I am getting a lot of questions about the angler in Massachusetts who "accidentally" caught a great white shark and then released it, resulting in lots of viral media coverage. Some quick thoughts here, in no particular order. wbsm.com/nantucket-fi... 🧪🌍🦑🦈
A 9-foot great white shark off Nantucket? See how this local boat captain safely released the massive beast back into the surf in under 15 seconds.
A bipartisan group of senators plans to introduce legislation to halt NSF's dismantlement of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a network of ocean sensors crucial for tracking ocean circulation, marine ecosystems, climate change, and extreme weather. 🌊🧪
giant hadrosaur – something like Shantungosaurus – a bit outdated (oil, 2014)
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I'll probably be heading back to the "Dinos Alive" exhibit in Oakland pretty soon, so I've been studying up on the featured animatronic dinosaurs (plus Dimetrodon). I want to have a good handle on their actual sizes and historical context.
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Result from the Tiaojishan Formation stream, or rather Yanliao biota stream. This incredible assemblage was on my mind from the very start of doing these pieces, not just because it has tons of fascinating critters but because a big portion of the vertebrates here appear...
Continuing with the first episode of Surviving Earth (which premiered last Thursday on NBC/Friday on Peacock) here is another look at one of the animals for which I created the concept design. Meet the super cute Elph borealis, a small Late Permian dicynodont
A glance into the garden revealed some awesome natural history unfolding mere metres away.
Soft tissue preservation in the Barremian Montsecosuchus depereti (Neosuchia: Atoposauridae) academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
The Agami Herons are back at Agami Island for nesting. They're a little later than they were last year because of the lower water levels, but over the next few weeks we should be seeing about 1,000 adults for the new season. #CostaRica #herons #birds
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A bipartisan group of senators and two Democratic House committees have launched a fierce challenge against the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Abstract. Crocodylomorpha (crocodilians and their extinct relatives) have an extensive fossil record that extends from the Late Triassic to the present day
