Some brilliant #geology #scicom at the start of this film about Whibayganba, in Newcastle Australia. hunterlivinghistories.com/2024/05/03/whi…

THIS IS SO COOL

Weegie shrimp! If you were out for a chippy 330 million years ago... 😆 #ScottishFossils

Queer Planet, narrated by the wonderful Andrew Rannells, will premier in the US Peacock NBCUniversal on June 6th! 🦒🏳️‍⚧️🦩🦩🏳️‍🌈🐟 #Pride #Pride Month #Pride InSTEM Plimsoll

Check out the trailer, it's a thing of beauty . . . youtube.com/watch?v=GikfSs…

Researchers, I encourage you to submit to Earth and Environmental Science Transactions! It publishes articles, reviews and short communications across the spectrum of the Earth sciences, including palaeontology. No figure limits! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

'older rats sometimes resisted tickling'. Today, I'm reading papers about rats being tickled until they laugh. I love my work. The only thing better would be the one who gets to tickle the rats 😆 #writerslife

Get ready! The Australian Mammal Society's 70th conference, co-hosted by Deakin University & Zoos Victoria, is at Melbourne Zoo, July 1-4!
Abstract submission closes May 31st australianmammals.org.au/conferences/co…
Early bird registration closes June 3rd events.humanitix.com/70th-annual-sc…

Gorgeous logo by Darcy Watchorn

There are 'reportedly smaller number of ticks per m2 surface area in Thomson's gazelle' - this leaves me wondering: how many meters squared is there in a gazelle? 🤔

I knit and crochet too! So happy to know that my book is the backdrop for your creativity 😊 #BeastsBeforeUs

Writing science books is exhausting: finding papers to back up everything, avoiding over extrapolating, checking if theories have been debunked by later authors... hours of research = 1 paragraph.
Fiction writers have it easy, they just make it all up 😁 #writerslife

We're hiring! Birds of the World seeks a postdoc interested in avian life history traits. The chosen candidate will explore how avian life history data can best expand the utility of the BOW from a research and conservation perspective. Please share! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/were-…

Hats off to the people who put these together, genius.

I've written the word 'clitoris' about four times today. Is that too many clits for one book? #writerslife

Is it just me or does the Caledonian Sleeper logo look like a pine marten with a Klingon Bat'leth?

Analysis suggests 'clear correlation' between an effective phone ban and better school performance.
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Fully-funded PhD opportunity! Do you find fossil amphibians fascinating? Please read on!

Please, RT and share with potentially interested vertebrate morphologists and paleontologists. Thanks!

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin together with Dr Florian Witzmann of Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Facebook just reminded me of the time I did the 'thesis as a Harry Potter title' meme.

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