Do we think all Tyrannosaurus rexs had that third metacarpal, or is it just Peck's Rex? All the reconstructions seem to have it now. Or maybe the third metacarpal wasn't the extra and Peck's Rex had a phalanx? @TyrannosaurCarr Doc Rich ⚾️⛏🦖 Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him)

What does it take to apply? You know that abstract you already have to write? That's it. And a form. Only difference is when you send it to me first, I will very likely give you money.

This story and the arrest of the Bosseneckers has been the topic of several interesting text threads and convos with ~20 different colleagues today. While I have NO knowledge whatsoever on any specifics in this case, I can generalize about the reports. Yes, it’s bad practice but

Bobby is a proper purist paleontologist - an exemplary fossil collector, donor, & researcher, who's in it for science not $$. The way this delicate ownership/loan issue was conducted & esp. presented as cash-value theft is a disgrace & questions the decisions & leadership at CoC.

And not to sound too paranoid, but back up your work email to a personal one cuz if you ever leave, you may want access to your email paper trail too.

6 years of work is coming to an end. DM for a link.

Journal which in recent years has come under fire for publishing material acquired in illegal/unethical circumstances tries to rehabilitate its image by hiring as associate editor a notorious bully who had his funding taken away due to his treatment of students

NEW ZEALAND PICKLE SLUG! 🥒 One of the coolest invertebrates living in the wet forests of New Zealand are the impressive Leaf-veined Slugs! 🌳 They are active on wet nights, where they slide their pickle-body around on trees and leaves to feed on algae! 🌿 To say I was excited

PICKLE SLUG!!! 🥒 One of the COOLEST animals in New Zealand! 🌿 These amazing slugs eat algae on leaves on wet nights! 🌧️💚 Video is back due to popular demand! 🥹😍

Agreed! That's why I wrote ggpubfigs, a ggplot2 extension that *only colorblind-friendly color palettes. Easily make your figures colorblind-friendly with ggpubfigs! x.com/NKWhiteman/sta…

Between this, Just the Zoo of Us 🐊🐌🦬 and shortly after that Common Descent, there will be no avoiding me for the next few weeks. I'm on ALL your podcasts. I am... inevitable.

I've been told two men went out of their way to blacklist me from some palaeontological jobs. The same people that cry about cancel culture, use their free time and established career to make sure young people in the field don't have one.

We're moving our educational game to Steam, but need to know the minimum computer requirements to run it. So if you have a windows computer, especially a crappy one, could you please play the prototype and tell me if it's ungodly slow on your system? geopetal.itch.io/finding-lake-c…

Huge thanks to Meaghan Wetherell for helping us bring Promerycochoerus to life! She knows oreodonts like no other, and her insight helped us fully flesh out these underrepresented animals