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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 17/07/2026

How did seals evolve to hear on land and underwater? This #ProcB study found a specialised ear tissue enables amphibious hearing in pinnipeds, revealing this unique adaptation evolved more than 26 million years ago. doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Evolution #Palaeontology

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Dr James Rule @palaeo-jrule.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Seals have a superpower: they are the only mammals with amphibious hearing! They hear well both in-air and underwater. My collagues and I have a new study in Proceedings B on the origins and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds 🦭🔊🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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The origin and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds

Abstract. Pinnipeds (true seals, eared seals and walruses) are the only mammals that can hear effectively in both air and water. How and when they achieved

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/12/2023

it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science

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Jessica Theodor @jmtheodor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One of the most important insights that paleontology as a science can provide is this - summed up in pithy form by Christine Janis: The past is not the present with extra dinosaurs.

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Welcome to the world Meterchen luti, the St Bathans goose that lived in subtropical New Zealand 14-19 Mya (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....), making it ten waterfowl species that lived around the giant palaeolake Manuherikia. Artwork by Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa CC BY-NC-SA. 1/13 🧵

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

And here there result of the Naracoorte #paleostream! This classic Australian megafauna assemblage is a well preserved treasure trove in South Australia that gives us a glimpse at a fauna just before the arrival of humans. Subsequently a large portion of the...

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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Today, got to work on marsupial moles. They are such fascinating marsupials. Would be nice to see one in the wild one day, but chances are pretty low.

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Spotted in a second hand bookshop in Picton this weekend 🥲🥲 So inspiring

The front cover of a book called Paleo Girl with a photo of three girls holding hands while jumping at the beach. The subtitle says 'Take a Leap. Empower Yourself. Be Awesome.' It's not clear what this book is about.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

A compilation of close-ups of the statue, showing a man skinned, with the underlying anatomy underneath and the skin draped around his shoulders.

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Douglass S Rovinsky, PhD @dsrovinsky.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The absolute oddity that is Simosthenurus, a Pleistocene short-faced kangaroo. These weirdos seemed to have walked with alternate strides on single-toed feet, had gaff-hook hands, and no matter how you approach them just don't come out right.

Reconstruction of Simosthenurus, a short-faced kangaroo, from skeleton to full-body standing next to the NASA scientist Margaret Hamilton as scale bar.

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Douglass S Rovinsky, PhD @dsrovinsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hi bsky, I’m Douglass. I’m a palaeobiology geek with a background in zoology & archaeology. You’ll find me deep into thylacines, megafauna marsupials, carnivores, morphology & ecology; thinking about how weird extinct critters lived. I'm currently a content specialist at Australian Museum.

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thrilled to share: out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social (!) just in time for Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08251-w

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Tried to pull together a pack of AU/NZ palaeo crew - there's gotta be more, who have I missed? 🦘🥝🦕 go.bsky.app/JU83Md1

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You're only one click away from all your CT science needs! Dang I love starter packs.

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 10/11/2024

ok ok I have tried to pull together a list of all the natural history museums and people who work at them! Unsurprisingly this is very NHM London biased, so if you work at or know of other natural history museums on here then let me know! 👇 go.bsky.app/NtdUnyF

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Hi bsky, I'm Hazel. I'm a functional morphologist and I love interesting critters, especially mammals. I research extinct marsupials, helped make a cool dinosaur exhibition at Melbourne Museum, and currently manage the vertebrate collections at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand.

A woman with brown hair holds a fossil. She is sitting at a desk inside a museum collection.

A woman with brown hair striking a silly pose in front of a Triceratops dinosaur.

A woman with brown hair smiles while posing with a goofy sculpture of a giant extinct marsupial.

A woman poses next to the skull of a large baleen whale.

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Michael Tripoli @triloboii.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

#marchifthemammals2024 day 17, a mama Propalorchestes novaculacephalus! #sciart #paleontology #paleoart

Vector illustration of Propalorchestes novaculacephalus, a large-nosed diprotodont marsupial, laying down, with a joey peeking out of its pouch sticking it's tounge out

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Ed Stanley @drscanley.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

I’m excited for the upcoming publication of our paper summarizing the lessons learned from seven years of specimen digitization. The oVert project has produced tens of thousands of datasets and is changing the way people view and use collections.

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

a bear walking upright, away from a trail camera

a skinny bear standing up on its hind legs, rummaging through a picnic area

a skinny bear with rangy, ape-like proportions, walking on all fours

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Throwing together a last-minute poster for CAVEPS2023 next week, and feeling like a Very Serious Scientist with my Lady Lovely Locks colour scheme.

Cover of a 1980s Lady Lovely Locks video tape. Against a green background of rolling hills and forest, a girl with copious curly blonde hair holds a pink animal and looks up at a dark-haired girl on a yellow dragon. The colours are pastel and cutesy.

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Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

I'm so fascinated by the posture and proportions of this thing! Monotremes are wild.

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Range of motion simulation shows that creodonts (a type of early placental mammals) had surprisingly mobile spines, despite the interlocking morphology of the vertebral articulations! New study by Anne Kort & Katrina Jones: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dr James Rule @palaeo-jrule.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

New paper by my colleagues and I on the reproductive anatomy of a leopard seal 🦭 Leopard seal reproduction is mostly unknown. This note from a Monash Uni dissection discusses the importance of morphology in providing some clues. Open access paper here: doi.org/10.1111/mms....

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