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University of Nebraska State Museum is searching for a Collection Manager for one of the most important Paleontology Collections in North America.
Come join us and work with nice people and incredible fossils. Please apply!
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Principal responsibilities are organization, management, preservation, conservation, and supervision of use of paleontological specimens in the collections of the UNSM Paleontology Department, includi...
Any Spielberg movie is worth watching, but I left Disclosure Day wondering if its themes and various subplots might be better explored as a novel instead.
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Scientists feared the Santa Monica Mountains’ last remaining endangered steelhead trout were dead, smothered by debris flows after the Palisades fire.
But the fish surprised them.
The creation, care, and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.
Learn more about NHM’s Tim Bovard, courtesy of the @nytimes.com: go.nhm.org/nyt-tim-bovard
An early look into the fire impacts on Santa Rosa Island by @grace2e.bsky.social. There are many unknowns as specialists assess the damage, but there are already some hopeful signs. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Todd Clardy
Important Knauss fellowship update! The application window has been *re-opened* and the deadline is extended through 5pm on July 1: buff.ly/UvPzYFv
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I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com
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"WE HAVE BEEN HIT BY A FISH!" 🐟
In 1967, the crewed submersible Alvin was 2,000 feet deep off Florida's coast on a geophysical survey when a swordfish rammed Alvin full force and lodged its sword straight into the hull.
Read the full story: go.whoi.edu/alvin-swordfish
Position Alert! Come be a Curator of Crustacea at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
It's been just days since firefighters reached full containment of the 18,379-acre blaze on Santa Rosa Island. Crews are now assessing the damage to this ecological and cultural oasis.
Steven Spielberg loves himself some aliens. His filmography is stacked with alien projects that he's either written, directed, or produced for television and movies. He directed movie classics like .....
