During radiotelemetry studies on Bradypodion damaranum, feeding events at low air temperatures in free ranging animals, thermal escape behaviors associated with extreme heat (38ºC) & deliberate feeding on berries & flowers was observed.
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For those who want ellipsoid wrapping in their musculoskeletal models, I've worked out a simple implementation in @blender.org that will soon be added to MuSkeMo (github.com/PashavanBijl...).

Oh oh here she comes

Thames seal blobbing along 😍

Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals a Miocene origin of the Mustelinae (Mammalia, Carnivora) Weasels are among the most widespread small carnivores, playing a key role in extant Holarctic ecosystems by preying on other small vertebrates. Despite their substantial diversification during the P...

Introducing the world's oldest weasel, Galanthis baskini! Led by Alberto Valenciano, we found that this weasel dates back to at least the Late Miocene (6.56–6.26 Ma) and pushes the origin of weasels by ~3 million years! 🧵 1/3

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Calling all fossilologists! Can anyone help identify this? It was found loose in a drawer, no data or providence.

What on earth could our little weird friend be? Please RT for reach because it's flummoxing us!

Nyakatura-Lab for Comparative Zoology | News See what’s been happening in the Nyakatura Lab. News: discover our latest publications, recent events, and research highlights.

2 PhD Opportunities! 🤩
We are recruiting two highly motivated PhD students to join an ambitious project advancing Robotic Paleontology—a rapidly emerging field that fuses paleontology, biomechanics, simulation, and robotics.

nyakaturalab.com/news/

Please share!!

Describing the whiskers of a semi-aquatic caniform: the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Studying the whiskers of the semi-aquatic Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) has revealed interesting adaptations similar to what we have previously observed in

Excited to share our new paper on otter whiskers: academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
This was a paper led by Amisha, and the second paper from her MSc at Manchester Met, in collaboration with the Wildwood Trust, Kent. Fab job Amisha!

As a former MSCA fellow myself, I couldn't recommend this more!

One month to go until a run the Bristol 10k to raise money for Action on Pre-Eclampsia. I’m slowly getting there with my running, and hopefully won’t embarrass myself too much.

Help me raise money for this charity close to my heart

ajbellgreatbristolrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/liz-marti...

🚨PhD opportunity!
Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻
Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply!
@lpcg.bsky.social

🔗 Details here: www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

#PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation

Cambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities

Here's an awesome natural history humanities PhD opportunity, working with Cambridge University Library & our insect & archive collections here at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social, exploring the links between entomology, life writing & environmental change. Please share!
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

🌊 Interested in advancing Marine Spatial Planning?

We’re supporting a postdoc on cumulative ocean pressures:
“Beyond Single Stressors: A Revisitable Atlas of Cumulative Pressures to Support Marine Spatial Planning"

👉 Take a look at this opportunity and explore other open positions!

🦷🔬 Looking for PhD candidates with an engineering or a biological background. Fully funded PhD at @universitatURV on biomechanics & mechanical properties of vertebrate teeth
➡️Call opens in May here: www.urv.cat/en/research/...
➡️DM or email me for info.

The issue is officially compiled and out, with a very cool cover by @dtobiansky.bsky.social 's student, Tara Barnes-Tompkins
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...

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What makes South American Ungulates so unique?🦏🍃 #FossilFriday
Check out our new comprehensive combined-evidence #phylogeny of #Toxodontidae!!! #Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils #Argentina #CONICET

doi.org/10.1111/cla....

Virtual brain endocasts of the palaeanodont Metacheiromys marshi and the neurosensory evolution of early Pholidotamorpha We describe the endocranial anatomy of Metacheiromys marshi. Decrease in olfaction and eye movement control occurred through time in Pholidotamorpha and is likely linked to fossorial adaptations. The...

New paper out on the brain endocast of a distant relative of pangolins: Metacheiromys! We found a possible neurological convergence among myrmecophagous mammals 🧠🐜

Check it out, it's open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is so, so well-articulated.

a small white bird is standing on one leg on a beach . ALT: a small white bird is standing on one leg on a beach .

🚨 Job alert!
#PhD in #Biomechanics × #Neuroscience to study birdsong 🎵🐤 @mecadev.bsky.social and @neuropsi.bsky.social

We are pre-selecting a candidate by April 15 to compete to InLife & IPV 2026 doctoral program (interview: May 20)

🔗 Full offer: sites.google.com/site/pauline...

Please share!

📣 postdocs! If you are considering a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellowship and looking for a host, do get in touch if you're interested in #biomechanics #skulls #muscles #morphometrics #FEA

📍 @livevobiomech.bsky.social
🔗 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

Scientist friends:

When you're writing a paper, have you ever chosen not to cite someone's work because that person is a jerk?

Obviously you can't avoid citing vital work, but there are lots of times when you could choose any of several papers to cite. What factors into your decision then?

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Dangling this (amazing Teleocrater skeleton, below) here as a fabulous potential MRes project with me; info link-- www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Manuscript submitted!

Hopefully it'll be a quick one and I'll be able to tell you all about it on #WorldChameleonDay

1-year MRes projects at the RVC are open for application! I've got 2; 1 on combining experimental data with musculoskeletal simulations to understand how broiler chickens walk while growing, & 1 #DAWNDINOS choice of fossil critters to simulate:
www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨
Two Post Doc Opportunities:

PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

Musculoskeletal function of stem tetrapod limbs The tetrapod water–land transition has been studied for more than a century, but questions about the locomotor function of early tetrapod limbs still remain. The limb and girdle skeletons of stem tet...

Our new tetrapod limb biomechanics paper is out! By @crocodilejulia.bsky.social with me & Stephanie Pierce:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... in @thepalass.bsky.social Palaeontology
Extensive musculoskeletal modelling of fore- and hindlimbs of Acanthostega & Pederpes vs. a salamander & lizard.

A research fellow post combining MESOZOIC PALAEOBOTANY and plant ecophysiology here at Nottingham with Barry Lomax. Fixed term to March 2029.

Please spread the word!

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

#paleobotany #plantscijobs 🌍⚒️🌱🧪🔬

Can some museum just do a blacklight survey party in their collections after hours and report everything that glows? Every 6 months there’s another one of these and I’m starting to think maybe it’s not that special/there are some interesting patterns we could pick up with broad sampling.

New paper out lead by @just-fre.bsky.social, with @rboman.bsky.social, @palaeotheoryum.bsky.social, and @val-fisch.bsky.social 🥳Using FEA, we studied the feeding behavior of 16 species of sympatric marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway 🦎 Check this out ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/pala...

Vous voulez faire une thèse sur l'évolution de la tête des squamates au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle?
C'est par ici: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

Interested in a PhD on the evolution of the head shape of squamates at the Museum of Natural History of Paris?
Here you go:
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...