Science writer at @NHM_London | 🦕Zoologist 🦋 | Science communicator 🎥 | Find me on Bluesky @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/qdC3lybUBj
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My first article of 2025 and it's about some pretty big dinosaur news! 🦕
About 200 dinosaur footprints were recently discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire, with the longest trackway stretching over 150 metres.
Check it out 👇
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025…
Today’s run was definitely more pleasant than yesterday, but much colder! 🥶
Still, it was great to get a bit of sun and see all of the grebes on the lake. ☀️
ALT A path stretches out ahead with fields on either side. The sun is shining.
ALT A lake with lots of waterfowl.
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Happy New Year!
#NewYearsResolutions
ALT Graphic with text, “believe in yourself like visitors who believe they can pet a bison.”
Obsessed with this Biscuiteers masterpiece at the @NHM_London! 😍
Almost looks too good to eat. 🦖
ALT A scene made out of biscuits showing the Natural History Museum building with dinosaurs, other animals, a red postbox and a red bus with NHM written on the front.
Did you know that Mars has some of the largest volcanos in the solar system? 🌋
Scientists have discovered that ash from an ancient volcano may have once covered the future landing site of the ExoMars rover. 🛰️
Read more 👇
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024…
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Giant cicadas - was their evolution in the Cretaceous driven by a flight performance air race with predatory birds?
Ed Jarzembowski NHM, Bo Wang & colleagues @CAS__Science
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024… - article from @EmmaECaton
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✊We who communicate science to the public: we'll need to work harder & more creatively than before.
Not just preach to those who already treasure science & scholarship. But reach those audiences who don't know us, doubt us, question us.
Let's get going.
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Human driven bird extinctions and the impacts their loss has on their wider ecosystems. Paper with Julian Hume and article by @EmmaECaton 👇
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doi.org/10.1126/science.adk7…
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024…
ALT Artists drawing of an island ecosystem with many birds thriving. By Julian Hume Palaeontological Artist and Avian Palaeontologist, Julian Hume.
Had a wonderful evening at the staff opening night for the new @NHM_WPY exhibition! 📸
Incredible images, as always. Be sure to check it out.
Had a wonderful evening at the Galapagos Conservation Trust's #GalapagosDay event last night! 🐢
It was great to hear about all of the fantastic work and inspiring people helping to protect this magical part of the globe! 👏
Vertebrate populations have plummeted by 73% in the last 50 years, according to the latest #LivingPlanetReport! 🚨
Dive more into these results in my latest article 👇
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024…
Well done to all of the winners of the 60th Wildlife Photographer of the Year! 🏆
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The impact of bird extinctions goes beyond the species themselves! 🦤
Birds play important roles within the ecosystem, which are lost along with the species. 🌳
Learn more about this latest study. 👇
(also features the fantastic work of Julian Hume)
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024…
Fat Bear Week has begun! 🎉🐻
Honky Chonk Beardonkadonk...
Fat Bear Week is coming! 🐻 Yes, you heard correctly—#FatBearWeek, a time when we collectively celebrate the corpulent charms of our Ursidae friends, kicks off October 2-8.
ALT An adult bear and past contender for the Fat Bear Week crown, sitting in water fishing for salmon.
Stunning images from the Bird Photographer of the Year competition! 📸
theguardian.com/environment/…
This speedy monitor lizard at the #SingaporeGP was for sure putting in a fastest lap! 🏎️🦎
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Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋
Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...
Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.
Learn more: @ipbes #PollinationAssessment
📚 ipbes.net/assessment-reports…
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