David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I'm doing a new nerdy thing over at Common Descent! 020
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Meccha Chameleon is unironically an excellent tool for understanding how animal camouflage works. 000
Reposted by David Moscato Matt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital 123138654856
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Apparently if you accidentally call a fax machine it screams at you as punishment 020
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit where the great toothy ones live? I’ll take you there in Tyrant Lizard Queen. Pre-order now and help make my new book a roaring success.bookshop.orgTyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest CarnivoreThe Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore 05929
Reposted by David Moscato Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 11/04/2026As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII 253842879
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Someone get those folks a pre-opened juice box for the good NASA job they did 020
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Thoughts on trailers I saw at the movies today: Oak Street - High hopes for the premise, low hopes for the dinosaurs Paw Patrol - I know zero about Paw Patrol, but excited to see fun dinos for kids Minions - Not gonna see it, but the trailer made me laugh Animal Farm - Andy, what are you doing? 120
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Project Hail Mary is my second favorite movie based on a novel by Andy Weir where a scientist gets stranded in space. 010
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The Dinosaur Renaissance was a pivotal event in paleontology. But there's more than a little mythology to the story, distorting a complex history involving the ways the public encountered dinosaurs as well as scientific shifts. It was a joy to dig into the history with @commondescentpod.bsky.social. 07526
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Just posted a long message about my favorite Pokémon, then immediately posted another long message about the appropriate response to abusers in science, both on the same Discord server that I built with my friend by talking a lot about fossils. What a life. For the record, Steelix and ostracism. 010
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Turns out sometimes you make a silly science video for the internet and then someone goes and makes incredible art about it. 160
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 18/09/2025In case you missed it, we got a new dinosaur yesterday! 28823
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 18/09/2025At long last, @paleolorax.bsky.social gives us her Plant-Based History of the Earth! 082
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Plants require sunlight to survive, but when night falls and the daytime-dwellers disappear, many varieties of flower come alive. This episode, Nora and Aly explore the allure of “moon gardens” and the adaptations that allow beautiful and aromatic flowers to thrive in darkness. 096
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Some plants get big – like, several acres big – like, an entire forest big – like, the largest living things on the planet big. This episode, Nora and Aly address some of the most sprawling plants on Earth and explore the plant super-powers that allow them to achieve super-size. 041
Reposted by David Moscato Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Title: "We Have Wolves At Home": Dire Wolves, Dodos, and De-Extinction Time: Sat 04:00 pm Location: 209-211 Hilton (Length: 1 Hour) @dmos150.bsky.social and I have sworn to support each other emotionally, and hold each other back physically, in this panel. 2143
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Did you know that placing a banana next to an apple can help the banana ripen faster? Well that was news to some people! This episode, Nora and Aly discuss what exactly is going on inside a ripening fruit and how the fruit knows it’s time to signal its own deliciousness. Image by Dominique Hessel 091
Reposted by David Moscato Ryan Consell @stealingfromwizards.com · 17/07/2025I have been told I should crow about this more. Apparently goodreads reviewers are known to be brutal. Mostly I'm just glad my books found their audience. #booksky www.goodreads.com/series/27255... 1183
Reposted by David Moscato Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/05/2025Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart! 4431881499
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Episode 3 - What's Inside a Pinecone? Out now! Featuring an animated discussion about these CT-scan images from the Regents of the University of Michigan. 1156
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 11/05/2025For the curious, this is the article that inspired this first episode: The "sex change" (not really, but kinda) of the Fortingall Yew Tree in Scotland www.thepinknews.com/2015/11/03/e...thepinknews.comEurope’s oldest tree isn’t transgender… it’s actually intersexOne of the UK's oldest trees has been labelled transgender... but it might actually be intersex. 062
Reposted by David Moscato Leaf It To Us Podcast @leafittouspod.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Episode 2's bonus episode (Before We Leaf) is now available for our Patrons! Featuring even more stories of plants vs pets, including that one time David lost a lizard. 142
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I'm producing a podcast with a pair of proficient plant-ladies! The first two episodes are out, and it's a ton of fun! (I'm also on the podcast, but you'll mostly have to check out the bonus content to hear me) 092
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Thanks for having me! I had a great time dissecting de-extinction! 171
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 10/04/2025"I hurt for these wolves, creatures wholly unaware that they were created to be trophies." 0122
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Colossal’s bungled wolf announcement isn’t a conservation win. It’s a sad reminder of how the offensively rich want to foist their vision of the future on everyone. My latest for @slate.comslate.comThose Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading.We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger. 311803709
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This article reads like a sci-fi horror short story. Those poor puppies. time.com/7274542/colo...time.comThe Return of the Dire WolfColossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species. 061
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 25/03/2025One of the coolest parts of this new find? Duonychus comes with a preserved claw sheath, so we can see what the claw really looked like! The researchers estimate the claws could have grabbed vegetation up to about four inches in diameter as the reptile foraged. 🧪 819251
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I want more than trans rights, equality, and liberation. I want trans power. When you transcend and transgress gender, you gain knowledge that can change the world. That should change the world. 215338
Reposted by David Moscato Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Hi, I’m Riley! I write bestsellers, talk ‘til my jaw hurts about paleontology, and sniff out fossils wherever I can find them. Check out my latest. 🌱 🦕 us.macmillan.com/author/riley... 2035893
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hey everyone, did you know Riley wrote an awesome new book about the incredible relationship between plants and animals throughout Earth history? 🌿🦕 160
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 10/03/2025SO EXCITED to finally share this! The pilot episode of our upcoming brand-new plant-themed podcast! 020
Reposted by David Moscato Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Once upon a time, in the late 1800s, people in Japan got really into breeding mice. Coloured mice. Patterned mice. Even mice that danced. They became known as Japanese Fancy Mice, and that caught the attention of researchers in Europe and America, who imported them for study. 2/n 20455160
Reposted by David Moscato Common Descent @commondescentpod.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This episode, @oddpride.com joins us to investigate just what was the deal with one of the most infamous figures in early American paleontology.buff.lyEpisode 211 – Edward Drinker CopeListen to Episode 211 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! He’s one of the most famous names in early American paleontology, and often not for good … 1242
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 05/02/2025People have been asking to see a caecilian butt, so here's a video I took at the Vancouver aquarium for this exact purpose. Look how it swims by moving its long serpentine body. Look how it has no tail and simply ends in a butt. 1101
Reposted by David Moscato Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 04/02/2025This is an excellent frog One of the finest specimens I've ever laid eyes on 1332
