Earth Day reminder: some of the best classrooms don't have walls. 🌎
Whether it's the rock layers or ancient fossils, hands-on science helps people connect with Earth’s story in a meaningful way.
Happy Earth Day from Elevation Science!
Modern bats navigate the night with echolocation, but early bats may have taken to the skies before they ever evolved that ability.
Happy Bat Appreciation Day!
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Love these throwbacks of myself and our awesome crew in the 90s!
Not many people get the chance to have their name on a real fossil.
Sponsor a fossil jacket and be part of the discoveries happening in the field this season.
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We may not know EXACTLY how dinosaurs behaved, but their anatomy has given us some pretty good hints.
Which means we can technically ask: would any of them make good pets?
(The answer is still no.)
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Lystrosaurus embryo!
Benoit J, Fernandez V, Botha J (2026) The first non-mammalian synapsid embryo from the Triassic of South Africa. PLoS One 21(4): e0345016. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
All I've done for the last few days is cry over the Artemis II crew
Colleague just asked how we determine species assignment in fossils without DNA. "Welcome to the wonderful world of morphology" I say, to their abject horror.
You can put your name on a real fossil.
Sponsor a fossil jacket and be part of the discoveries happening in the field this season.
Every sponsorship helps protect fossils as they’re uncovered and transported to the lab.
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We're sorry, beavers were HOW BIG???
Happy International Beaver Day! 🦫
Jane Goodall showed the world the power of field-based science.
That same spirit of curiosity and observation continues today, whether studying living animals and ecosystems or ancient ones.
Today, we celebrate Jane Goodall and her inspirational legacy.
Who gets to do science?
For a long time, that answer was quite limited. Today, more people are stepping into the field and gaining real, hands-on experience in paleontology.
New blog post for Women's History Month: elevationscience.org/field-journa...
Happy birthday to the organization that made my dreams come true!
Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️
The desert is dusty,
the fossils are too.
Happy Valentine's Day,
from Elevation Science to you. 💕
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
My journey has brought me so much. Fossil prep, museums, field work, travel, my first research publication, museum collections, connections, and of course, some of the best friendships I've ever had.
Keep that dream going!
Happy International Women and Girls in Science Day!
Proud to work alongside so many brilliant women, past and present, and excited for the future scientists who will shape what comes next.
This is why we do this.
Real science, shared with real people.
Maybe a bit late for web timing, but ehy, NEW PAPER ON #fossilfriday!!!
I am proud to present you Haolong dongi gen. nov. sp. nov., a new hadrosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China!
The specimen, almost complete, is a juvenile iguanodontian from the Yixian Formation of the Barremian (125 Mya).
Hands-on science experiences are some of the most memorable, especially for families.
We’re excited for Dinosaur Discovery Days and the chance to help people connect with fossils, Earth history, and real paleontology.
One of the best things about fieldwork is how it slows you down; you learn to notice small details that most people walk right past.
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My latest article. #Paleontology #Montana
"A new discovery is extending the known range of one sauropod species, while also providing supporting evidence for an intriguing environmental hypothesis."
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An in progress illustration of a family of Triceratops sleeping in a huddle while one adult gazes up at the Milky Way.
A detail image of a family of Tyrannosaurus silhouetted by the Milky Way galaxy in the night sky.
Trying to make happy art again...
I added another family of stargazers off in the distance.
I was at Crater Lake once and wondered if animals took time to enjoy the beauty of their surroundings and at that moment a pika climbed to the tip of a volcanic spire and just looked out at the valley.
🚨Our new study is out! We've put AI to good use, to classify and identify dinosaur footprints!
Dinosaur footprints are more common than bones. But to figure out which dinosaur made a track, we need to do the Cinderella thing, and match a footprint to a foot. And that's hard.
This is so amazing!
I'm incredibly honored and excited to be a fellow author to all of these brilliant people. Some amazing new things in this volume!
Episode 3 of Paleo Bites is up! ❤️🦴
Rowe, A.J., Cerroni, M.A. & Rayfield, E.J. Southern hemisphere ceratosaurs evolved feeding mechanics paralleling those of Northern hemisphere tyrannosaurids. Sci Rep 16, 2804 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Me actively trying not to blurt this out every single time
