I teach Biology at San Diego State University. And I study the ears of dead things. And whales. And mammals in general. And other things paleontological, comparative anatomical, and evolutionarily biological that strike my fancy. Opinions are my own.
Eric Ekdale
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It may look like my friend @marcehjones.bsky.social is holding a pint of lager in the thumbnail of the video below, but it is something much cooler! Definitely worth a watch.
Amazon river dolphin harassing a black caiman by nibbling at its tail. [📹 jhonathabc]
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An inspiring week at the Consensis workshop has come to a close! We’ll pick up where we left off this fall. 🍂
The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...
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The San Diego Zoo has welcomed the first binturong babies in more than 25 years 👯
🚨ANCIENT WHALE GRAVEYARD🚨
There's a 750-mile stretch of the Indian Ocean that has been home to more than 450 whale skeletons, some of which are recent, and some of which are fossils going back 5 million years!
Story by Meghan Bartels @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/larg...
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I am about to leave on a trip to forge international collaborations and have been wondering how to discuss what is going on with my current and future foreign colleagues. This is good advice for anyone interested in the future of science in America.
I've been in Germany this past week meeting with old friends and making even more new while forging some strong long-term collaborations. Thanks @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting the workshop!
The fossilized remains of more than 450 whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the Indian Ocean floor
www.scientificamerican.com
This project was a really excellent collaboration between colleagues in Gansu, at the Carnegie, The IVPP, The Field Museum and myself @unsmmorrillhall.bsky.social
Check it out on CNN
www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/s...
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It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!
A fossil found in what’s now northwestern China belonged to a microraptor, a gliding dinosaur that hunted ancient birds.
www.cnn.com
Slightly delayed publication of this episode for various reasons means we will have two episodes in back to back weeks! Exciting! This week please enjoy LONELY m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYIe... with the lovely @marcehjones.bsky.social 🐋 🦎 🐢.
Pachyostosis, the increase in volume of bones, has been documented in a myriad of tetrapods that secondarily adapted to the aquatic environment. However, this convergent trait has hitherto only been q...
On Friday I took my *luckiest* and *most disgusting* wildlife shot so far: a California sea lion (Z. californianus) puking up a bunch of rocks! 🤮🪨 That's right - many pinnipeds use gastroliths. The gastroliths are in mid-air! 🦖🐬🦑 #nature #photography #sealion
