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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some photos from an excellent day birding at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands. Here are Lapwings and a lone Curlew seen from the border hide, a Spoonbill on the main scrape and a Common Darter giving me the side eye as I photographed it on the footbridge near the Marsh Covert Hide. #birding

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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Come along to Lapworth Museum next Wednesday to learn about palaeoart and the techniques involved, and meet some of the palaeoartists who create it! #FossilFriday #Paleoart #paleontology #museum #paleobotany (Taxa depicted in the next slide)

A close up of a Ginkgo like plant with narrow branches and bright green yellow leaves

A scsle-leaf conifer with many small random branches covers in scale like leaves

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Need scientific visualisation? Graphic Design? Motion graphics? I do that! Get in touch if you have a project on the go or in the pipeline and would like to discuss working together. stuartponddesign.com

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Stuart Pond

Motion graphics and 3D modelling and animation. MedComms and Scientific Visualisation specialist with experience of above-the-line solutions including corporate and broadcast.

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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Welcoming Musango matusadonaensis, a new sauropodomorph dino from the Late Triassic of Zimbabwe found by our team back in 2018. Read about it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and have a look at this lovely reconstruction by @markwitton.bsky.social (1/2)

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

RIP Bill Oddie, an inspiration to young schoolboy Stu not only for his Goodie brilliance, but as a birder and naturalist. In these dark times we need the Oddies of the world, and he will be much missed. #birding #science #funkyGibbon

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

During my career I've been very lucky to work on many scientific illustrations, animations and videos, collaborating with scientists from many disciplines to communicate their amazing research. 1/3 www.nature.com/nature/volum...

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Nature - Creative differences

The cover image captures the creative journey that underpins the production of a scientific illustration. Brought to life by Nature Art Editor Richard...

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Tyrannosaurus rex : graphite & watercolour

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP Sam Neill. Jurassic Park is one of my favourite films and Neill's character Dr Alan Grant inspired a new generation to consider palaeontology as a career. “They’re moving in herds. They do move in herds.”

Pic shows Sam Neill as Dr Alan Grant and Laura Dern was they watch dinosaurs in the distance, moving in herds.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

RIP David Hockney. Such an influence on myself and so many others. I could’t pick a favourite work of his, but this painting of a country lane from his Yorkshire Sketchbook is a wonder, and I revisit it time and again.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The skeleton of Hypsilophodon found by Mick Green on the Isle of Wight in 2006, currently on display at The Etches Collection. #FossilFriday

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Finally made it to The Etches Collection on the Isle of Purbeck last week. The huge pliosaur skull was the star of the show for sure; a stunning fossil, beautifully prepped. Also gorgeous fossils of other marine reptiles, pterosaurs, fish and dinosaurs (yay!) #FossilFriday

view of the main gallery of The Etches Collection

Close-up of the snout and teeth of the huge pliosaur on display at The Etches Collection

The huge pliosaur skull on display at The Etches Collection

Me and the huge pliosaur skull on display at The Etches Collection

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A bit late for #FossilFriday but a heavily dinoturbated area at Hanover Point #IsleofWight. Some fierce weather here at times but this lone ornithopod dinosaur footcast was here when I first visited the island some 30 years ago.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, whose ability to communicate the deep fascination and love of natural history, palaeontology and science that many of us feel. A lifelong influence and inspiration for myself and countless others.🎂 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Life on Earth

Three years, 49 countries - the most ambitious nature documentary ever made. The 1970s series that changed David Attenborough's life and revealed the wonders of the natural world.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

ANOTHER JOB!! Research Leader in Economic Geology - come work on our minerals collection! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Sillitoe Research Leader, Economic Geology:South Kensington

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Barnacle Geese on the fringes of the local Canada gaggle. Beautiful. #birding

Barnacle Geese on the fringes of the local Canada gaggle, image shows three Canada geese with three Barnacle geese behind them.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

First frogspawn of the year seen this morning here at the foot of the Cheshire Peak District. prev at same location: 04.03.25; 29.02.24; 03.03.23; 08.03.22; 12.03.21; 09.03.20.

A picture of fresh frogspawn in a local stream (seen today 230226), with a frog in attendance.

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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover 🦕🦕🦕 On sale soon!

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I've decided to revise and update one of my most important and popular blogposts "How do I become a paleontologist?". I still get asked this every few weeks so having a new version of this post to share is so useful to put people on track. archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/h...

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How do I become a paleontologist?

This is a revised and updated version of an old post of mine that’s now nearly 10 years old, so it seemed sensible to give it a polish and re-release it into the wild. So, what do you do to become …

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I'm really thrilled to see the "Cromhall Croc" finally getting the attention it deserves! Please welcome Galahadosuchus jonesi, named after Ewan's school science teacher, who inspired his love of the natural world ♥️ anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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A second species of non‐crocodyliform crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: Implications for locomotory ecological diversity in Saltoposuchidae

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

After a storm last week the sand stripped from the beach to reveal a 40 cm long iguanodontian dinosaur foot cast originally from the shores of a 120 million year old lagoon (Vectis Formation). #IsleofWight #FossilFriday

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Got T. rex on my mind for the first time in a while. Here's an isolated T. rex manual ungual in the wild, found by one of the team whilst prospecting in the Hell Creek, Montana in 2010. #FossilFriday

An isolated T. rex manual ungual found whilst prospecting in the Hell Creek, Montana in 2010

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If cutaneous spikes were widespread in ornithischians, it'd make any ankylosaurs sporting them look even more dramatic. I suspect they were more so than we often depict them (see Spicomellus). Speculative doodle of the head and neck of Polacanthus from a 2015 sketchbook. #ankylosaurs #SciArt

A speculative reconstruction of the head and neck of Polacanthus with cutaneous spikes drawn in 2015.

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

My 2020 book 'Tracking the Golden Isles: The Natural and Human Histories of the Georgia Coast' (@ugapress.bsky.social) is coming out in paperback next month (March 15)! If you missed its debut in May 2020, you can get it now. Preorder at: www.ugapress.org/978082037806... 🧪📚 #Booksky

Cover for my book 'Tracking the Golden Isles: The Natural and Human Histories of the Georgia Coast,' with title, subtitle, and author name (Anthony J. Martin) at the bottom. Cover image is a photograph showing a sandy beach in front of a coastal dune with abundant tall grasses growing on it, and a human (my spouse Ruth) standing at the base of the dunes; on the white sandy surface are many tracks, some of which have a large sinuous trails between them, made by alligators coming to and from the ocean. Photo was taken on Sapelo Island, Georgia (USA).

Screenshot of University of Georgia (Athens) Press webpage with blurb for 'Tracking the Golden Isles: The Natural and Human Histories of the Georgia Coast' under banner of PRAISE:

"The Sherlock Holmes of the Georgia coast, Anthony J. Martin bounds onto shores and marshes eager to solve mysteries found there. How does a knobbed whelk bury itself in the sand? Why, once buried, does it attract dwarf surf clams? Why are there two tiny holes next to each of them? Which gull has left its prints around? With remarkable passion, a lighthearted style, and a beautiful way of translating science into plain language, Martin teaches us to read the coastal landscapes. He pays attention to the smallest of details, tiny things I would miss. This mesmerizing book is being proudly added to my knapsack of field guides. ~Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and Drifting into Darien"

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It's the weekend... and relax.

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

#FossilFriday The ischium bone on the right from #IsleofWight formed part of the iguanodontian dinosaur pelvis. In 1849 the bone was understandably still something of an enigma and here has been misidentified by Gideon Mantell as a clavicle.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This is one of two 60w daylight simulation bulbs purchased when I was an art student 43 years ago. The first popped in 2021 after 39 years of continuous service, near daily usage. The second incandesced for 4 years until it pinged last night. We shall not see their light again. #SciArt

A 43 years old daylight simulation bulb that popped last night.

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

For #FossilFriday a small #IsleofWight iguanodontian dinosaur tibia in the collections @nhm-london.bsk.social. What makes it special is that it is from the Gideon Mantell collection. The fossil takes me back 125 million years but its history casts me back to the 1820s.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Cool new paper alert! Some of our rhabdodontids are not what they seem. Great work on European ceratopsians from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al.

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The foot of the #IsleofWight iguanodontian dinosaur Comptonatus chasei and a 125 million year old foot cast also from the island. The island provided Richard Owen with the first good evidence for the dinosaur origins of the tracks. #FossilFriday.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Good to see salmon back in the Mersey, Goyt and Bollin. Here at the foot of the Cheshire Peak District close to the Bollin‘s source, we see dippers, kingfishers, wagtails, trout, egrets etc. The river is not treated kindly as it winds its way join the Mersey. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade

Species that is critically endangered in Britain is spotted in Mersey, Bollin and Goyt rivers in north-west

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

JOB KLAXON! The @nhm-london.bsky.social is recruiting a micro-CT specialist! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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CT Data and Micro CT Specialist :South Kensington

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

For #FossilFriday & in celebration of all teachers ("K to gray") finishing grades this time of the year, here's me performing a similar task, trying to keep a Late Jurassic sandstone bed with its natural cast of a sauropod track from falling off the outcrop; near Morrison CO (west of Denver). 🧪🦕🐾🪨⚒️

Me—oldish white guy with light-brown broad-brimmed hat, green shirt, olive-gray shorts, black running shoes—pushing up against a reddish sandstone layer above my head; another sandstone layer above that has a blue in its lower surface, which is a natural cast of a Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur.

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A dinosaur perk was that worn teeth got replaced. A section of the lower jaw of a big iguanodontian from the #IsleofWight shows the process. Tooth replacement was organised in waves known as Zahnreihen, so that large sections of the jaw weren’t left toothless (enlarge to see numbers). #FossilFriday

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

For #FossilFriday a sacrum from a medium sized iguanodontian in the collections of @nhm-london.bsky.social. Found at Sudmoor Point on the #IsleofWight by Reginald Hooley a wine merchant from Southampton who also discovered the fabulous Mantellisaurus in 1914. Iggy sacra are so aesthetic.

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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I’m a week late but it would be remiss of me not to mark the @nhm-london.bsky.social birthday of Sophie the Stegosaurus #FossilFriday 🎂🎂🎂

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Dorsal view of the skull of Pinacosaurus, the specimen is still in its field jacket. Seen at the Dinosaurs of China exhibition in 2017. #FossilFriday

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Watched S5 E1 ("The Crawl") of #StrangerThings last night & was thrilled to see gorgeous examples of drill holes made by a yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) in the trunk of what's likely a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda); Will Byers (Noah Schnapps) for scale. 🧪🌲🪵🐦🕳️

Still image from Season 5, Episode 1 of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' showing Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp) experiencing psychic distress while holding onto the trunk of a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), which has several horizontal rows of drill holes made by a yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

Still image from Season 5, Episode 1 of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' showing Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp) continuing to experience psychic distress, but now standing in front of the trunk of a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), which has several horizontal rows of drill holes made by a yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

OK then, I WILL promote my book! 'Tracking the Golden Isles: The Natural and Human Histories of the Georgia Coast' was first published in hardback May 2020 (gee, was anything else happening then?). But a PAPERBACK edition is coming out in March 2026! Preorder here: www.ugapress.org/978082037806... 📚

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Tracking the Golden Isles

With this collection of essays, Anthony J. Martin invites us to investigate animal and human traces on the Georgia coast and the remarkable stories these tra...

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Just in case my U.S. followers need to track down a turkey for Thanksgiving, here's a helpful guide in a November 2012 blog post by Yours Truly, with insights on the behavioral ecology of wild turkeys on a Georgia-coast barrier island (Cumberland). 🧪🦃🐾 www.georgialifetraces.com/2012/11/20/t...

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Tracking Wild Turkeys on the Georgia Coast

Of the many traditions associated with the celebration of Thanksgiving in the U.S., the most commonly mentioned one is the ritual consumption of an avian theropod, Meleagris gallopavo, simply known…

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Snow on the tops this morning here on the edge of the Peak District in Cheshire. #snow

Snowy hills at the edge of the Peak District, with bare trees and green field beneath.

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