewscientist.comWhy claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the icebergColossal Biosciences’s "de-extinction" news is just the latest in a slew of eyebrow-raising claims by privately funded researchers. Is the bar for belief lower when those making the claims have a lot of money, wonders Jonathan R. Goodman 093
Reposted by Alex HowardFerwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The lack of diversity in Geosciences is a long-standing issue. #Womeninstem 🧪⚒️ paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/f...paleonerdish.wordpress.comForgotten women of Paleontology: Carol Heubusch FaulThe lack of diversity in Geosciences is a long-standing issue. The geoscientist is often seen as an athletic, bearded white male, and that stereotype has created an “image problem” that prevents m… 0145
Reposted by Alex HowardScience Sam @samanthayammine.com · 08/04/2025Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that: 1. Climate change is real 2. Vaccines work 3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤 🧪 271900396
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Spending the next how many months telling people this... 010
Reposted by Alex HowardJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025So cool. Saw a Rough Green Snake at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge devour a caterpillar. These are rare snakes to see on the ground and a lifer for me. 1/3 2561140
Reposted by Alex HowardThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak" our beef: 954134852
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Libraries and museums are so important for science outreach and public education, and they were already severely underfunded. This is heartbreaking. 062
Reposted by Alex HowardEmma LeRae @emmalerae.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Trans rights are human rights! 424679
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Some beautiful snakes of East Texas, everyone but the Nerodia was very polite. 🐍 Buttermilk racer - Coluber constrictor anthicus Slowinski's corn snake - Pantherophis emoryi slowinskii Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum Broadbanded water snake - Nerodia fasciata 020
Reposted by Alex HowardNature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 03/03/2025In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 3243123
Reposted by Alex HowardJoanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 12/02/2025Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear. Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861: "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything." www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L... So, hang in there, #academicsky! 🧪 412237
Reposted by Alex Howardfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Hello, internet! Things are bad for our trans & queer friends in the US, so I teamed up with bsky's nature artists to create this pack containing 80 wallpapers and growing. 1. Donate to one of the two orgs below 2. DM me your receipt 3. I'll give you a download link Valid til the end of the month 20862498
Alex Howard @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Happy Lunar New Year, year of the snake! Hopefully this means good things for this year 🐍🎆🐍 Ada has her own opinions already 010