43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes. It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.

Scientists Once Dropped Gophers on a Volcano. Now They’re Heroes. share.google/gDgyPzJwXSfK...

A good day for some comparative work in the office. Thankful to my colleagues at U of Florida for this loan that is adding to a forthcoming new species or two (or three!)

Bayaguana

Mountain Fudge!! @slothgirlmel.bsky.social

Apparently I'm too much of a cynical and critical bastard for Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age

One day I'll remember i have this account.
Probably on the day i finally have something research related to actually share...

Correct but more specific to the Mylodontinae group

Good to be back in Chicago. Looking forward to a productive week of data gathering!
#TheField #FMNH

Love that beer. Had my last one a month ago - it celebrated a good cause. Congrats!

Two more stapes bones found and segmented from CT data. Brings the total to four, but no other ear bones were recovered 😔

Now trying my hand at segmenting the inner ear chambers.

Old dog learning some new tricks
#fossils #EarBones #sloths #MicroCT

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali

A two-part figure, ong (about 1.5 meters) gray dinosaur bone

For #FossilFriday, a 2-for-1 special: Apatosaurus ischium (= body fossil) bearing toothmarks (= trace fossil) made by a large theropod with serrated teeth. Specimen was displayed at the Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita CO, described by @uglyfossils.bsky.social, @drjmchugh.bsky.social & others.🧪🦖🦕

Getting serious again. Just booked my flight for another round of fossil sloth research in the Dominican Republic for next month. Excited to see the new individuals recovered last year and see how they fit into the new (hopefully) genus!

Thanks to those who stopped by and listen to our crazy journey!

Poster today at #SICB2025
Results of our attempts to ID ancient plant material that was (likely) digested by a sloth and then inundated by a tar seep.
P3-084

Forgot this existed. Really don't know what to do with my socials, especially for science anymore

That sounds more like some controlling/abusive shit. Eff that guy.

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post-SVP is looking good.

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Somedays #sloth taxonomy can go fork itself.