Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Next week I'll be walking the entire coastline of #Portsmouth with some #Navy chums to raise funds for Combat Stress. combatstress.bsky.social This charity provides support, treatment and expertise to reduce trauma-related mental health conditions in UK #veterans. ⚓ Please donate if you can! 👇events.combatstress.org.ukPortsmouth Island Walk for Combat StressI'm taking on this challenge to help raise funds for veterans’ mental health treatment – and I need your help! Your donation, big or small, will be greatly appreciated and will make a huge difference... 010
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ok, time for a thread about what I saw yesterday at #CrystalPalace. As you can see, just about everything has been repaired and re-painted, and in places (like the previously misidentified Xiphodon) re-positioned. It looks fantastic and you have to check it out, even if you've visited before... 16511172
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton 19972951570
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Today I learned that Disk-winged Bats evolved suction cups for their arms and legs. 13363108
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Am happy to say that #SVPCA 2026 >is< happening: a one-day event, 10th September, at the Uni. of Southampton. Registration opens very soon so, if you're on the SVPCA mailing list or FB group, expect details imminently. I'll post links etc. here too. For now, here's the shiny new conference logo... 14311
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is where I was at today. They even played the Jurassic Park theme tune. 🦖 #CrystalPalacePark 080
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy to see some love for graptolites! #Graptolife 130
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Today's lunch spot is a slight upgrade from eating at my desk. (Watching c. 20,000 guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes, gulls etc. at RSPB South Stack with @gizz47.bsky.social.) 2494
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Here's @markwitton.bsky.social mobbed by fans at #DinosaurHighway2026. Photo courtesy of the lovely @gizz47.bsky.social. 0121
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 15/06/2026One of the saddest things about the spread of AI imagery is that so many people now seem to assume that a human being couldn't possibly create something cool. They think that now there's an 'easy' way to do 'art', that everyone is doing that, and real artists somehow no longer exist. Bizarre. 081
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Went to the unveiling of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History's new palaeo exhibits this evening with @gizz47.bsky.social. Excellent new displays of British dinosaur material, well worth checking out even if you've visited umpteen times before. 47817
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Was amazed to find a Harris hawk visiting the garden this morning, presumably a lost pet. It hung around for 20 minutes or so, making low-energy efforts at the neighbour's quail pen. No interest in our chickens. 5919
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Kolby making friends at the polling station. Don't forget to vote, folks! #DogsAtPollingStations #DemocracyDog 🐶 0221
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A timeline of every animal ever sent into space 🧪nationalgeographic.comA visual timeline of every animal ever sent into spaceFrom Laika the dog to Ham the chimpanzee, animals have blasted off—and died—pioneering space travel for us. See what we still send up today. 117130
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This made national news yesterday but I figure it's worth sharing to ensure maximum exposure. Time to take down our bird tables, folks: they're spreading diseases that are decimating bird populations. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...rspb.org.ukOur latest guidance on what and when to feed garden birds: Feed Safely, Feed Seasonally 17737
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Magpies have been secretly building a nest in the neighbour's tree. Can you spot it? It's so well disguised. 28614
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Rave worm! What a gorgeous display this polychaete worm’s setae is giving under UV light! #marineplankton 🦑 625553
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4 2330231038
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026News on #SVPCA, a (mostly) UK-based annual meeting devoted to vertebrate palaeontology. Things have been quiet about the meeting for the last 18 months, but a team of us are working to pick up where we left off. More details to follow ASAP, hopefully very soon. #FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil 14411
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 24/02/2026Next time you doubt you are the right person for a job, remember: Chupa Chups make toothpaste. 58312
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026In which I provide a few thoughts on the new Spinosaurus species, S. mirabilis. www.newscientist.com/article/2516... I also stressed the deep connections between one of the study authors - Nathan Myhrvold - and Geoffrey Epstein to New Scientist. They didn't mention it, neither has anyone else.newscientist.comNew fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaursSpinosaurs have sometimes been portrayed as swimmers or divers, but a new species of these dinosaurs bolsters the idea that they were more like gigantic herons 7463171
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026And so begins the countdown to the frightnerman, doomsage, horrormeister. Thanks to @gizz47.bsky.social for this evening of terror, fear and blood. Blood? Blood. Crimson, copper-smelling blood. His blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick. 0181
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The real secret of how work gets done around here: the pets guide our fingers when using computers. The truth, finally, is out. With @gizz47.bsky.social 5838
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta 442077725
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Brundle's Christmas present came early. With @gizz47.bsky.social. 2859
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 05/12/2025New #paleoart for #FossilFriday: the giant Meganeuropsis hawks Dunbaria in Early Permian Kansas, reaching to trap it with long, spiny legs. This image is set at the coast to reflect the marine occurrences of Meganeuropsis and Dunbaria fossils - not all Carbo-Permian insects lived in swamps! #sciart 215049
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.comSubmit a Claim 7730602523
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanJordan Bestwick @jordanbestwick1.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure Please show your support by signing the below! c.org/KtYyZB8dHkc.orgSave Geology at the University of LeicesterCan you spare a minute to help this campaign? 18252
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanThe Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Have you completed or commissioned a piece of palaeoart in the last year? Nominations are now open for The Marsh Palaeoart Award! 🎨🦕🌿🐌🐟🎨 You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize... 098
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 13/11/2025It's been a while since I smacked @deanrlomax.bsky.social in the head, but I managed to catch up with him at #2025SVP #SVP2025. You can't escape, Dean! 0182
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Kicking off #2025SVP with a Palaeoart workshop hosted by @markwitton.bsky.social. Smuggled in our #SVPCA mugs for rebellious reasons. 🦕🦖 3191
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The scariest part of #October for me has been having my eyeball cut to pieces and sewn back together. So here it is ...in #pumpkin form! Happy #Halloween! 🎃 160
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanAltmetric @altmetric.com · 28/10/2025HALLOWEEN SPECIAL The Altmetric Ghost Donut Yes this is a real thing, not something we cattle-prodded our marketing into making for us. They are a rare sight, but you might have come across them. Here's a thread dedicated just to them. 1/7 3136
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanNatee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Some recent hens. They do look good together like this. 🐔 Friendly reminder that I have a Ko-fi by way of a tip jar, if you enjoy my work and would like to send a little material support. Thank you so much to everyone who contributes. ☺️🥲🙏💙 Link also in profile. ko-fi.com/himmapaan 71187339
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 16/10/2025This little worm is literally a sex machine! This is a male epitoke of a polychaete worm (Myrianida I believe). Let me tell you how it goes down… #marineplankton 🦑 1265
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today (Oct 4, 1905). If you want to know all there is to know about the world's most iconic #dinosaur, the word is that my book "King Tyrant", published a few months back, is a good start. #fossils #paleontology #paleoart press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 015847
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2025RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick) 205108951932
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Today is the day! Wish me luck! #Zebras #Conservation #Endangered #Wildlife #Animals #Race #Charity #Fundraising #Running #Marwell #Zoo 051
Reposted by Georgia Witton-Macleanjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025we're on the precipice of a universal antiviral medication, mRNA technology is out here curing cancers every other month, HIV is cureable AND preventable, renewables generate more energy now than fossil fuels worldwide and and more cost-effective, coral reefs are growing back all over the world rn 1047791986
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Do you think Grevy's Zebras are neat? Do you think I can run 10k in a few weeks despite barely training for it? If either of the answers to those questions is yes, then please consider chucking a few quid towards the fundraiser. I might buy you a beer afterwards...if I survive. Cheers!justgiving.comMarwell 10K 2025 - race to protect the Grevy's zebra.Help Georgia Witton-Maclean raise money to support Marwell Wildlife 062
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 10/09/2025Some of the eggs laid by Iberian harvester ant queens contain males of another species, the builder harvester ant – and these males father all of the workers in the colony.newscientist.comQueen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate withBizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species 063
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 07/09/2025I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree. 7829481
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Heads up for #SVP2025 attendees: I'm running a day-long workshop about UK #paleoart on Nov 11th (the day before the meeting). Essentially a mini-conference, it's a day of talks on UK palaeoart history, conservation and current projects, as well as... 1/3 25613
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Just a ‘lil snail larva going about his business. #marineplankton 🦑 310116
Georgia Witton-Maclean @gizz47.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The first DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social went off with a bang. A bunch of dinosaur/prehistoric life related talks, stalls and activities to keep the palaeonerd community out of mischief for a weekend. Thanks to everyone for making it enjoyable and hope to see you again next year! 0113
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanBumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 31/07/2025A message from our CEO. Please, donate today: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/give 35953
Reposted by Georgia Witton-MacleanMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Good to see criticism of Colossal and their fraudulent "de-extinction" process getting mainstream coverage. New Zealand has some amazing conservation successes but the fight to save its species is not over. Think what that $15 million might have done there, rather than making this Frankenstein bird. 721670
