Emma Caton
@emmacaton.bsky.social
Science writer at the Natural History Museum, London 🦕 | Zoologist 🦋 | Science communicator 🎥 | Rock climber & runner 🧗🏼♀️ | Can often be found adventuring in the great outdoors 🌍
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Emma Caton
@emmacaton.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Hi, I’m Emma! 👋
I feel like it’s time to introduce myself. I’m a science writer working at the Natural History Museum in London, mainly sharing the work of our amazing scientists! 💫
I’m a total natural history nerd, so follow if you enjoy science stories with the odd animal or fossil pic. 🦕🦀🐍🍄🐋🐝🌷
I feel like it’s time to introduce myself. I’m a science writer working at the Natural History Museum in London, mainly sharing the work of our amazing scientists! 💫
I’m a total natural history nerd, so follow if you enjoy science stories with the odd animal or fossil pic. 🦕🦀🐍🍄🐋🐝🌷
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.
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This is my 30th year as a journalist.
But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners.
An utter disregard and contempt for their readers
But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners.
An utter disregard and contempt for their readers
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
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Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 AM
This is my 30th year as a journalist.
But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners.
An utter disregard and contempt for their readers
But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners.
An utter disregard and contempt for their readers
Every time I visit an Ivy restaurant, I always come away with new ideas of how I want to decorate my house.
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Every time I visit an Ivy restaurant, I always come away with new ideas of how I want to decorate my house.
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Today in the UK, I dropped my six-year-old at school and came home. Alive.
Wednesday in the USA, Renee Good dropped her six-year-old at school and never made it home. Killed by masked government agents.
There are UK politicians who want Trump-style ICE enforcement here. Let's never vote them in!
Wednesday in the USA, Renee Good dropped her six-year-old at school and never made it home. Killed by masked government agents.
There are UK politicians who want Trump-style ICE enforcement here. Let's never vote them in!
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Today in the UK, I dropped my six-year-old at school and came home. Alive.
Wednesday in the USA, Renee Good dropped her six-year-old at school and never made it home. Killed by masked government agents.
There are UK politicians who want Trump-style ICE enforcement here. Let's never vote them in!
Wednesday in the USA, Renee Good dropped her six-year-old at school and never made it home. Killed by masked government agents.
There are UK politicians who want Trump-style ICE enforcement here. Let's never vote them in!
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It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025!
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025!
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
There’s something endearing about watching birds trying to walk on a frozen lake. 🦆
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
There’s something endearing about watching birds trying to walk on a frozen lake. 🦆
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Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds
Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ta...
phys.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.
I am constantly blown away by how weird and wonderful nature can be! 🦈
This remarkable fossil is believed to be the lower jaw of a Helicoprion, an extinct group of shark-like fish that lived more than 270 million years ago during the Permian.
Its mouth was basically a buzz saw. 🤯
This remarkable fossil is believed to be the lower jaw of a Helicoprion, an extinct group of shark-like fish that lived more than 270 million years ago during the Permian.
Its mouth was basically a buzz saw. 🤯
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I am constantly blown away by how weird and wonderful nature can be! 🦈
This remarkable fossil is believed to be the lower jaw of a Helicoprion, an extinct group of shark-like fish that lived more than 270 million years ago during the Permian.
Its mouth was basically a buzz saw. 🤯
This remarkable fossil is believed to be the lower jaw of a Helicoprion, an extinct group of shark-like fish that lived more than 270 million years ago during the Permian.
Its mouth was basically a buzz saw. 🤯
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Today is (apparently) National Trivia Day!
Here’s my favorite fun piece of shark trivia:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, have been found with reindeer and polar bear remains in their stomachs!
Here’s my favorite fun piece of shark trivia:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, have been found with reindeer and polar bear remains in their stomachs!
January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Today is (apparently) National Trivia Day!
Here’s my favorite fun piece of shark trivia:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, have been found with reindeer and polar bear remains in their stomachs!
Here’s my favorite fun piece of shark trivia:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, have been found with reindeer and polar bear remains in their stomachs!
It’s a cold one on the water today. 🥶
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
It’s a cold one on the water today. 🥶
This is really cool! 🌞
A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This is really cool! 🌞
The earliest confirmed evidence of an adult cremation pyre has been discovered in Malawi! 🔥
theconversation.com/oldest-known...
theconversation.com/oldest-known...
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What was behind this unexpected funeral ritual?
theconversation.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The earliest confirmed evidence of an adult cremation pyre has been discovered in Malawi! 🔥
theconversation.com/oldest-known...
theconversation.com/oldest-known...
Happy New Year!! 🥳
What a beautiful frosty morning to start 2026.
What a beautiful frosty morning to start 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Happy New Year!! 🥳
What a beautiful frosty morning to start 2026.
What a beautiful frosty morning to start 2026.
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
You may have received lots of lovely presents, but did you know that some animals also give gifts?
In my final video of 2025, I explore the generosity of bats. Check it out 👇
youtu.be/feA45_bjTXo?...
You may have received lots of lovely presents, but did you know that some animals also give gifts?
In my final video of 2025, I explore the generosity of bats. Check it out 👇
youtu.be/feA45_bjTXo?...
Are bats generous? | A closer look at animal gift giving
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
You may have received lots of lovely presents, but did you know that some animals also give gifts?
In my final video of 2025, I explore the generosity of bats. Check it out 👇
youtu.be/feA45_bjTXo?...
You may have received lots of lovely presents, but did you know that some animals also give gifts?
In my final video of 2025, I explore the generosity of bats. Check it out 👇
youtu.be/feA45_bjTXo?...
My last article of 2025 is a throwback to my previous job working for Gerald Durrell’s wildlife charity in Jersey.
The new species of beetle was described from @nhm-london.bsky.social collections, but the story of the taxonomist who named it is even more fascinating.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The new species of beetle was described from @nhm-london.bsky.social collections, but the story of the taxonomist who named it is even more fascinating.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
New species of beetle named in honour of Gerald Durrell | Natural History Museum
The new species is found in Madagascar, a country closely linked to Gerald’s conservation work.
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My last article of 2025 is a throwback to my previous job working for Gerald Durrell’s wildlife charity in Jersey.
The new species of beetle was described from @nhm-london.bsky.social collections, but the story of the taxonomist who named it is even more fascinating.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The new species of beetle was described from @nhm-london.bsky.social collections, but the story of the taxonomist who named it is even more fascinating.
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Misty winter mornings are just perfection. 👌
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Misty winter mornings are just perfection. 👌
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Nice summary of our team's recent paper on the osteohistology of the tiny ankylosaur Liaoningosaurus, with words by @emmacaton.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
First armoured dinosaur hatchling discovered in China | Natural History Museum
The mystery surrounding dozens of small dinosaur fossils has finally been solved.
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Nice summary of our team's recent paper on the osteohistology of the tiny ankylosaur Liaoningosaurus, with words by @emmacaton.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Dozens of small dinosaur fossils found in China have turned out to be baby ankylosaurs!
Great to chat with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social about this new research. 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Great to chat with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social about this new research. 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
First armoured dinosaur hatchling discovered in China | Natural History Museum
The mystery surrounding dozens of small dinosaur fossils has finally been solved.
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Dozens of small dinosaur fossils found in China have turned out to be baby ankylosaurs!
Great to chat with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social about this new research. 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Great to chat with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social about this new research. 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Lots of fantastic new species described by Museum scientists this year! 🦋🐍🐟🦖🪱🐸
Our scientists have been busy this year!
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Glittering butterflies: Natural History Museum describes 262 new species in 2025 | Natural History Museum
Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Lots of fantastic new species described by Museum scientists this year! 🦋🐍🐟🦖🪱🐸
Looks like I’ll be renewing my Apple TV subscription! 🦣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kv...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Looks like I’ll be renewing my Apple TV subscription! 🦣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kv...
It’s a bit late for Halloween, but these frogs are fantastically spooky! 🐸🎃
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
New species of toads that give birth to live young discovered in Tanzania | Natural History Museum
Museum specimens have helped scientists discover three new species of tree-dwelling toads.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It’s a bit late for Halloween, but these frogs are fantastically spooky! 🐸🎃
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...