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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 22h

Bony correlates of air sacs and blood vessels in the vertebrae of Ichthyornis and Janavis (close extinct relatives of modern birds): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Atterholt et al.)

Cross-sections through the fossilized vertebrae of two bird-like dinosaurs (Ichthyornis and Janavis) showing the inferred positions of the spinal cord (yellow), blood vessels (pink and blue), and air sacs (teal).

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 1d

New burrowing owl behavior for me today-- taking a bath in the rain! So cool! 🪶

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 1d

A young Red-tailed Hawk flying through the Oak trees.

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Tsupi_WBSY カラリーマン @tsupi-wbsy.bsky.social · 1d

I finally managed to draw a little grebe🪽

ヒナが難しかったです…(*ﾉдﾉ)
#BirdArt

A mother and baby grebe are swimming in a pond. Two chicks are riding on the parent's back, while the other chick is rushing to get on the parent's back.

カイツブリ親鳥と3羽のヒナ。
親鳥はヒナ2羽を背中に乗せ、1羽のヒナも背中に乗ろうと急いで泳ぎます。

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 1d

When I saw a beanie baby owl in a shrub in the urban park behind my house I wondered if someone was trolling me, but then I saw the "Please don't touch, doing science" note an noticed the owl was above a tray of peanuts, with a predator-model-free (owl-less) tray nearby haha

Fluffy white beanie baby owl with large eyes and tiny colorful wings, tucked in the crook of a small sapling so it is over a tray of peanuts.

Half a sheet of notebook paper taped to a tree trunk. In very small, almost unreadable handwriting it says "Please don't touch doing sciences" in blue ink. Definitely could be written larger on the sheet; I had to use binoculars to read it from the path.

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 1d

Thinking about Jane Goodall, and how her legacy is inextricably tied up with the legacy of colonialism. Also: Bigfoot. 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/10/jane...

Jane Goodall and the Legacy of Colonialism

Transcript: Last week, English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 91, and so while sad, this news offers me a unique opportunity: to make a sec…

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 2d

This male Snowcap #hummingbird was taking a break to preen a bit yesterday at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature #hummingbirds

A small hummingbird with deep magenta and violet plumage is perched on a branch, fluffing its feathers. Its head is turned to the side, showing a bright white forehead and a long, slender bill, set against a soft green background.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Folks! the fancy pigeon of @veppart.bsky.social has some unexpected veterinary costs so Valeria is extra enthusiastically welcoming art commissions!

a slide with with a cartoon of a sick pigeon and gorgeous illustrations of a vulture and an owl to showcase the incredible visual artistic talents of Valeria Pellicer- she does digital and traditional paintings and can be contacted via email vpellicer.art@gmail.com

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V Pellicer- looking for work! @veppart.bsky.social · 4d

New graphic for Doc's vet bills. Please consider buying art of anything at all! My little dude needs surgery asap. Feel free to share this graphic far and wide!

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 2d

For #WorldOctopusDay we'd like to share with you this rare octopus skeleton that was found at the Palace.

An empty glass display box that, crucially, contains no bones.

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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 3d

Very pleased to see our study that formally quantifies the society of zebra finches. They have different types of relationships, and these form tiers, but they do not form a multilevel society.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This was a very nice collaboration with great colleagues.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 10d

PARRY ‘N’ CARNEY: FRIENDS FOR LIFE is a webcomic compilation about dino-buddies. (Featuring an introduction by Charles Darwin!) www.keesey-comics.com/comics/parry...

Parry ‘n’ Carney: Friends for Life

A webcomic about dinosaurs and the things dinosaurs do. Parry the Parasaurolophus and Carney the Carnotaurus are friends for life! Right???

www.keesey-comics.com

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 10d

PALEOCENE is a comic book series about our ancestors who survived the asteroid impact that ended the Age of Dinosaurs: www.keesey-comics.com/comics/paleo...

Paleocene

A comic book series about our early primate ancestors. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth, killing three quarters of all living things. But our tiny ancestors survived. Wi...

www.keesey-comics.com

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 3d

I'm probably one of about five English speakers in the world who is willing to do this meme, but here's the blank template in case any of the others are reading this... #Doraemon #ドラえもん

Blank meme template titled "About You: Doraemon Movies". 18 different categories are provided for the user to fill out: Favorite of all time, Favorite opening sequence, Favorite ending sequence, Favorite soundtrack, Favorite visuals, Most rewatchable, Favorite Doraemon moment, Favorite Nobita moment, Favorite Shizuka moment, Favorite Gian moment, Favorite Suneo moment, Favorite movie character, Favorite villain, You love that everyone hates, You hate that everyone loves, Movie you want a remake of, Favorite short film, and Favorite use of gadget.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 3d

Been seeing memes where folks share their favorite anime, so of course I adapted one for #Doraemon movies: albertonykus.tumblr.com/post/7967868... #ドラえもん

Meme titled "About You: Doraemon Movies". 18 different categories are provided ("Favorite of all time", "Favorite opening sequence", "Favorite ending sequence", etc.), with a poster for a different Doraemon movie filled in each one.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 3d

New possible Miocene bowerbird from New Zealand, Aeviperditus gracilis: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Congratulations, @lizzysteell.bsky.social! 🪶🧪

Fossilized foot bone of an extinct songbird, shown in multiple views.

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 4d

Drepanosaurs have such character!

Drepanosaurus, a Late Triassic arboreal reptile not closely related to anything living today. #Sciart

Illustration of an angry-looking lizard-ish animal standing upright on two legs on a mossy branch. The animal is blue-green with orange eyes and very strong arms.

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 4d

#bowerbirds are the only birds that build structures used specifically for courtship. But why and how did this remarkable ability evolve?

We discuss some possibilities in our new review in Emu - Austral Ornithology!

@fusanilab.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0158...

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 5d

‘Turkestan Shrike, adult male’

acrylic, 13 x 18 cms.

Turkestan Shrike, also known as Red-tailed Shrike, is a very rare visitor from Central Asia to the UK. Along with the closely related Daurian Shrike it was once considered one of the sub-species of Isabelline Shrike.
#turkestanshrike
#birdart

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Dr. Oliver Demuth @oliverdemuth.bsky.social · 10d

Last week our in press manuscript was made available at @jexpbiol.bsky.social with the typeset version following soon. We conducted ex vivo XROMM experiments to determine the joint mobility in Red legged partridges and compared them with in silico simulations: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Accepted manuscript. Oliver E. Demuth, John R. Hutchinson, Vittorio La Barbera, Sharon E. Warner, Daniel J. Field; Soft tissue constraints on joint mobility in the avian shoulder. J Exp Biol 2025; jeb.250952. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250952

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 4d

Dropping in - a flock of Marbled Godwits arriving at the roost site. Bodega Bay, CA #birds #shorebirds

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Alan Pearse @arpearse.bsky.social · 4d

My anti-research assistant, Dr Boris B. Bayes, PhD. His research interests include
(1) Optimal methods for screaming louder than 120dB,
(2) Finding excuses to bite, and
(3) Figuring out where fruit and almonds come from and how to make them appear on command.

Green cheek conure sitting on a shoulder

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Tsupi_WBSY カラリーマン @tsupi-wbsy.bsky.social · 5d

ヤマガラの秋🍂
Varied tits enjoying autumn

#BirdArt

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