laser scan showing a Fractofusus
Laser scanning Johnson surface
This #FossilFriday we have a fantastic post as part of our 5 year project on Understanding selection in the early animals of the #Ediacaran. This research technician post will process our #Ediacaran laser scan data - DM/email: ek338@cam.ac.uk, deadline 12th April 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
It was a pleasure to be able to part of the IRAL workshop funded through @paleosynth.bsky.social. Thanks to @thefairestfowl.bsky.social, @emmadnn.bsky.social and Ádám Kocsis for leading IRAL group and bringing together everyone and all other colleagues participating in this project. rdcu.be/e6W1s
Deadline is this Sunday!
Seafloor weathering may explain ancient global glaciation puzzle
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#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils
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Richard Bambach on his first day in his office at the National Museum of Natural History in 2005.
Obituary for a great paleobiologist Richard Karl Bambach (18 May 1934–20 June 2025) who infused the large-scale functional approaches to paleobiology and paleoecology.
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
A digital illustration of a seemingly Kaiju-sized pangolin attacking a ant city. Cartoonish looking ants panic in the foreground, one is holding an ant larva.
#WorldPangolinDay
#2026sketches Day 8
#art #illustration
The postdoc will be joining us as part of a five-year project looking at understanding selection in the early animals of the Ediacaran. It would suit someone interested in understanding early animal evolution using quantitative approaches - any questions, please do DM or email me: ek338@cam.ac.uk.
Ediacaran fossil surface on the coastline of Newfoundland, Canada
This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
OMG those are incredible! 😍 I am afraid I can't name many though 🫣
asian man in purple shirt wearing glasses standing amidst specimens on lab bench around him
LAST DAY for the Sea Star #CoralSeaFrontiers workshop-Over 211 specimens, about 60 different species, maybe 20% of those? were undescribed! (but I did just publish a new paper on New Caledonia!) my thanks to @oceancensus.bsky.social @drtimohara.bsky.social for supporting this visit and ID workshop!
#NovaScotia scientists dive deep into the province’s coastal biodiversity
Members of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Nova Scotia chapter (CPAWS-NS) are freediving to understand life beneath the waves.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*
Early Arthropods
xkcd.com/3199/
A new-found Cambrian soft-bodied biota immediately after the Sinsk Event, the first mass-extinction crisis of the Phanerozoic - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stunning Fossil Site Reveals Life Rebounding After Major Extinction Event
Stunning Fossil Site Reveals Life Rebounding After Extinction Event
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@egmitchell.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #science #fossils
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My linocut tardigrades shows the microscopic 8 legged arthropod in a gradient of darker to more orange brown in on cream coloured washi paper with coloured confetti inclusions
Tardigrades in Space Wikipedia page.
I thought tardigrades were well known but I once sold #sciart at a microbiology conference & was surprised that there were folks there who had not heard of the mighty tardigrades, so I am happy to introduce you if new to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigr...
Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
Big shoutout to all the CTDs working hard this CTD Appreciation Day `🎉🥳`
CTD whatnow?
📷 Deploying a CTD, a sampling device which collects data on conductivity (salinity), temperature and depth in pancake ice, Antarctica back in 2001. Credit CSIRO (CC BY 3.0)
*laugh* a FASCINATING observation of this sea cucumber, Paracaudina from Australia doing.. something. Blowing bubbles? A great big "WHAT?" #echinoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Monk 1: What are you drawing? Monk 2: A poor soul being dragged to hell by demons Monk 1: Cool! And what are you planning to use as a border? Monk 2: I'm thinking freshwater mussels. Monk 1: That's really perfect
This is brilliant.
Promotional image featuring a close-up of a Greenland Shark underwater, set against a greenish background, with the logo of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition at the top.
Greenland sharks grow less than 1cm per year, reach sexual maturity at 150 years old and are the slowest sharks in the world.
These deep-sea creatures live to at least 250 years, making them the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
#DeepSeaWonders
The sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones share similarities with those of humans, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings support the hypothesis that sleep evolved across a range of species to protect against DNA damage. 🧪
If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
How did these strange, ancient organisms turn into such remarkable fossils?
How did these strange, ancient organisms turn into such remarkable fossils?
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#evolutionsoup #evolution #cambrian #science #fossils
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Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
Really excited to have the new issue of Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social out celebrating the 50th anniversary of #punctuatedequilibria #macroevolution #paleobiology #palaeontology #paleontology @nilese.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy New Year! Please pre-register (non-binding) for the 1-3 June #Oslo Larwood #bryozoa meeting! It will help us better estimate conference needs, meaning lower conference fees! There will be ecology, evolution, taxonomy and an in-person Dennis!!! www.bryozoology.org/kopie-von-20... pls repost!
OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org
