Paleontology, Anatomy, Evolutionary Medicine, Travel. Grazing with the dinosaurs and dear old horses. -What I'm about to show you may shock and educate you
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We counted T. rex.
In our new paper (link in thread) we develop a method to learn about extinct species from fossil data and ecological laws. There were ~20,000 T. rex at one time and the total number that ever lived was 2.5 billion.
Check it out - and dm me if you need a copy!
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Thrilled to share: out now in @Nature (!) & just in time for US Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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We're hiring a curator of Botany!
to head the Bessey Herbarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/…
Greetings and Happy #FossilFriday
A quiet end of the week here at UNSM, but I'm kept company by some of the largest beasts to ever walk the Earth.
Here's one of our Bison latifrons specimens, with horns spanning over 2 meters - if I lay down next to it they'd be longer than me!
We're hiring a curator of Botany!
to head the Bessey Herbarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/…
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Government funded basic scientific research is some of the highest ROI spending we have, if not the absolute highest
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Discovering how my brain works has helped me to better understand how to find equilibrium between my academic career and my well-being, says Ana Bastos. bit.ly/3AwBnGv
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Dining at the Bucklands - William Buckland was a theologian, geologist & palaeontologist, wrote the first full description of a dinosaur and excavated what we now know was a Gravettian burial at Paviland in Wales
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Fun fact: San Diego’s official tree, the Jacaranda, was first brought to the City by Kate Sessions! 💚
The City’s Urban Forestry Program will be planting trees to celebrate her legacy on Friday, Nov. 8, at Linda Vista Park!
#ClimateResilientSD #SanDiegoAtWork
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Interested in writing about meteorites and mammoths, squids and sloths, diamonds and dinosaurs?
Our paid 12-week, part-time Spring 2025 #SciComm internship will focus primarily on our Smithsonian Voices platform.
Apply by Nov. 10. Learn more: s.si.edu/3BXZnma
ALT A collections space in the Invertebrate Zoology department. Numerous drawers are pulled out to reveal a wide variety of specimens. A group of staff stand to the right, behind a short white cabinet, and smile at the camera.
Lol. Haha.
It's official: @UNLincoln is a branch of starfleet academy. #StarTrek
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"We are a nation of immigrants, & we must remember that precious aspect of our history & heritage" -JFK
"We must be a city on a hill, the eyesore in a darkened world, a refuge for those who cherish freedom & for those who seek refuge" -Reagan
"We're like a garbage can" - Trump
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What can evolution do in 20 million years?
For camels in North America, it gets you from the size of a greyhound to the size of a giraffe.
Hope you can stretch your legs this weekend!
#UNSM #FossilFriday ⚒️🧪🦕
What can evolution do in 20 million years?
For camels in North America, it gets you from the size of a greyhound to the size of a giraffe.
Hope you can stretch your legs this weekend!
#UNSM #FossilFriday ⚒️🧪🦕
Stegosaurus! Wish I could explain how exciting this is to see. Truly amazing discoveries, going to a world-class museum.
#FossilDay! Shared by Dr. Luis Chiappe of the #DinosaurInstitute, this Stegosaurus tail spike, was found in one of their southeastern Utah quarries. Los Angelos County Museum's Blanding Basin digs have yielded some incredible Jurassic dinos. @UtahPaleo @utahgeological
@BLMUtah
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What footprints will you leave behind? 🐾 As we recognize #NEPAW, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the legacy we want to leave. Rhinos have roamed this planet for over 50 million years, and their survival depends on the steps we take today. Learn more: buff.ly/3S0hHkI
