4th PhD chapter is out now! (a short-ish paper at JVP) We report a poor dugong with predation evidence from a crocodilian and possible subsequent scavenging by sharks from the Miocene of Venezuela :D Of course the artwork by @BranArtworks tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Meet the man who's turning seals into oceanographers! 🦭📡 For this staff highlight, we’re excited to feature Dr. Clive McMahon who advances ocean observation through innovative animal-borne sensors. His work enhances our understanding of global climate and its impact. 🌊

An article I handled as editor has been published today PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment peerj.com/articles/17919 #Zoology #AnatomyandPhysiology "Experimental assessment of diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) protocols"

Hunter and prey, frozen in battle, buried by a collapsing dune. A #Velociraptor and a Protoceratops, locked in a deadly embrace for 75 million years. The Fighting #Dinosaurs for #fossilfriday 🦖 🤼‍♂️ #bucketlist

Opportunity to come and do a PhD on islands and allometry with me & Gavin Thomas at Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natalie Cooper at the Natural History Museum! 🗓️start date: January 2025 🛑Deadline: 28th October 2024 🛂 funding for UK only, sadly findaphd.com/search/Project…

What happened in the morphological diversification of marine reptile predators across the T/J boundary ? 🦎 See our accepted manuscript in Evolution Journal tinyurl.com/4dbdp43h. 👀 Many thanks to Dr Tom Stubbs, Andrzej Wolniewicz, Jun Liu, Torsten Scheyer, Marc Jones and Prof. Valentin Fischer ☺️

new podcast episode of Pals in Palaeo with Sally Hurst the creator of the Found A Fossil project #superstarsofstem #womeninstem #foundafossil

Major revamp and $4.1M boost for South Australian Museum following Government review, as head of board resigns glamadelaide.com.au/major-revamp-a…

Blowing my mind in Natural History Museum's stores: the only long-beaked #echidna to have been collected in Australia; the specimen used to scientifically describe #platypuses; a #platypus dissected in the 19th century to prove they produce milk without nipples; & a baby platypus (platypup)

New pub alert! With Luca Russo & team, we showed developmental instability effects of skull shape in declining otters 🦦 populations. A cool study that shows the use of museum collections and morphometrics in #conservation #Biology Science at the Natural History Museum Prof. Anjali Goswami royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

How do lizard skeletons adapt to the evolutionary reduction of limbs? ow.ly/rSAw50TFtzj #ProcB #OpenAccess Dr Marco Camaiti ChappleLab Alistair Evans EvoMorphoLab

From land to sea – investigating the genetic basis for the evolution of unique limb structures in cetaceans: ow.ly/c2Jg50THGGW #ProcB Schmalhausen Evolutionary Morphology KosiolGroup

Congrats Dr Marco Camaiti ! Excellent study on the insides of the not-so-limbed.

New review paper on using AI to analyse Evolutionary Morphology is officially out! Was great to part of a large collaborative team writing this. academic.oup.com/iob/article/6/…

Congratulations to Professor Christine Janis for being awarded the Romer-Simpson medal at #2024SVP! To say that it is well deserved would be an understatement. I consider myself very fortunate to have been taught by her insight and quick wit while studying for my Master’s degree.

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Landed in Perth ready for #SMM2024! Interested in the unique amphibious hearing abilities of pinnipeds? So am I! Come see my talk on the evolutionary origins and anatomical evidence for amphibious hearing in seals! Monday, 11:30am in Room 4 (Hearing Mechanisms) Marine Mammalogy

Blue Whale at Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip for #SMM2024

New paper about the functioning of saber teeth led by the amazing Dr Tahlia Pollock 🥳 combining 3DGM with biomechanical testing we identified functional optimality as a key driver underpinning the repeated evolution of extreme saber-tooth morphologies 🔪🦁 cell.com/current-biolog…