Emily Mitchell
@egmitchell.bsky.social
Palaeo and Marine Ecologist, Palaeontologist. Asst. Prof @camzoology.bsky.social & @zoologymuseum.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk PI @deeptimeecology.bsky.social She/Her
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How did these strange, ancient organisms turn into such remarkable fossils?
@cambrojoe.bsky.social
@egmitchell.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #cambrian #science #fossils
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@cambrojoe.bsky.social
@egmitchell.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #cambrian #science #fossils
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January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
How did these strange, ancient organisms turn into such remarkable fossils?
@cambrojoe.bsky.social
@egmitchell.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #cambrian #science #fossils
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@cambrojoe.bsky.social
@egmitchell.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #cambrian #science #fossils
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Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
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Really excited to have the new issue of Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social out celebrating the 50th anniversary of #punctuatedequilibria #macroevolution #paleobiology #palaeontology #paleontology @nilese.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Latest issue | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Paleobiology
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January 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Really excited to have the new issue of Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social out celebrating the 50th anniversary of #punctuatedequilibria #macroevolution #paleobiology #palaeontology #paleontology @nilese.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Happy New Year! Please pre-register (non-binding) for the 1-3 June #Oslo Larwood #bryozoa meeting! It will help us better estimate conference needs, meaning lower conference fees! There will be ecology, evolution, taxonomy and an in-person Dennis!!! www.bryozoology.org/kopie-von-20... pls repost!
Larwood 19th Symposium | International Bryozoology
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January 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Happy New Year! Please pre-register (non-binding) for the 1-3 June #Oslo Larwood #bryozoa meeting! It will help us better estimate conference needs, meaning lower conference fees! There will be ecology, evolution, taxonomy and an in-person Dennis!!! www.bryozoology.org/kopie-von-20... pls repost!
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OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org
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I’m thrilled to share that PRI reached its fundraising goal and we will survive! Thanks to all who made this happen! I am so grateful!❤️
www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...
www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...
PRI's Wonderful Life — Paleontological Research Institution
By Dr. Warren Allmon , Director of the Paleontological Research Institution December 30, 2025 The holidays are a time for “Christmas movies” in my house, and one that is always on our list is&nbs...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I’m thrilled to share that PRI reached its fundraising goal and we will survive! Thanks to all who made this happen! I am so grateful!❤️
www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...
www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...
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A fascinating historical new year's celebration involving Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
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When 21 men saw in the new year by dining in a dinosaur
Guests braved the cold of December 1853 to have dinner inside a concrete mould of a dinosaur in a warehouse.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A fascinating historical new year's celebration involving Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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FULL SCREEN! Isn’t this the most beautiful creature you’ve ever seen? My first ever truly pelagic amphipod, from the genus Themisto. Look at that eye!!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
FULL SCREEN! Isn’t this the most beautiful creature you’ve ever seen? My first ever truly pelagic amphipod, from the genus Themisto. Look at that eye!!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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Last-minute gift ideas for next Christmas already sorted with THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH, an illustrated volume for Very All Ages, published on 5 February and available for preorder now. You're welcome. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
The Wonder of Life on Earth by Henry Gee
Find out more about The Wonder of Life on Earth by Henry Gee
www.panmacmillan.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Last-minute gift ideas for next Christmas already sorted with THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH, an illustrated volume for Very All Ages, published on 5 February and available for preorder now. You're welcome. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
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Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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December 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Proof that Santa exists www.theguardian.com/science/2000...
Proof that Santa exists
How does Father Christmas get everywhere in one night? Henry Gee explains
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December 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Proof that Santa exists www.theguardian.com/science/2000...
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Looking for a PhD in palaeontology or associated fields? Just a heads up that we have a list of opportunities on the @thepalass.bsky.social website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
(If you're advertising one, you can add it to our listings too: palass.org/form/webform... )
palass.org/phd-opportun...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
(If you're advertising one, you can add it to our listings too: palass.org/form/webform... )
PhD Opportunities | The Palaeontological Association
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December 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Looking for a PhD in palaeontology or associated fields? Just a heads up that we have a list of opportunities on the @thepalass.bsky.social website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
(If you're advertising one, you can add it to our listings too: palass.org/form/webform... )
palass.org/phd-opportun...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
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Highlights included:
🦞 Leach’s squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) as well as the usual Spiny’s (strigosa).
🍋 Juicy Sea Lemon Nudibranch (Doris pseudoargus).
🪭 A tiny feather duster fan worm (Sabellidae), that was smaller than my pinky nail!!! Pleased with the macro shot i took!!
🦞 Leach’s squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) as well as the usual Spiny’s (strigosa).
🍋 Juicy Sea Lemon Nudibranch (Doris pseudoargus).
🪭 A tiny feather duster fan worm (Sabellidae), that was smaller than my pinky nail!!! Pleased with the macro shot i took!!
December 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Highlights included:
🦞 Leach’s squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) as well as the usual Spiny’s (strigosa).
🍋 Juicy Sea Lemon Nudibranch (Doris pseudoargus).
🪭 A tiny feather duster fan worm (Sabellidae), that was smaller than my pinky nail!!! Pleased with the macro shot i took!!
🦞 Leach’s squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) as well as the usual Spiny’s (strigosa).
🍋 Juicy Sea Lemon Nudibranch (Doris pseudoargus).
🪭 A tiny feather duster fan worm (Sabellidae), that was smaller than my pinky nail!!! Pleased with the macro shot i took!!
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Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
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New paper alert! 🚨 🐌
We studied historic Antarctic fossils from the Zinsmeister Collection to assess whether the K-Pg extinction, as recorded on Seymour Island, was sudden or gradual. We found that benthic life thrived in the 4 million years before the K-Pg.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
We studied historic Antarctic fossils from the Zinsmeister Collection to assess whether the K-Pg extinction, as recorded on Seymour Island, was sudden or gradual. We found that benthic life thrived in the 4 million years before the K-Pg.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
New paper alert! 🚨 🐌
We studied historic Antarctic fossils from the Zinsmeister Collection to assess whether the K-Pg extinction, as recorded on Seymour Island, was sudden or gradual. We found that benthic life thrived in the 4 million years before the K-Pg.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
We studied historic Antarctic fossils from the Zinsmeister Collection to assess whether the K-Pg extinction, as recorded on Seymour Island, was sudden or gradual. We found that benthic life thrived in the 4 million years before the K-Pg.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
Incredible festive card from @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and colleagues at FAU - hope everyone has wonderful holiday season!
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Incredible festive card from @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and colleagues at FAU - hope everyone has wonderful holiday season!
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Fantastic time at #BES2025 @britishecologicalsociety.org talking community ecology past and present! From the early animals of the #Ediacaran time period with modern corals and rainforests
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fantastic time at #BES2025 @britishecologicalsociety.org talking community ecology past and present! From the early animals of the #Ediacaran time period with modern corals and rainforests
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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A great talk from Yarong about using Bayesian network analysis to reveal multi-scale community dynamics in the Ediacaran Shibantan Biota. #PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A great talk from Yarong about using Bayesian network analysis to reveal multi-scale community dynamics in the Ediacaran Shibantan Biota. #PalAss2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
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We are at PalAss in Portsmouth! Princess is presenting a poster on Charniodiscus in the Portland Building, Tara on Avalonian community compositions in the Richmond Building, and Emily is giving a talk on constraining lifespans of Ediacaran animals in the Richmond Building LT at 9.30. Exciting day!
December 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are at PalAss in Portsmouth! Princess is presenting a poster on Charniodiscus in the Portland Building, Tara on Avalonian community compositions in the Richmond Building, and Emily is giving a talk on constraining lifespans of Ediacaran animals in the Richmond Building LT at 9.30. Exciting day!
This #FossilFriday I am delighted to say that I have been awarded a @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant looking at selection in #Ediacaran animals. If interested in Ediacaran life, do come and chat at #palass2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This #FossilFriday I am delighted to say that I have been awarded a @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant looking at selection in #Ediacaran animals. If interested in Ediacaran life, do come and chat at #palass2025 @thepalass.bsky.social
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The #EarthSciences & #Climatology winner is 'Scanning glaciers in the Antarctic winter' by Michael Meredith (@oceanandice.bsky.social). Taken during a wintertime expedition in Börgen Bay, the photo shows the ship's searchlights picking out features of the William Glacier. #RSPPhotoComp
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The #EarthSciences & #Climatology winner is 'Scanning glaciers in the Antarctic winter' by Michael Meredith (@oceanandice.bsky.social). Taken during a wintertime expedition in Börgen Bay, the photo shows the ship's searchlights picking out features of the William Glacier. #RSPPhotoComp
This #MolluscMonday here are some great ones from my recent fieldwork in Fiji with Victor Bonito, Reef Explorer Fiji: two octopus watch Victor take video to make 3d models, a clam and a nudibranch. We are mapping out different areas in the reef flats to see how soft corals change through time.
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This #MolluscMonday here are some great ones from my recent fieldwork in Fiji with Victor Bonito, Reef Explorer Fiji: two octopus watch Victor take video to make 3d models, a clam and a nudibranch. We are mapping out different areas in the reef flats to see how soft corals change through time.