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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🦖Are these websites feeling a little…prehistoric? We’re looking to update and improve our interactive modules! Let us know what you think! Take our survey & enter your email for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Thanks! tinyurl.com/ucmpgeotime tinyurl.com/ucmpfossilrec tinyurl.com/ucmpfossilst...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🧬 A twist in the search for the origins of the CRISPR gene editing system turns up its evolutionary cousin, called VIPR. Learn more about the discovery and how VIPR works in the latest Evo in the News! #crispr #stemed #evolution evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/cri...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dr. Lisa White (the UCMP’s Director of Education & Outreach) will be receiving the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2026 Claudia Alexander Award for Advancing Inclusivity in STEM! Congrats Lisa! www.agu.org/honors/stem/...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Namaste in class! Check out Prof. Jack Tseng talk about Sloth Yoga in his pedagogical approach to teaching his IB 24 course “Extreme Mammals!” This lecture was a part of our Think Evo Institute supported by the Joan & Bob Field Evolution Education Fund. #sloth #fossilfriday youtu.be/2nvE2NYYv38?...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tater-ly new Evo in the News! Find out how a potato-heavy diet seems to have shaped the evolution of ancient Andean people and learn about the random nature of mutations in evolution. (PC: Sara A. Fajardo) #stemEd #evolution evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/hum...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How on Earth did life get its start? Explore a compelling hypothesis about how (and where!) life originated in Understanding Evolution’s new module: evolution.berkeley.edu/the-origin-o... Thanks to the Joan & Bob Field Evolution Education Fund for their generous support.(PC:CDC) #evolution

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thank you so much for your donations to the UCMP! These gifts directly fund our science education programming and support our students, the future stewards of science. We – and they – are deeply grateful for your donation. Thank you! Still like to help? Visit: give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0961000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🦖🦖🦖Support our undergraduate paleontology club, the Paleontological Society of Berkeley! They often volunteer for our outreach events, bringing their enthusiasm for science! There's still time to give! #CalBigGive runs until 9pm tonight! Donate now! give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0961000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We’ve been digging deep to innovate in the science education space, with our award-winning web resources (read more here: ucmp.berkeley.edu/2026/03/ucmp...) to our newly refreshed to our escape-style game VENOMventure! Donate today! give.berkeley.edu/fund/FW4101000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Good evening from the UCMP! Our 24-hour fundraising drive starts now!   Your gift directly supports our undergraduate paleontology club, the Paleontological Society of Berkeley!  #CalBigGive starts now! Donate at give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0961000! #paleontology #PointReyes

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Support our undergraduate paleontology club, the Paleontological Society of Berkeley! Your gifts to the Museum of Paleontology Fund directly supports their growth as scientists! #CalBigGive starts at 9pm tonight! give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0961000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🦖Can you lend us a hand (or longer arms?) Suppor the UCMP during Cal Big Give! Help T.rex grow our Eduction and Outreach Fund! Cal Big Give starts Wednesday, March 11 at 9pm! ucmp.berkeley.edu/2026/03/ucmp... give.berkeley.edu/fund/FW4101000 #CalBigGive #tyrannosaurus #STEMed

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

During COVID, the early birds only had the worms! Did pandemic restrictions cause beak shape to evolve in a population of birds on a college campus? Read about it in Evo in the News! #STEMed #evolution #birding evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/did...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

UCMP Short Course on March 7, 2026! We'll explore "Life's Six Great Ways of Being." UC Berkeley scientists will discuss how new methods in molecular genetics give us a new perspective on traditional classification systems. Register for this free lecture series at: ucmp.berkeley.edu/short-course...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to UCMP Curator Dr. Juan Liu, who has been awarded the 2026 W.M. Cobb Early Career Investigator Award in Morphological Sciences from the American Association for Anatomy! 🐟🐠Well done, Juan!🐠🐠

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🪨📜✂️ These lizards play an evolutionary game of rock-paper-scissors, vying to leave behind more offspring in the next generation. New research reveals the genetic rules they play by. Read more in the latest Evo in the News. #stemEd #evolution #rockpaperscissors tinyurl.com/lizardrockpa...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🌱UCMP welcomes Alexander Lowe as the new Sr. Museum Scientist of Paleobotany!🌱Alex received his PhD from the Univ of Washington and was a postdoc at the Smithsonian prior to arriving at UCMP. Alex's research focuses on reconstructing Cenozoic terrestrial vegetation and climate in the western US.

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thought to be invasive, these island iguanas are actually locals and have likely lived on their island for hundreds of thousands of years. This Evo in the News explains how researchers used evolution to figure it out. #geneticdrift #STEMed #evolution evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/is-...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Grad student Jaemin Lee has published on grasshopper ootheca (egg clutch) found in the Sheep Rock unit of the park. CT scanning was also utilized in analyzing this fossil. Read about the 29-million-year-old fossil grasshopper ootheca here: doi.org/10.5070/P540...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Grad student Sergio Garcia-Lara has scanned several oreodont dentaries collected from John Day formation in order to analyze the bending strength along different inter-dental mandibular spaces between hypsodont and non-hypsodont oreodonts.

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Post-doc @narimanechatar.bsky.social is working with extinct sabertoothed cat-like carnivores from John Day, scanning a cast of Pogonodon platycopsis, housed in the UCMP. 3D scanning allows her to compare the shape and mechanical performances of its cranium and jaw. tinyurl.com/pogcranium

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

@tsengzj.bsky.social is working with Nick Famoso at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument using a 3D scan of a fossil hedgehog in a larger study of hedgehog evolution. This allowed them to digitally extract the fossil from the concretion without preparing the skull itself tinyurl.com/fossilhedgehog

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Skull of a squirrel relative, skull of beaver, and a dramatic black and white photo of an oreodont. Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

See the diversity of flora and fauna in the UCMP collections from the John Day Basin for #nationalfossilday Unidentified leaf in Clarno Fm, Coleoptera (beetle) fossil, lower jaw bone of alligator.

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA and read more about UCMP history in the John Day Basin at ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/park... and National Fossil Day at www.nps.gov/articles/000... #nationalfossilday (3/3)

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Fossil no. 20 in our paleobotany collection is leaf of a fern Pteris silvicola (2/3)

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Happy National Fossil Day featuring fossils from the John Day Basin! UCMP holds more than 7,000 plant and vertebrate specimens collected there, including some of the first fossils cataloged at the UCMP! Fossil no. 13 in our vertebrate collection is a cervical vertebrae of an oreodont (1/3)

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Join @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social Undergraduate PaleoClub @paleoberkeley seminar series on Friday 10/3 with a talk by UCMP Assistant Director Lisa White on education and outreach. UCMP Director Charles Marshall will speak on 10/10. Interested students can join on Fridays, 5:30-6:30 pm, in VLSB 3059!

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

What did T. rex taste like? Find out in our updated interactive module that teaches middle and high school students about phylogenetics, the study of evolutionary relationships. We’ve cooked up a modernized version of this teacher-favorite classroom activity! 🔗 ucmp.berkeley.edu/trex-module/ #STEMed

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Could hummingbird evolution be happening in your backyard? We’ve got a real humdinger of a story in our latest Evo in the News! Read more here: evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/hum... #STEMed #evolution #humminbirds

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Also in the news, checkout this interview with Lisa White, our Director of Education and Outreach on Tavis Smiley KBLA where they chat about dinosaurs, science education and outreach (students in the field), and diversity in STEM. 🦖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiys...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Antibiotic resistance lingers long after the meds are finished. Learn more in the latest Evo in the News! evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/ant...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It's the last day of classes! Congratulations to all those graduating and good luck on your exams. Go Bears! 🐻🐻🐻🦖🐻🐻🐻

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Apply for Senior Museum Scientist in Paleobotany at the UCMP. Learn more: ucmp.berkeley.edu/2025/04/appl...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Congrats to Dr. Diane Erwin who was selected as a recipient of a 2025 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award! This is presented to staff who demonstrate excellence in their job duties and make significant contributions to campus. It is among the highest honors bestowed upon staff by the Chancellor.

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🦎Iguana tell you something: new research shows species of iguanas in tropical Fiji are related to those in the deserts of North America! Check out the latest Evo in the News to learn more! evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/how...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🐞Calling all biology and environmental science instructors in SF Bay Area high schools or community colleges! UC Berkeley Dept. of Integrative Biology is offering a summer professional development workshop on evolution and climate change using lady beetles. Learn more: tinyurl.com/UEbeetleproj...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We appreciate your support for our Education & Outreach Programs and Field experiences for students during #CalBigGive! Thank you so much!

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

There’s still time to support the UCMP during #CalBigGive! Help the UCMP continue to bring students beyond the classroom, from the iron rich paleosol near John Day National Monument to the sandstone exposures at Kehoe Beach Point Reyes National Seashore. givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/9...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Your gift supports our Education & Outreach efforts just like VENOMventure, our pop-up escape style exhibit that travels to rural and urban communities to teach families basic concepts in evolution. Donations will be doubly meaningful during the #CalBigGIve Match Challenge! tinyurl.com/ucmpgiving

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Good evening from the UCMP! #CalBigGive starts now and goes until 9pm tomorrow! Until then, enjoy some images from past field trips. These field experiences allow students to gain deeper understanding of fossils and deep time in geologic context. To donate: give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0961000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Support our Education & Outreach initiatives that bring students into the field. High school students participated in SF-ROCKS (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids with Science in the San Francisco Bay Area) at Pt. Reyes National Seashore Pledge today! #CalBigGive give.berkeley.edu/fund/FW4101000

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Support science and the UCMP this Thursday during #CalBigGive! Pledge to support our Education & Outreach Program! Read more about our dedication to science and our diversity of STEM Ed resources on our blog:https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/2025/03/support-science-and-the-ucmp-during-cal-big-give/

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

DNA versus RNA? Bird flu versus coronavirus? Check out our latest Evo in the News at our sister site Understanding Evolution (evolution.berkeley.edu) to learn what their evolutionary similarities and differences mean for public health. evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/is-... (PC: phil.cdc.gov)

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

✨Space out with us on Saturday March 1, 2025 during the UCMP Short Course: The Making of Habitable Planets and the Origin of Life! Join a panel of UC Berkeley professors and scientists discussing the origins of our solar system, the Earth, and life as we know it. ucmp.berkeley.edu/short-course...

Artist interpretation of beginning of Earth and the Solar System. Credit: NASA

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Happy Valentines’s Day! We think T. rex is T-riffic! 💌💝💘❤️💕

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

And more new research out by another UCMP PhD student, Kat Magoulick (@kmagoulick.bsky.social‬)! Check it out at: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🎅🎄🦖 Happy Holidays from all of us at UCMP! 🦖🎄🎅

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University of California Museum of Paleontology @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🗡️🐈 A purr-fectly preserved saber-toothed kitten was discovered in permafrost. Climb the evolutionary cat tree & see how saber-toothed cats are related to modern cats in the latest Evo in the News! evolution.berkeley.edu/evo-news/mum... #evolution #catsoftheinternet (1/2)

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