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Wren @satanicwren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Drexel University in Philadelphia is trying to shut down the oldest Natural History Museum in the western hemisphere, privatizing its vast collection. If you care about natural history PLEASE watch this video that tells you how you can help. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...

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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum

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Tyler Keillor @tylerkeillor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two Tylers, twice the trouble but @ejrpaleo.bsky.social kept things under control at the Fossil Lab on #FossilFriday ! Great to see @tylerstoneart.bsky.social and talk #paleoart a bit 🐊

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#FossilFriday Kutchicetus minimus, a sea otter-sized remingtonocetid whale from Eocene India. #paleoart #paleontology #whale

Illustration of Kutchicetus, a primitive whale that looks like an otter. It has a large head with wide a long, narrow, flute-shaped snout, wide cheekbones, and tiny eyes near the top of its head. It has four short legs with webbed feet and a long, flattened tail like that of an otter or beaver. It has short fur that is light brown with a cream-colored underbelly. Four rows of cream-colored spots go down the animal’s back and sides. It’s depicted in a swimming pose as if it’s diving in search of prey.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It’s finally here! Meet Crocodylus lucivenator, a new species of Pliocene crocodile from Hadar, Ethiopia, described today by my mentor Chris Brochu and his colleagues. I had the honor of creating the press illustration. Open access paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1477...

An illustration of the extinct crocodile, Crocodylus lucivenator, shown underwater, stalking an adult male Australopithecus afarensis getting a drink from shore. The scene takes place along a river surrounded by a dense gallery forest, with two antelope-like relatives of giraffes, Sivatherium maurusium, watching from the edge of the trees.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

In 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.

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New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs

Spinosaurs 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

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Prehistoric Planet-inspired Tarbosaurus. Commission for a private client. #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur #tarbosaurus #prehistoricplanet

Tarbosaurus, T. rex’s Asian cousin, based on the design from Prehistoric Planet. It’s red-orange in color with a creamy underbelly and spots, which are outlined in brown. It has a keratinized ridge on its nose and hornlets over each eye, and a thin coat of sparse, hairlike feathers on the neck and back.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#WIP Prehistoric Planet Tarbosaurus illustration for a private client. #digitalart #sciart #paleoart

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Warmup sketch from last night, based on a project idea I’ve had for a while. Maybe this can become the first illustration in a series once commissioned work is done. More info about the concept in the alt text. #sketch #paleoart #plesiosaur #cryptozoology #lochnessmonster #nessie

Rough sketch comparing a generic plesiosaur to the Loch Ness Monster, showing how different they are. The plesiosaur has a snakelike head, a sleek, egg-shaped body, and a short tail with a paddle. The Loch Ness Monster has a horselike head with two small horns, a bulky body with three humps, and a long tail ending in a point.

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Nick Petrić Howe @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

'Tis the season for some festive science songs. If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Hey Bluesky, long time no post. I promise I’m still alive. Here are some odd sketches I’ve done over the last few months (more info in alt text). I’ve got something really cool I should be able to share in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. #paleoart #sketch

Mirasaura, a strange Triassic reptile with a soft tissue display crest on its back.

Maiasaura with its nest, sketched for my friend Bethany Burke Franklin’s SVP poster.

Yawning, sleepy Makaracetus, a bizarre early whale whose skull structures suggests it had big flappy lips.

Halloween Nanotyrannus, with feathering and colors meant to invoke Frankenstein’s monster. It’s alive!!!

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Pictured: me, reading the registration email for this year’s SVP meeting, knowing full well that I can’t afford to go. Maybe next year…

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a young boy in a blue sweater is reading an open book

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

So cool to see my art attached to a peer-reviewed study again!

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The dinosaurs have arrived at Blank Park Zoo, so here’s the project I’ve been working on this week. I was commissioned by the zoo to draw 23 silhouettes for signage comparing their animals with dinosaurs as part of their new “Dino Park Zoo” branding. Species labels in alt text. #paleoart #sciart

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

24 If any, or hopefully all, of this is interesting. They you might want to know that c. 6 months from now I'll have a book about all this and much more, written with, and illustrated by @markwitton.bsky.social. It's available for preorder now in all the usual places online. Thanks for reading.

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

With the trailers for both #WalkingWithDinosaurs and #JurassicWorld Rebirth apparently showing swimming Spinosaurus, I thought it might be time to go over why I think these animals were not good swimmers. After all, it's something I've written a fair bit about (with @arctomet.bsky.social) 1/many

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries: it’s one of Adobe’s flagship programs. With a powerful desktop workstation and as much memory freed up as possible, there should be no limit to what you can create with it. So, why does After Effects still run like complete ass?

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a man in a suit and tie says join me perhaps you will be able to solve a mystery

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Spent my morning covering the groundbreaking for the new lion conservation center at Blank Park Zoo. After 10 years without a visit, I’ve somehow ended up at the zoo 3 times this month. Guess I’m making up for lost time. Anyway, time to flex with some shots I got of the kitties.

A male and female lion on a rock in a zoo exhibit, with a news camera recording them in the foreground.

A male and female lion lounging on a rock in their exhibit at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa.

Close up of the eyes and nose of a male lion.

A male lion looking off in the distance.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Being a paleoartist with a social media following is fun, because you get to have people who don’t understand your field accuse you of lying and tell you that T. rex actually had wings and was a dragon. #paleoart #paleoartist #meme #skit

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#WIP Sketching some obscure canid that I definitely haven’t had any strong feelings about recently. #paleoart

Work in progress sketch of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus).

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Looks like I’m officially adding “Iowa Broadcast News Award winner” to my resume!

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Shamelessly using the new Deinosuchus paper as an excuse to share my illustration of it again. I did this for Adam Cossette and Chris Brochu back in 2020. It was my first commission out of college, and while there are some details I wish I could correct, I’m still really proud of it. #paleoart

Skeletal, muscular, and life reconstructions of Deinosuchus riograndensis.

Me with my illustration of Deinosuchus on the cover of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Apparently paleoartist Jan Sovak has passed away. Growing up in the period between Jurassic Park and the soft dinosaur revolution, I don’t think anyone captured the way dinosaurs FELT when I was a kid as well as he did. It’s a hard feeling to describe, but Sovak nailed it.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Reposting some obscure theropod I drew last year, with colors based on some obscure show, for no reason in particular. #paleoart #WalkingWithDinosaurs

Drawing of T. rex with colors inspired by the design from the original Walking with Dinosaurs TV series.

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

ARTISTS! I'm sharing my contract template with simplified language and easy to fill in sections This will be most helpful for smaller clients bc corps have their own contracts But providing the contract will help protect you from giving away rights to your art! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Contract Template for Limited Rights

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025

in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.

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Ashley Reynolds, Cat Lady PhD @handle.invalid · 08/04/2025

The company can’t get basic skeletal anatomy correct but sure let’s trust them to “deextinct” species 🧪

Screenshot of a page on Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences webpage titled “Dire Wolf 2.0”.

There is a diagram of a loping wolf cut away to reveal the skeleton. Many, but not all bones are labelled, and some are labelled incorrectly. Scapula and radius are misspelled. The thoracic vertebrae are called “dorsal” which is a term used in reptiles. The arrow for lumbar points to a thoracic vertebra. There are separate labels for caudal and tail bones, which are the same type of vertebra. The arrow for patella seems to point at the back of the knee joint. The hind foot just says “toe digits posterior.” The label for metacarpal bones points to the carpals, and the label for carpus points to the radius/ulna. There is no sternum in the figure but it’s pointed out nonetheless.

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Of course mainstream media keeps rolling over for Colossal, providing uncritical hype and coverage in exchange for exclusivity and “wow.” What Colossal is doing is wrong and they can’t even deliver what they promise. How many times do we have to go over this?

Cover of TIME magazine showing a genetically-modified wolf, said to be a dire wolf but is not, with the headline “extinct” with a strikethrough, above the text “this is Remus. He’s a dire wolf. The first to exist in over 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever” by Jeffrey Kluger

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.

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Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal

The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#FossilFriday Two sketches of the delightfully scrungly didactyl therizinosaur, Duonychus. One of them has naturalistic colors, while the other is inspired by another bird with “Duo” in its name (thank you @justinandell.bsky.social for the suggestion). #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur #duonychus

The didactyl (two-fingered) therizinosaur Duonychus with naturalistic colors inspired by modern ratites.

The didactyl (two-fingered) therizinosaur Duonychus with colors inspired by the Duolingo owl. Have you practiced your Spanish today?

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

While I love the news and paleoart careers I’ve carved out for myself, I won’t lie, a part of me will always regret not going into paleontology proper so I could become Dr. Stone, paleontologist. It would be so perfect…

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Gonna rework the drawing of Duonychus I started last week now that the paper is out, because boy howdy, it is scrungly. In the meantime, I went ahead and drew this over the skeletal. #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Wow, what an amazing specimen! Look how much of the skull is preserved! Wait a minute...

Why did they use red for the missing elements??? Surely it makes more sense to use it for the represented ones??? This isn’t intuitive at all.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#WIP Exhaustion from my day job has had me stuck in a serious art block lately, but Duonychus has me excited enough to claw my way out of it. #paleoart

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 11/03/2025

New Adobe Photoshop survey is up, it sure would be a shame if it was flooded with artists leaving anti AI sentiment survey.adobe.com/jfe/form/SV_...

screenshot of an email saying Adobe wants to hear from you!

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Since @naturescompendium.bsky.social and @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social both put out videos about #Carnotaurus this weekend, I figure I might as well jump on the bandwagon and reshare this one I did last year. Commission for a private client based on the #PrehistoricPlanet design #paleoart #sciart

Illustration of the dinosaur Carnotaurus based on the design from Prehistoric Planet.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New walk cycle animation I did for @naturescompendium.bsky.social. His new video on Carnotaurus drops TOMORROW and is going to be awesome! #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaur #carnotaurus #animation #aftereffects

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Just finished this redo of my first walk cycle animation for @naturescompendium.bsky.social. The old one wasn’t bad per se, but I hadn’t animated anything in a few years when I did it, so it was kind of clunky. This new version will be a base for related species in future videos #paleoart #animation

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Well, I’m feeling embarrassed and ashamed to be an American, but on the bright side, at least it’s a nice distraction from feeling disgusted and ashamed to be an Iowan right now.

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

(1/2) Rebecca brings up an important point I’d like to tack on to my previous thread. I think there a lot of people in the dinosaur “fandom” with big chips on their shoulders because they aren’t “professionals,” which leads to them lashing out if someone corrects or disagrees with them.

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