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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To any followers in the SoCal area: I recently opened up my business, Little Owl Curiosities after a long hiatus! If anyone needs specimen prep done (taxidermy, bone cleaning, wet specimens, study skins) please feel free to reach out here or at @littleowlcurio.bsky.social

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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Patients can't afford their organ transplants, consequences ensue

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Nick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A devastating loss to so many geoscience educators

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 01/05/2026

Well this is delightful: a woman getting her Masters in Archives and Preservation reached out to me because she's creating a digital collection of pictures of birds on statue heads taken from around the world. You can submit yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I lowkey forgot about this app Here's me on a herping trip with my class (and a female Dipsosaurus dorsalis special guest) It was fun but I /hate/ the heat 😭

Young man with round glasses holding a desert iguana. He looks elated to be holding the lizard, but you can see a glint of misery from being in the desert heat

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

A line graph of the number of NSF awards in fiscal 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025. The fiscal year 2026 is well below the other curves and increasing only very slowly.

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David Tan @mangrovepitta.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Look, I love me a good pair of curved forceps in my dissecting kit, but I think this might be a bit excessive.

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Stephanie Drumheller @uglyfossils.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.

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a turkey is standing in a grassy field with other birds .

Alt: a turkey running awkwardly in a grassy field with other birds

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Don’t let anyone tell you fish are boring.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

You like #frogs, right? I'm thrilled with the recently released #Toymany frogs set, which includes such species as Budgett's frog, Wallace's flying frog and Darwin's frog. Buy the set here toymany.com/products/fro... and use code TMAMDN10 to get a discount! #amphibians

Toymany frogs set arranged on tiered shelves. Assortment of species including various treefrogs, poison dart frogs, two horned frogs and more.

Toymany frogs set arranged on tiered shelves.

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans! sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

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Mammals & Lice

We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/07/2025

iNaturalist Animals and Plants xkcd.com/3118/

Comic. The Most-Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist. (Not the most common species in the state, just the one people have reported the most times.) [labeled map of the US] WA: Mallard/Western Sword Fern. OR: Mule Deer/Western Ponderosa Pine. CA: Western Fence Lizard/California Poppy. HI: Green Sea Turtle/‘Ōhi’a Lehua. ID: Mallard/Big Sagebrush. NV: Common Side-Blotched Lizard/Creosote Bush. MT: White-Tailed Deer/Common Yarrow. WY: American Bison/Sticky Geranium. UT: Mule Deer/Utah Juniper. AZ: Ornate Tree Lizard/Saguaro. CO: Mule Deer/Great Mullein. NM: Mule Deer/Creosote Bush. AK: Moose/Fireweed. ND: American Bison/Prairie Rose. SD: American Bison/Hoary Vervain. NE: American Robin/Common Milkweed. KS: Ornate Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. OK: Pond Slider/Eastern Redcedar. TX: Northern Cardinal/Pinladies. MN, WI, IL: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Common Milkweed. IA, MI: White-Tailed Deer/Common Milkweed. MO: Brown-Belted Bumble Bee/Amur Honeysuckle. AR: Three-toed Box Turtle/Chinese Privet. LA: Green Anole/Baldcypress. IN: American Robin/Amur Honeysuckle. OH: Eastern Pondhawk/Virginia Springbeauty. KY: Common Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. TN: American Robin/Christmas Fern. MS: Northern Cardinal/Pale Pitcher Plant. AL: Gulf Fritillary/American Sweetgum. GA: Green Anole/American Sweetgum. FL: Brown Anole/White Beggarticks. NY: Eastern Gray Squirrel/White Snakeroot. PA: White-Tailed Deer/Garlic Mustard. WV: White-Tailed Deer/Great Rhododendron. VA: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern Poison Ivy. MD: White-Tailed Deer/Wineberry. DE: Fowler’s Toad/American Pokeweed. NC: Eastern Gray Squirrel/Christmas Fern. SC: Northern Cardinal/American Sweetgum. NJ: Spotted Lanternfly/Common Mugwort. VT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. NH: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern White Pine. MA: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. CT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Striped Wintergreen. RI: American Herring Gull. ME: American Herring Gull/Canadian Bunchberry.

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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I tried the concrete enrichment thing for Hex and she's obsessed with it, she's been using it as a pillow for her naps 😭

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/04/2025

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.

We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.

We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA

WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.

These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The Alf Museum @alfpaleo.bsky.social is hiring a fossil preparator (aiming to begin in first half of June) -- info here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Recruitment

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Clint Boyd @boydpaleo.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Since it is officially announced, it is time to spread the word: The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota! Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!

Paleontologist Cathy Lash works on removing rock from a large plaster field jacket that contains a seven foot long skeleton of the Cretaceous fish Ichthyodectes. Pierre Shale Formation of North Dakota.

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Iben Krutt 🇳🇴 @ibenkrutt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

ZOOP!, 2015 What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?

A small dromaeosaurs with green heron markings and a skrunched up neck.

A small dromaeosaurs with green heron markings and a REALLY LONG neck!

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Something you can do to stand against RFK jr’s attempt to make us all sicker is wear a mask when you share air with others. Resist mask bans. People who cannot afford to get sick have a right to exist in public. Masking will protect your health from him too.

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 13/02/2025

🚨 New Museum research reveals that birds-of-paradise—known for their dramatic plumage and elaborate courtship displays—can be added to the list of more than 500 species of animals that are biofluorescent. ➡️ Read more about the findings in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hWOnoK

A biofluorescent emperor bird-of-paradise specimen shown from the top (left) and side plumage (right), glowing bright against dark background.

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Sophia Florence (Swolephia Arc Pt 2) @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

If you're a federal employee and feel like your research needs to make it into a place where it can be seen by the public, feel free to get a hold of me via signal or something else. I will literally build the infrastructure to make sure your work sees the light of day.

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Ethan O’Callaghan-Linford @ethanoclinford.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The last few years have seen an influx of advances in palaeornithology. @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social’s recent review covers the origins of bird brains, palate, wing osteology and air-filled skeleton! This is definitely a seminal read! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Anyone up for another bird skeleton guessing game? I’ve left the label in the photo, if you want to use location clues to figure out what this bird is. 🧪🪶 🧵 If you want to test your bone identification, I’ve posted a photo with each bone labeled in the next post of this thread.

A bird skeleton is laid out on a purple background. The bones of the wing and leg are very long and slender. The bill is long and pointy. The sternum is small compared to the other bones, but has a prominent keel.

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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Omgggg If they ever release a bird version then I'm cooked

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 22/01/2025

#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...

An UNLAB cohort is all smiles holding a wildlife find in the palm of two hands.

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Shoe/boot cleaning is encouraged if you hike in areas with geese/ducks/etc around. I currently have a separate set of boots for my local park hikes that I take off as soon as I get back to my car and bag until I can clean them at home.

Informational poster from the International Bird Rescue on preventing bird flu spread through shoe hygiene. The text on the poster says:

CALLING ALL BIRDERS & OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS:
CLEAN SHOES STOP BIRD FLU.

WHAT TO KNOW:
Bird flu can spread through saliva, mucus, and droppings (feces). If you're walking in nature where there may be bird droppings, please disinfect your shoes to prevent the spread.

WHAT TO DO:

1. Remove.
Remove shoes after each adventure in nature.

2. Clean.
Clean off visible dirt with a scrub brush.

3. Disinfect.
Disinfect with a diluted bleach solution.

4. Dry.
Leave shoes in the sun to dry.

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Emma R Schachner @paleofox.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

So pleased that our team’s work made the cover of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social for January 2025! This project on African Grey Parrot air sacs and pneumaticity was led by my former PhD student Dr Adam B Lawson (now anatomy faculty at Tulane Med) 🥳🦜🦆🦅🦉#BirdAgenda

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WitmerLab at Ohio University @witmerlab.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Holidays to all! Here’s a little 🎄 gift for those who enjoy the anatomy of extant animals: a PDF of a really great atlas of avian anatomy (Ghetie 1976)— bit.ly/3rs3xrA. For the story behind this PDF, check this out: bit.ly/4gPt6Nr.

A sample figure from the wonderful atlas of avian anatomy published by Ghetie in 1976. The main post provides a link to download a PDF of the whole atlas.

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Meda @onyxmeda.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

The merrychippus is a very festive animal that would wish you a merry Christmas

An modified illustration of a merrychippus, an extinct breed of equine, wrapped with christmas lights and wearing a yule hat.

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Kargopoulos N, Marugán-Lobón J, Chinsamy A, Agwanda BR, Brown MB, Fennessy S, et al. (2024) Heads up–Four Giraffa species have distinct cranial morphology. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0315043. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Heads up–Four Giraffa species have distinct cranial morphology

Giraffe (Giraffa spp.) are among the most unique extant mammals in terms of anatomy, phylogeny, and ecology. However, aspects of their evolution, ontogeny, and taxonomy are unresolved, retaining linge...

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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Reminder: The AOS awards one year of free membership to students anywhere in the world who are interested in pursuing a career in #ornithology & who have not previously been an AOS member. Apply by 12/31/24. Nominate yourself or someone else today! americanornithology.org/awards-grant...

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This holiday, if you’re having a party with cocktails, try making some non alcoholic drinks for your sober friends. 🥰 More in comments

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Extinct blog @extinctblog.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"How do you read significance off a bone? How do you detect meaning, scientifically?" Read all about "synoptic series" and the philosophical questions they raise in this wonderful little essay from Joyce Havstad (2019) www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2024...

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From the Archive: Skeletons, Specimens, Synoptic Series, Similarity, and Difference — Extinct

In which we dip into the archive again, and produce a wonderfully interesting piece from Joyce Havstad about “synoptic series” (vintage 2019)

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Working with collaborators in the Global South it upsets me how many pay expensive software license fees, or use insecure pirated versions, when free open-source alternatives are available. Below is a list of easy swaps. Please add to it and share! 👇

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We are seeking both *mentors* & prospective *mentees* for our 2025 Mentoring Program! Mentees receive full funding to attend our 2025 meeting in Los Angeles plus a range of professional development opportunities. Applications due Feb. 3.

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Mentoring Program

Providing meaningful mentorship to students and early-career ornithologists.

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Caleb Eubanks @thatcalebbird.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Does anyone have experience with having adhd in academia? Or mentoring someone with #adhd? Looking for tips! I'm mostly struggling with maintaining my attention span while reading. With reading for fun, I totally rely on audiobooks, but I've been having issues getting through scientific papers

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Ancient Wing. Archaeopteryx lithographica, an illustration for the Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction exhibition.

A digital illustration of Archaeopteryx, a small, bird-like dinosaur. It is depicted leaping from a tree, wings outstretched, in pursuit of a dragonfly.

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Prof. Sharlene Santana @sesantana.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Applications for the 2025 Ranges Imaging Mini Awards are due on Jan. 8th! This is a great funding opportunity for trait-based projects that rely on high resolution imaging. Focus on Western North American #mammals Learn More: ranges-network.org/awards/ 2024 recipients: ranges-network.org/2024awards/

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The Ranges Imaging Mini-Awards

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Prof. Sharlene Santana @sesantana.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Check out our new #OA paper, part of EJLS' special issue "A Global Perspective on Adaptive Radiation"! With @aigverte.bsky.social & Marco Mello, we review the intrinsic & extrinsic factors potentially underlying the phyllostomid adaptive radiation 🦇https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae032

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The ecomorphological radiation of phyllostomid bats

Abstract. Neotropical leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae) underwent an impressive adaptive radiation characterized primarily by the diversification of

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AshPoust @ashpoust.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

My office mate, Diatryma. That's right, this huge skull is a bird. Diatryma (technically Gastornis for now) was a very large flightless bird living in the Eocene. Dinosaurs after the dinosaurs! #FossilFriday

Huge black bird skull with very deep beak sits on a white case among books and a map of Nebraska.

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Esther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Tiktaalik Copic Markers and colored pencil on Schoellershammer paper 11.8″ x 8.3″ (30 x 21 cm) www.esthervanhulsen.com #paleoart #SciArt #paleoillustration #animalart

Image of Tiktaalik swimming towards the viewer in murky water. Its mouth is open, showing rows of tiny teeth. It appears to be smiling

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Eloy Manzanero @eloymanzaneroart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is a practical exercise with Scelidosaurus harrisoni, trying to propperly represent the anatomical complexity of its fermall bones. #sciart #scientificillustration #dinosaur #paleoart #digitalart #science #biology #geology #paleontology #digital #painting #drawing #wildlife #animal #prehistory

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