Reposted by Sarah DavisMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Forty percent of American Nobel laureates this century in chemistry, medicine and physics have been immigrants, many arriving as students. 319190
Reposted by Sarah DavisProfessor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026First #CROCOLOCOEVO ERC grant job posted! More to come tomorrow! 50% time "Research administrator" with an important twist: the ERC thankfully has reduced its bureaucratic burden for grantholders, quite a bit. #scicomm people would be welcome- see next skeet! jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... (1/2)jobs.rvc.ac.ukJob Opportunity at the RVC: Research AdministratorThis is a fixed-term, part-time position (17.5 hours per week) for 36 months.Applicants should ideally be able to commence by 1 December 2026, although some flexibility may be possible. The role will ... 11011
Reposted by Sarah DavisJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.iucn.orgFrom collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museumsThe IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,... 1172100
Reposted by Sarah DavisJulio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Foggy morning in Late Pleistocene Patagonia. #Art #SciArt #artbyjulio 8345118
Sarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The original fossils are in Germany! Carnegie made casts though, and we have a cast on exhibit, too. The label you have seems to be a copy of the Carnegie label as well. 010
Reposted by Sarah DavisMike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.orgphylopic.orgPhyloPicPhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi... 19564
Reposted by Sarah DavisBrant Faircloth @brantfaircloth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Are you a vertebrate paleobiologist and also interested in a curatorial position ?Come work with us @lsu.bsky.social! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 044
Reposted by Sarah DavisJolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social 12262129
Reposted by Sarah DavisAnthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New Cretaceous bird reported from Australia, Tenuicruris piscanexum! I was hoping my coauthors' & my 2023 study reporting a variety of Early Cretaceous bird tracks in Australia would be followed by bird body-fossil discoveries reflecting that diversity. 🧪🪨🐦🇦🇺 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comTenuicruris piscanexum, a new addition to Australia’s rare Cretaceous bird fossilsThis study describes Tenuicruris piscanexum, gen. et sp. nov., the second Cretaceous bird named from Australia, based on a well-preserved tibiotarsus. Detailed morphological analysis and phylogenet... 0123
Reposted by Sarah DavisProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 03052
Reposted by Sarah DavisThomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 3187102
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our next step in this project is a bibliography of avian type publications. It's incomplete, but 1120+ refs to 210+ collections is a good starting point! Searchable by institution, country, city. albnd.github.io/bird_types/ #Ornithology #Taxonomyalbnd.github.ioBird Type Specimen Bibliography — Directory of Collections 13320
Reposted by Sarah DavisGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you! 24136
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Curator of Marine Invertebrates position at the NHMLA. Great opportunity for marine invertebrate zoologists, especially echinoderm researchers! (see post below)spnhc.orgMarine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History CollectionsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience… 12022
Reposted by Sarah DavisMoi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 05171
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...candidate.hr-manager.netTenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of MammalsTenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap 16378
Reposted by Sarah DavisThe Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool 2073094
Reposted by Sarah DavisAlberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New review of what we know and don't know about the evolutionary history of birds and their close fossil relatives! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Benito & @lizzysteell.bsky.social) 07540
Reposted by Sarah DavisAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Student Collections Study Award for Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - next cycle of applications due October 1. Details at their website: nhm.org/student-coll... - the Alf Museum is also close by, so it's a good visit us, too, once you are in the area!nhm.orgStudent Collections Study AwardThe NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ... 098
Reposted by Sarah DavisBrian Sidlauskas @briansidlauskas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The American Museum of Natural History is searching for a new curator, either in ichthyology or mammalogy. This is an incredible opportunity to work with an exceptional collection and outstanding colleagues. Review of applications begins November 10. careers.amnh.org/postings/4925careers.amnh.orgAssistant Curator/Assistant Professor, Vertebrate ZoologyThe Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor in either the Department of Ichthyology or M... 01418
Reposted by Sarah DavisAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.nsf.govNSF leadership in a new golden age of scienceThe U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has... 8323170
Reposted by Sarah DavisEos @eos.org · 09/09/202680% of survey participants reported experiencing at least one harmful fieldwork interaction, such as aggression, harassment, stereotyping, and privacy violations. 🧪 New research in @aguadvances.bsky.social eos.org/research-spo...eos.orgFour in Five Researchers Report Harmful Interactions During Geoscience Fieldwork. A New Survey Suggests a Path Forward. - EosA new survey documents the prevalence of harmful interactions that occur during fieldwork. Many instances go officially unreported. 14432
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr. Sven N. Nielsen @snnielsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Paleontology job in Mexico!earthworks-jobs.comFull-time Researcher PositionFull-time Researcher Position at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM. Located in Queretaro, Mexico. Deadline: 15/09/2026. 01322
Reposted by Sarah DavisBrandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴 This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!isu.csod.comCurator/Assistant Professor, Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences (3756)Job DescriptionThe Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University invite applications for a joint... 25255
Reposted by Sarah DavisWilliam B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...workforcenow.adp.comRecruitment 11624
Sarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We’re very aware over here! Getting all the info we can. 110
Reposted by Sarah DavisSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us. 13763203
Reposted by Sarah DavisKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s getting into grad school workshop begins this Saturday. All are welcome! 12815
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/ 41913441
Reposted by Sarah DavisBen Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It’s been two years and I don’t think I’ve ever shared this story here: When we were making an animated mural for the Chicago Archaeopteryx display, we wanted to make sure it didn’t upstage or compete with the 1920s Charles Knight paintings it would share space with. 🧵 411634
Reposted by Sarah DavisThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026#FossilFriday Allosaurus fragilis at the Carnegie Museum 25916
Reposted by Sarah DavisWilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Do you illustrate birds? We are seeking new artists to contribute frontispiece illustrations for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and would especially like to highlight artwork made by members of the WOS and our colleagues. Details here!wilsonsociety.orgCall for Bird Illustrators for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology!Do you illustrate birds? We are looking for frontispiece illustrators for our journal! 14756
Reposted by Sarah DavisCredentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Me, nodding knowingly: The beaks. 10293091568
Reposted by Sarah DavisJoschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Result from the López de Bertodano Formation #paleostream! I have been looking forward to this one for a while as it combines some fascinating aspects of the latest Cretaceous. This formation was deposited in Antarctica and I hear you all: "wait a sec, that's not what I... 416958
Reposted by Sarah DavisKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Do you want to go to grad school in #paleontology 🦖, #geology ⚒️, or #biology🧪? Join the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Graduate School Application Prep Group! We’ll walk you through the application process in weekly workshops. Sign up with this form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 18448
Reposted by Sarah DavisPaleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Survey time - we want to hear from YOU! Your answers will help us better understand how the community uses and accesses @paleodb.bsky.social and will help shape future work on the database. Browsed Navigator once? Entered 1,342 taxa? Either way, we want your feedback! forms.gle/GFZukC1koFAb...forms.glePaleobiology Database (PBDB) User Community SurveyThank you for taking a few minutes to share your experiences and insights with the Paleobiology Database team! Your answers will help us better understand how the community uses and accesses the PBDB ... 01714
Reposted by Sarah DavisJohn Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/08/2026On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...johngmarks.beehiiv.comAmerica's Museums are Falling ApartWith 7260138
Reposted by Sarah DavisMORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 23/07/2026Like we Used To Ink and pen on hot press paper, 7"x10" Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo... 131713629
Reposted by Sarah DavisAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026two dozen copies of tiny bug zine for our event tonight 2526
Reposted by Sarah DavisLauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...bristol.ac.ukDetails | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol 28893
Reposted by Sarah DavisDr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com 19698
Reposted by Sarah DavisZ. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Exhilarated to share a 2nd @science.org cover article this month from our lab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! A collaboration with US & Mexico colleagues on the role of a Mexican biogeographic holding pen in shaping the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)(1/11) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 210954
Reposted by Sarah DavisAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 30/07/2026THURSDAY EVENING NOTE: we are throwing a great 18+ event at the museum *next* Friday, if you're in the Pittsburgh area! It's summer camp themed, so: crafts, adult beverages, and natural history fun: carnegiemnh.org/event/camp-c... 192
Sarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Absolutely! Dippy is happy to celebrate Weevil Wednesday 🙂↕️ 000
Reposted by Sarah DavisVille Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026End cretaceus hell 181918558
Reposted by Sarah DavisSarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Happy #FossilFriday from Chile! 🇨🇱 This is the Holotype of Aristonectes quiriquinensis, an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central Chile (Biobío Province, Quiriquina Fm). It was so cool to finally see this specimen after years of visiting Chile for field work and research. 1279