Dr. Brendan Anderson
@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
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The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
www.nature.com
New paper out:
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
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The emergence of Nadine and her speed-reading companion:
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The emergence of Nadine and her speed-reading companion:
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
Celebrate Darwin's Birthday the best way - with mollusks! Pirate mollusks!🏴☠️
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Join us Thursday night for Invertebrate Pirates: How do mollusks steal from their prey? (Darwin Days in the Virtual Pub)!
Jessica Goodheart, Assistant Curator, Mollusca; Assistant Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School; The American Museum of Natural History
tockify.com/paleontologi...
Jessica Goodheart, Assistant Curator, Mollusca; Assistant Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School; The American Museum of Natural History
tockify.com/paleontologi...
Invertebrate Pirates: How do mollusks steal from their prey? (Darwin Days in the Virtual Pub)
Thu 12 Feb, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM [EST]: Jessica Goodheart, Assistant Curator, Mollusca; Assistant Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School; The American Museum of Natural History Mollusks are an incredi...
tockify.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Celebrate Darwin's Birthday the best way - with mollusks! Pirate mollusks!🏴☠️
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Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
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I can't decide what's worse:
The admin saying they're "repealing" science
The press just saying it's repealed.
The admin saying they're "repealing" science
The press just saying it's repealed.
February 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I can't decide what's worse:
The admin saying they're "repealing" science
The press just saying it's repealed.
The admin saying they're "repealing" science
The press just saying it's repealed.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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🚨Job Alert!🚨 Geochronology and Thermochronology Lab Manager, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Manage and operate laser-ablation U/Th-Pb and U/Th-He laboratories and accompanying mineral separation facilities. #geology ⚒️🧪
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Geochronology & Thermochronology Laboratory Manager | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
February 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
🚨Job Alert!🚨 Geochronology and Thermochronology Lab Manager, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Manage and operate laser-ablation U/Th-Pb and U/Th-He laboratories and accompanying mineral separation facilities. #geology ⚒️🧪
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Another new paper out now: led by Amy Betz from the @bruceslieberman.bsky.social lab on how a variety functional traits did or didn't impact extinction risk in the Plio-Pleistocene-Recent western Atlantic regional mass extinction
Of the 16 traits considered, none was correlated with increased risk
Of the 16 traits considered, none was correlated with increased risk
Happy to share paper in #Palaeontology led by my former @ku-eeb.bsky.social grad student Amy Betz w/ @jonhendricks.bsky.social @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social and Portell & Strotz on factors impacting #extinctions in #marine #mollusks. #paleontology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Extinction risk related to functional traits in Pliocene to Holocene West Atlantic molluscs
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Another new paper out now: led by Amy Betz from the @bruceslieberman.bsky.social lab on how a variety functional traits did or didn't impact extinction risk in the Plio-Pleistocene-Recent western Atlantic regional mass extinction
Of the 16 traits considered, none was correlated with increased risk
Of the 16 traits considered, none was correlated with increased risk
NAGT grants to support undergraduate field study- applications are due Feb 14th!
(sorry I'm late to post this one, I didn't remember it until I saw the newsletter)
nagt.org/nagt/student...
(sorry I'm late to post this one, I didn't remember it until I saw the newsletter)
nagt.org/nagt/student...
Scholarships for Field Study
A content page for the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) detailing field study scholarships for undergraduate students, covering eligibility, application process, deadlines, FAQs, and...
nagt.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
NAGT grants to support undergraduate field study- applications are due Feb 14th!
(sorry I'm late to post this one, I didn't remember it until I saw the newsletter)
nagt.org/nagt/student...
(sorry I'm late to post this one, I didn't remember it until I saw the newsletter)
nagt.org/nagt/student...
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[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers.
READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers.
READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
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🔥Meet the fire snail. Found only in the cloud forests of Peninsular Malaysia, this species is easily recognizable thanks to its bright coloration and large size. It is threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the pet trade.
Photo: Albert Kang, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: Albert Kang, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
🔥Meet the fire snail. Found only in the cloud forests of Peninsular Malaysia, this species is easily recognizable thanks to its bright coloration and large size. It is threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the pet trade.
Photo: Albert Kang, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: Albert Kang, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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how mortifying
I got an incredible PhD education at UNC, which included teaching fellowships in Islamic studies
my mentors, in 2007-2012, were already teaching us how to manage hate mail, students reporting you, etc
I’d have left if this was the policy
which I suspect is the goal
I got an incredible PhD education at UNC, which included teaching fellowships in Islamic studies
my mentors, in 2007-2012, were already teaching us how to manage hate mail, students reporting you, etc
I’d have left if this was the policy
which I suspect is the goal
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
how mortifying
I got an incredible PhD education at UNC, which included teaching fellowships in Islamic studies
my mentors, in 2007-2012, were already teaching us how to manage hate mail, students reporting you, etc
I’d have left if this was the policy
which I suspect is the goal
I got an incredible PhD education at UNC, which included teaching fellowships in Islamic studies
my mentors, in 2007-2012, were already teaching us how to manage hate mail, students reporting you, etc
I’d have left if this was the policy
which I suspect is the goal
PRI is celebrating its 20th year of having Darwin Days events in celebration of Darwin's birthday Feb 12th!
Here is a retrospective on some past events and links to the current programs:
www.priweb.org/blog-post/it...
Here is a retrospective on some past events and links to the current programs:
www.priweb.org/blog-post/it...
Ithaca Darwin Days at 20 — Paleontological Research Institution
By Warren Allmon and Robert Ross Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. His birthday, known popularly as Darwin Day, is an annual celebration of the man and his ideas. The first organized Darw...
www.priweb.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
PRI is celebrating its 20th year of having Darwin Days events in celebration of Darwin's birthday Feb 12th!
Here is a retrospective on some past events and links to the current programs:
www.priweb.org/blog-post/it...
Here is a retrospective on some past events and links to the current programs:
www.priweb.org/blog-post/it...
Academics out here asking for crazy stuff like to be paid on time or not to have it be mandatory to apply for outside jobs to get cost of living raises www.chronicle.com/article/high...
Opinion | Higher Education’s Compensation Charade
We’ve come to accept illogical, unjust, and occasionally insulting pay practices. Why?
www.chronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Academics out here asking for crazy stuff like to be paid on time or not to have it be mandatory to apply for outside jobs to get cost of living raises www.chronicle.com/article/high...
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I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
A 95 million year old angiosperm leaf preserved as an impression in an iron-cemented sandstone. The original leaf may have gone, but you can still see where invertebrates nibbled it.
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A 95 million year old angiosperm leaf preserved as an impression in an iron-cemented sandstone. The original leaf may have gone, but you can still see where invertebrates nibbled it.
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.
#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68
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New paper with @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, @wrightam.bsky.social, Jen Bauer, and Maggie Limbeck!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Exploring rates of change and modes of evolution in blastozoan echinoderms | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Exploring rates of change and modes of evolution in blastozoan echinoderms
www.cambridge.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
New paper with @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, @wrightam.bsky.social, Jen Bauer, and Maggie Limbeck!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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[New Paper] From over 8000 nominations for the new chiton species naming competition with Ze Frank -- the winner is Ferreiraella populi ("chiton of the people")! The paper officially naming this species was just published: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14
@sigwartae.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social
@sigwartae.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
[New Paper] From over 8000 nominations for the new chiton species naming competition with Ze Frank -- the winner is Ferreiraella populi ("chiton of the people")! The paper officially naming this species was just published: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14
@sigwartae.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social
@sigwartae.bsky.social @oceanspecies.bsky.social
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I once got in a Slack debate with the editor-in-chief of a publication, a woman, who believed that for society to benefit from genius men those men's abuse of women might need to be tolerated. I argued that the loss of contributions of the women they abused could easily be worth 10x their own.
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I once got in a Slack debate with the editor-in-chief of a publication, a woman, who believed that for society to benefit from genius men those men's abuse of women might need to be tolerated. I argued that the loss of contributions of the women they abused could easily be worth 10x their own.
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This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
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Attention Artists of Philadelphia!
The time has come to find an artist for our next Philly Biodiversity Mural!
This project will take place in April/May.
Pay = $20k
The form to apply is as short as I could possibly make it. Please tell your friends and apply!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The time has come to find an artist for our next Philly Biodiversity Mural!
This project will take place in April/May.
Pay = $20k
The form to apply is as short as I could possibly make it. Please tell your friends and apply!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Attention Artists of Philadelphia!
The time has come to find an artist for our next Philly Biodiversity Mural!
This project will take place in April/May.
Pay = $20k
The form to apply is as short as I could possibly make it. Please tell your friends and apply!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The time has come to find an artist for our next Philly Biodiversity Mural!
This project will take place in April/May.
Pay = $20k
The form to apply is as short as I could possibly make it. Please tell your friends and apply!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
2️⃣ "AMOC strength will decline over the twenty-first century under all SSP scenarios"
All future scenarios show weakening of the #AMOC, though the exact magnitude and timing remain uncertain.
All future scenarios show weakening of the #AMOC, though the exact magnitude and timing remain uncertain.
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
2️⃣ "AMOC strength will decline over the twenty-first century under all SSP scenarios"
All future scenarios show weakening of the #AMOC, though the exact magnitude and timing remain uncertain.
All future scenarios show weakening of the #AMOC, though the exact magnitude and timing remain uncertain.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
Really SVP? You’re just going to ignore decades of sexual and academic misconduct, marrying a student AT one of your conferences, and every report I’ve filed (implying that’s what you do with reports) to defend famous Horner? You’d rather have pedophiles than students is your message?
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Really SVP? You’re just going to ignore decades of sexual and academic misconduct, marrying a student AT one of your conferences, and every report I’ve filed (implying that’s what you do with reports) to defend famous Horner? You’d rather have pedophiles than students is your message?