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two Tusciziphius are illuminated by an artificial light during the night, one has albinism while the other is a more normal looking colouration Tusciziphius is an extinct species of basal beaked whale that inhabited various parts of Europe and North America throughout the Miocene and Pliocene. both species are only known from skulls, but the skulls provide a unique morphology in the presence of a raised "keel" on their fused premaxillary bones. this may have been an attachment point for a large melon or used for something else, we still arent sure

a Cyrtograptus floats suspended amongst other plankton. the small colonial organism floats along the current, each of the small zooid's tentacles catching bits of ditritus and other plankton that happen to float by Cyrtograptus is a kind of planktonic marine invertebrate that may seem closer related to cnidarians like siphonophores, but is actually closer related to us and echinoderms as it's a hemichordate. this genus is characterised by its spiral coiling with primary and secondary branches of zooids growing from the outer edge of the whorl

a Callawayia has just surfaced to take a breath, it quickly darts back underwater as to not be ambushed from below Callawayia is an ichthyosaur from Canada with a proportionally longer tail than other icthyosaurs, ichthyosaurs were a group of very successful fully marine reptiles that appeared similar to cetaceans however they swam side to side rather than up and down

during sunrise, a spooked Doryaspis kicks up sand with its tail and cornual plates. it shoots jets of water out of its branchial openings from the force of sucking in water to breathe as it makes its escape Doryaspis is a kind of jawless fish that inhabited the Devonian of Norway, it is well known for its heavily armoured body, long cornual plates that look like wide pectoral fins, and long pseudorostrum. while the use of its pseudorostrum are heavily debated, biomechanical studies of the fish show that it wouldve swam the most efficiently close to the bottom of the water.

results of this week's #Paleostream flocking

today we sketched Tusciziphius, Cyrtograptus, Callawayia, and Doryaspis

Result from Flocking #paleostream!
Tusciziphius, Cyrtograptus, Callawayia and Doryaspis

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Librarian finds ‘preposterous number’ of fake references in paper from Springer Nature journal Gunnar Ridderström/Pexels As a hospital librarian, Jessica Waite is typically successful at tracking down elusive articles for clinicians at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in England. So when a colleag…

Fake references make Waite’s job as a librarian “so much harder,” she added.

“I expect this on the wider internet, but not in reputable scientific journals,” she told us. “…It’s really worrying.” retractionwatch.com/2026/03/06/l... #medlibs

Detection of dietary stress and geophagic behaviour forced by dry seasons in Miocene Gomphotherium Abstract. To access the impact of anthropogenic emissions and land use change on Earth's climate and biodiversity, studies into the environment and ecology of natural ecosystems during past warm perio...

Happy with the publication of this paper in which we demonstrate dietary responses to dry climate in extinct Gomphotherium based on the chemistry of their teeth. A very nice collaboration with Spanish and Portuguese colleagues, with more opportunities in the future!
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Eocene belemnites from Hungary The Middle Eocene nummulitic limestone at Dudar, Transdanubian Hungary, has yielded several belemnite rostra during the last 60–70 years. The correct interpretation of these fossils was made possible...

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New paper by András Galácz making a pretty convincing case for Eocene bayanoteuthids being true belemnites. 🧪 #paleontology

It's #DolphinAwarenessMonth! DYK there are between 36 & 40 species of dolphin swimming on Earth, depending on how you categorize certain subspecies? Maui’s dolphins are the smallest, coming in at an average of 50kg & 1.7m & Orcas are the largest at 6 tons and 9.5m
🖌️: Green Humour
#WhaleTales

a digital sketch of a tree stump, a blackbird and a green frog

some forest friends 🌿 #art #digitalart #animalart #sciart

We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth YouTube video by Karolina Żebrowska

This woman is a QUEEN. But also, did you know. A lot of Natural History scientific illustrators in the 19th century, were usually partners and wives of famous male academics. Buckland, Lyell, Mantell, Murchinson, Gould etc. Their academic output was carried by their (invisible) wives.

a digita painting of an underwater scene: a girl with blue hair surrounded by whale sharks and other animals

I used to paint digitally. This one is from 2022. medium: Procreate, Photoshop

Long-necked theropod dinosaur model with scruffy grey feathers on its body. In a case with a worn-out label that identifies it as Syntarsus.

opposite side, which has exposed skeleton. There's some variation in color and texture of the bones, but I imagine they're all casts.

A "Syntarsus" half mount at the National Museum of Zimbabwe (via my colleague who always gets to travel to cool places). Interesting that it has both feathers and a dragging tail.

From the Tehran Times - photos of the school CHILDREN killed by an AMERICAN tomahawk cruise missile. The headline: TRUMP, LOOK THEM IN THE EYES

(Ht @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social )

Man, I always hate the part about the dinosaurs going extinct... but when you segway it into the transition to modern day birds to show us they still survive to this day in so many different shapes, that's beautiful. Overall good doc, 8/10 from me 👌

I just saw the most beautiful Spinosaurus ever and she's smart too wow 🤩
But also the pterosaur landing on her sail and her trying to shoo it off while staying still LMAO

That's what my paralysis demon looks like for real

JESUS CHRIST that Hatzegopteryx is nightmare fuel

Okay, not really a fan of the whole "the plants change, the animals starve" thing. Although the image of the Stegosaurus skeleton overgrown with flowering plants is damn epic in a tragic way.

OH the GoT reference with Yutyrannus, that's ridiculous yet I can't help to giggle

Still don't really like the Allosaurus design, although the female with half her face bitten off looks metal af 🤘

Love that the Dilophosaurus segment is a proper horror movie and suddenly twists into a dramatic love story that ends in rejection lmao. And the creature design is *chef's kiss*.

Plus the sound design for the male???? The fact he sings with his mouth closed like a bird???????? SO PEAK I WANNA CRY

It's like a dinosaur version of a yorkie AAAAAAA

Watching the new Netflix dino documentary after I FINALLY got some time off from work (both of them) and OMG that Heterodontosaurus is now my favorite thing in the world !!!!

Photo shows a sketchbook sitting open on a wooden desk easel. The sketchbook shows a painting created with gouache paint, an opaque watercolor medium. The painting depicts a nature scene of a pathway between large redwood trees on a sunny day with bright light shining through green leaves.

Color experiments with gouache! 🌿✨ Testing out a new palette with this study. Painted from a beautiful photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash

Hey fellow scientists, I'm just letting you know that if you're promoting something with some junky AI image, I'm not gonna click. You've got a workshop, a conference, a new paper?

Just not gonna bother. You want a bespoke image? Hire an illustrator.

Buglife News: Love Your Pet, Not Pesticides: New Report Warns of Flea and Tick Treatment Threat to Rivers Read more of our latest news related to invertebrates, insects and bugs.

A new report from wildlife charity Buglife reveals that pesticides from common flea and tick treatments are now widespread in rivers across Britain and may be contributing to major declines in freshwater invertebrates bit.ly/4b1Pu50

From evolution of eyes & ears to cutting-edge imaging of sensory anatomy, new issue explores how vertebrate senses guide adaptive responses in a complex world. Shared theme: sensing cues in an expansive environment shaped vertebrate radiation
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Indoraptor seria um Dromaeosauridae

Indominus

Scorpius Rex como uma nova linhagem de dinossauros dentro do clado Ceratosauria. Nesse caso, formando um novo grupo com a Indominus rex: Indominidae

Newest watercolor is the iconic long-necked Elasmosaurus. 🎨#paleoart