HOLY GUACAMOLA: A large school of sunfish (Mola Mola) was seen on a field trip at Breakwater Cove in Monterey over the weekend. #monterey #montereybay Monterey Bay Aquarium Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University

How long ago did the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) have contact with South Americans? According to traces of starches left on obsidian blades, the two had contact as far back as 1,000 years ago. by @DrKillgrove for Live Science livescience.com/archaeology/ob…

When were sea levels highest? One study points to when the dinosaurs roamed Earth, but other research suggests an even earlier date🦕🌊 By Meg Duff livescience.com/planet-earth/c…

How did Ötzi the Iceman get his tattoos? It wasn't through cutting! Rather, he was pierced with an awl or needle. It may be that tattooing awls have been misclassified as regular tools at other archaeological sites, writes Tom Metcalfe for Live Science livescience.com/archaeology/ot…

In researching Tyrannosaurus rex, I learned that it was almost named Manospondylus gigas and then Dynamosaurus imperiosus. Close call! T. rex is clearly the king of all names 🦖👑 Thanks to @TyrannosaurCarr for dropping some knowledge. livescience.com/23868-tyrannos…

This is wild — a press release of a "circular Iron Age village" went up on April 1. Several outlets covered it. It seemed fishy, so I asked a reporter to look into it. Lo and behold, it's not real but an April Fools' joke. Always check before covering! cotesdarmor.fr/actualites/cap…

New York isn't anywhere near a tectonic plate boundary, so why was there an earthquake here today? I talked with Ben Fernando to learn why the region's geology lends itself to small quakes. livescience.com/planet-earth/e…

I am planning on doing this 🌞

Ready for today's solar eclipse? ☀️🌑🌎 Locally, the eclipse will be partial, with the Sun taking a crescent shape. 🕑 Start ~ 2:10 pm 🕒 Peak ~ 3:25 pm 🕓 End ~ 4:36 pm Times are approximate and vary by a few minutes. ⚠️Never look directly at the Sun without proper eyewear!

This is the craziest paleo story of the year. Hominid mandible in someone's bathroom reno! johnhawks.net/weblog/how-man…

Girl in a picture frame by Rembrandt. The girl puts her hands out of the painting on the painted frame. Trompe l'oeil, eye deceiving! By turning her slightly to the left, R increases the illusion of movement.

Pentaceratops or Titanoceratops...? It's a lingering question surrounding the world record holder for the largest terrestrial animal skull of all time, currently on display in our Hall of Ancient Life. Some unique features of the specimen, along with its sheer size, lead some

I’m looking forward to Tetrapodphis papers!

Besides getting more counter space, this is the best possible thing that can happen during a kitchen renovation! livescience.com/archaeology/ho…

**Job alert!** If you'd like to be a content manager at Live Science , now is your chance to apply! apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/06…

Currently in Portland, #Maine. I’m facing southeast! #aurora #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights

We are able to see a wildfire along the NJ/NY border from space courtesy of NOAA Satellites. Some of this smoke/haze may be visible further south into NYC. Smaller fires are also faintly visible, one in central Passaic County, one in SE Orange County, one in SW Putnam County.

I LOVE writing about Pompeii, so thank you to my Live Science editor Laura Geggel for throwing this story my way. Check out my article and video about a new study in Cell Press revealing that some of the Vesuvius victims are not who we thought… livescience.com/archaeology/ro…

Tired of flattened early bird fossils? Today is your lucky day. Very happy to finally welcome 'Navaornis hestiae' to the world! It allowed us to see for the first time a (near)complete enantiornithine brain. Today in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158… #spinningskull