Big thanks to Yasuhiro Iba for telling me more about his team's new paper and to Christian Klug and @paleoadiel.bsky.social for putting the new findings in context!
Opabinia in color! 🐡🎨
I did these in 2014 and didn't want to make a lot of changes in cleaning up the basic design, but I kind of want to do one with updated order.
Scientists exploring the abyss off of Australia just discovered a sprawling whale necropolis. This cetacean cemetery was deposited over 5 million years and is crawling with undescribed species!
Had a blast covering this and working with @wwrfd.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Thanks to Andrey Krivoshapkin for telling me more about his team's discovery and to Penny Spikins and @archeomarinalr.bsky.social for weighing in on the new findings!