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 123138614852
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I have this same problem! This is an ingenious way of getting around it. I've found some success with franchises. My completionism overrides my anxiety. It's great for TV shows. 120
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 253841878
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 · 16/10/2025It was! Your work is amazing! I'm honored to have contributed 💚 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
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Blunt head and tail suggests Slimey is a burrower, but the fairly prominent eyes suggest not totally subterranean. Are the stripes just coloration? Given that he's called a worm, they might be annuli, in which case he's likely an amphisbaenian. 120
David Moscato @dmos150.bsky.social · 27/05/2025So you're not reading a book about vivid and vivacious viviparous vipers? 😄 020
Reposted by David Moscato Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/05/2025Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart! 4431871498
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 · 18/04/2025Thanks for the rec @beebrookshire.bsky.social! Hi Kaveh! My background is paleontology, and I can talk fossils and ecology and a bit of ancient DNA. I have many thoughts about de-extinction and I'd be happy to share some. 010
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
