I am so excited to share our latest research – a fossil whale which may beat the blue whale to the title of heaviest marine animal ever! Say hello to Perucetus! 🇵🇪 Published today in Nature! nature.com/articles/s4158…

LA BALLENA COLOSAL DEL PERÚ 🇵🇪 Tras casi 10 años de excavaciones y un arduo trabajo presentamos hoy en la revista nature a Perucetus colossus: un gigantesco basilosaurio de 38 millones de años y quizás el animal mas pesado que alguna vez haya existido 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨 JOB ALERT! 2.75yr Postdoc position at the University of Manchester in my lab! Mammal evolution, morphology, anatomy, biomechanics of running; opportunity to join fun and friendly team. Closes: Aug 31st. Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life SVP SICB jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

4 more fin whales killed in the waters off #Iceland. Now 7 total. Substantial uncertainties if new welfare regs are followed. Investigations ongoing. Another sad day for globally Vulnerable fin #whales Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) Whale & Dolphin Conservation (WDC) Whale and Dolphin Conservation Deutschland Amer Cetacean Soc Defenders of Wildlife OceanCare

What have we learnt from keeping #whales and #dolphins in #captivity? Delighted to discuss this with the Natural History Museum - a topic very close to my heart 🐋 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Is it time to end whale and dolphin #captivity forever? 30 years after the last captive #dolphins left the UK, the issue remains divisive as science and public opinion clash.🐬 Discover the debate in our #NatureNews 👇 brnw.ch/21wCX2I

Devastated to read about the felling of the #SycamoreGap tree. Our disconnect from #nature is at an all-time high. Please help the @WoodlandTrust get the government to offer protections to our #LivingLegends via their petition: woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-tre… 🌳

New lab paper on cetacean mandibles by Dr Rebecca Bennion , lead by Dr Ellen Coombs. Congrats to all! cell.com/current-biolog…

Our new paper on toothed #whale jaws is out today in Current Biology. The jaw of toothed whales is unique in that it is used for both #hearing & #feeding. We investigate what’s happened to the shape of the #jaw over 50 million years🐬 cell.com/current-biolog…

My wife is smart, and has done all of this while successfully raising a two-month old because she is amazing.

Our new paper is now out! My contribution to this began as a chapter in my PhD so it’s lovely to see the data finally being used. Massive congrats to Ellen who managed to lead this whilst becoming a mother for the first time! Have a read for some whale jaw fun! 🐋🐬

New paper in The Royal Society ProcB! An unexpectedly large baleen whale fossil from the early Miocene of South Australia. Analysis of the baleen whale fossil record reveals that larger mysticetes first appeared in the Southern Hemisphere. Museums Victoria doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

I've got a 4-year fully-funded PhD studentship (including home fees) opportunity in my lab! Come study morphological evolution of bird heads, jaw muscles, and Darwin's finches. Plus learn some human anatomy along the way! apply now at: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

I 3D surface-scanned #Dippy back in 2021 with Digitising the NHM and Amy Scott-Murray 🦕 It was a mammoth task and I’m delighted to see those hours and hours of scanning and digitising realised in the beautiful, life-sized sculpture ‘Fern’. Go see it! 👇🏼Science at the Natural History Museum Natural History Museum 🦕 🌱