🌌 It’s #InternationalDarkSkyWeek—a perfect time to look up & think about how we use energy!
By reducing #LightPollution, we reveal stunning night skies, save energy, & protect ecosystems 💡
Try a “lights out” night & see what appears!
#DarkSkies
Images: Slava Abramovitch & Griffith Observatory
#CostaRica may have a long #NatualHistory, but recently many species have gone #extinct in the region due to human activity. We want to help limit further extinctions in these important ecosystems…
& YOU can join us - comment “Costa Rica” to learn more! 🏝️
#GroupTrip #Conservation #Paleontology
It should've been called "Cretaceous Park", am I right? 🦖🌴
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/cretaceous-display & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institution collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Cretaceous #JurassicPark
Comment “Costa Rica” to be added to the waitlist for our #GroupTrip! ☀️🌊🦥🦜
Swipe through and check out all of the amazing trip details! Then (once we’ve convinced you) join the waitlist asap because there are only 9 spots on the trip! 🫶
#CostaRica #Conservation #VisitCostaRica #Paleontologist
Finding Lake Chewaucan - New Paleo Game! (Paleontologists Play: Episode 1)
#paleontologist #videogame #science #geology #timetravel #nerd #NSF
youtu.be/sXTthqYgSuc
Welcome, to Jurassic Park! 🦖🦴⛏️
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/jurassic-display & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Jurassic #JurassicPark #Dinosaur
AGI’s Earth Day webinar is only 2 weeks away! 🌎🙌
🔗 Be sure to register to get the link for the Live Premiere or to be able to access the recording immediately following the event: bit.ly/2026-earth-day-webinar
#EarthDay #EarthScienceWeek #Solar #RenewableEnergy #CriticalMinerals
Check out our interview with Rangers of the Lost Park!
DEBUNKED! Dinosaurs, Fossils & Climate Change - Matt Shreero & Max Scott! | Rangers of the Lost Park
youtu.be/RsxrS3kXUS0
#paleontology #climatechange #disinformation #podcast #science #publiclands
Comment "Costa Rica" or DM us to be added to the waitlist for our first ever #GroupTrip! We're SO EXCITED!
If you're interested, hop on the waitlist NOW because there are only 9 spots on the trip & we'd love to see you there for some #conservation, relaxation, & more! 🙌
#ProjectHailMary #RickRoll
🌎🧑🏫 Environmental Education Week is back, & we’re in it! AGI has joined forces with @NEEFusa & other EE partners to bring free, classroom-ready activities to educators everywhere: www.neefusa.org/eeweek
Get excited for EE week, April 20-24! 🥳
#EnvironmentalEducation #EEWeek
The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded in 1812 — over 200 years ago — and it's been underfunded ever since. At a time like this when NSF budgets are being slashed and the museum is receiving little institutional support from Drexel, we deeply appreciate you spreading the word: c.org/Rkpyfx9HRN
Well we didn’t organize it, but we sure want to do our part to spread the word! Thanks for the support!
It’s the age of the dinosaurs, which is why we’re talking about…a fish??? 🐟
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/triassic-fish & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institution’s collection
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Triassic
The Great Dying? Eh, doesn’t sound so great to us…😬
Wanna learn more? ⛏️
Head to bit.ly/permian-amphibian & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Permian #EarthScience #Geology
❄️Glaciers are some of the most awe-inspiring natural wonders, and they need our help.
🌍This #WorldDayForGlaciers, UNESCO is rallying the world to protect these frozen giants.
Bring polar science to your classroom here: bit.ly/Earth-Science-at-Poles-webinar
Images: Glacier National Park
#Glacier
What do giant coackroaches & coal have in common?🪳🤔
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/carboniferous-cockroach & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Carboniferous #Geology #Coal
Sneak peak of a work in progress…
Exciting news: you can now log into #VisibleGeology (an ESW sponsor!) using your Google account to access free #3DGeologicModels to use with students, save/share your work, & create assignments 🙌
🔗 Get started here: www.visiblegeology.com/
⚒️ Classroom-ready lessons: bit.ly/visible-geology-lessons
Dive into the Devonian? Don't mind if we do! 🤿🌊
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/devonian-brachiopod & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Devonian #Geology #Brachiopod
Register for our Earth Day webinar "Solar Energy and the Minerals Behind It" which celebrates both the:
🌍 Earth Day 2026 theme, "Our Power, Our Planet"🔌
🌍 Earth Science Week 2026 theme, "Critical Minerals for a Thriving Society"🪨
📆April 22 at 1 PM ET
🔗Register at: bit.ly/2026-earth-d...
#earthday
What is the most endangered land mammal in Notth America?
Check out our full collab video about red wolves with @myfahlo.bsky.social on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube tomorrow morning!
#fahlo #redwolf #conservation #extinction #wildlife
Silurian silliness? Count us in! 👀
Fish evolve jaws, animals move on land, & so much more! 🐟
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/silurian-diorama & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection:
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Silurian
Ordovician? More like Odd-ovician!
I mean, check out these crazy critters 🤯
Wanna learn more? Head to bit.ly/ordovician-diorama & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday feature from the Paleo Research Institute collection
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #Ordovician
New YouTube video with @sternbergcamps.bsky.social! How Will We Resolve the Ethics Issues in Paleontology? - A Discussion Between Paleontologists
#paleontology #ethics #science #community #scicomm #svp
youtu.be/1UGGJGr0uKI
Policies and cultures that fail to engender trust, safety, and equity amongst our most vulnerable absolutely must be overhauled to meet the reality we find ourselves in. If we are not prioritizing the security of our entire community to flourish over the whims of the powerful, then we are failing our future.
This is a post about the United States, and academic paleontology.
We’ve gotten the explanations in the whisper networks. I’ll just say this - undergraduate women especially would do well to keep a distance, given the nature of what we’ve been told.
Myhrvold, who previously denied any close association with Epstein, contributed a letter to the birthday book as well as a collection of sexually explicit wildlife photos he apparently took during a trip to Africa, according to a redacted copy of the book released Monday. In the letter purportedly penned by Myhrvold, the Seattle multimillionaire celebrates Epstein, who would become the subject of a sprawling child sex trafficking investigation two years later. "A few years ago somebody at a party asked me 'Does Jeffrey Epstein mange your money?'' Myhrvold allegedly wrote in the letter to the New York financier. "I replied 'No, but he advises me on lifestyle'. The guys eyes bugged out of his head and he said 'REALLY?'"
Again we have public denials of any close association but then he was close enough to contribute to Epstein’s awful birthday book in 2003
www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...
I mean, yes, fun dinosaur stuff is fun dinosaur stuff. But Myhrvold is mentioned in the recent batch of Epstein files over 1000 times (far more than Horner). Some of the correspondence between the two is very chummy and concerning. See: www.seattletimes.com/business/loc....
If the paleo community is going to be serious about Horner’s connection to Epstein, we also have to be serious about Myhrvold’s, because guess who contributed photos of animals mating to Epstein’s birthday book and has been appearing in new paleo papers this year - including the new Spinosaurus.
In which I provide a few thoughts on the new Spinosaurus species, S. mirabilis.
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
I also stressed the deep connections between one of the study authors - Nathan Myhrvold - and Geoffrey Epstein to New Scientist. They didn't mention it, neither has anyone else.
