Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 3d

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

26 120 630

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 3d

And then Spear was a zombie

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

First look at "Primal" Season 3 (by Genndy Tartakovsky).
Coming January 2026 on Adult Swim.

3

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 4d

#whalewednesday The spectacular early toothed whale Xenorophus sloanii from the Oligocene (~28 mya) of South Carolina! This is a critical transitional fossil, known from about a dozen skulls and partial skeletons. Read more about Xenorophus here on my blog: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...

A black and white skeletal reconstruction of Xenorophus sloanii, and a pair of photos of the skull and neck vertebrae of the best known specimen in top and side view.

4 20 61

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 5d

Sloth World, Part 1! There are a LOT of sloths, let's look at some recent developments... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/10... #mammals #fossils #xenarthrans

Sloth World, 2025 (Part 1) — Tetrapod Zoology

Like me, you are no doubt a big fan of sloths...

tetzoo.com

2 22 61

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 4d

Marine crocs of early jurassic #sciart

1 18 140

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 4d

I must issue an apology - I have clearly been misinterpreting the data and have resized the Kem Kem fauna accordingly.

I am *definitely* not being held at beak-point by Leptostomia.

The lineup of Kem Kem fauna to scale with our Leptostomia overlord towering above the rest - as it should be

4 12 90

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 8d

I said I think Primitive War is a bad movie and now many teenage boys who I suspect really need hugs off their loved ones are very mad at me.

God it's like my day job

1

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 9d

film has been lauded at all. It's a 3/10 flick with a few 5/10 moments.

I'll watch a few clips but never touching the whole thing again

1

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 9d

plagerism and there are remarkably few dinosaur scenes, most of which are dromaeosaurs hurling themselves at bullets like zombies. The river scene has a nice 30 seconds and there rex scenes are overall solid (one moving shot of the mother is quite well done) but yeah...I don't understand how this

1 1

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 9d

it actually good. It's badly written, badly paced and overall badly acted. The approach to accents would make a 90s movie embarrassed. The tone is far too in your face and the gore is not only surprisingly sparse but also childishly executed. The designs include at least 3 cases of full blown

1 1

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 9d

More detailed review of #PrimitiveWar

Going in I'd already been inundated by so many voiced about how this is the best dino movie in years, this is how world films should be, omg the gore etc.

Watching it...its schlocky and kinda enjoyable in the "I'm watching a bad movie" way but in no way is

2 2

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Irishpalaeonerd @irishpalaeonerd.bsky.social · 9d

3 5

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 9d

I mean I can only speak for myself

But it was a somewhat higher budget b movie to me. This whole "jurassic park toppler" thing that's been going round...no

I'm sure for there's plenty of fun to be had if you go in with the right mindset but not for me. One or two very good scenes. But not for me.

1 2

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 10d

So

Seen Primitive War

...suuuuuure was a film

Weren't great

Were not great

The t rexes are fun

But that was pretty bad

1 3

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 11d

Well now I'm sad

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

2

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Skye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 17d

Say hello to Makrodactylus oligodontus, a new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan from the Mörnsheim Formation, Late Jurassic of Germany!

palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...

@davehone.bsky.social @brucelf.bsky.social

1 19 77

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Alysa Taladay, SF/F Writer 🦖✨️🚀 @taladayarts.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful render of a personal favorite.

Paulo Leite @thek560.bsky.social · 12d

Suchomimus. Sculpted in ZBrush, textured in Substance 3D Painter and rendered in Blender. Background assets are from Megascans. #dinosaur #suchomimus #paleoart #paleontology #3dart #3d

3D render of a suchomimus standing in some rocks. The dinosaur does not have it's right hand.

1 1 3

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 12d

Every time a book in this series comes out it's like the most pleasant slice of my feed got boxed up to put on my shelf.

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 12d

What's in MESOZOIC ART II, our new, outstandingly gorgeous #palaeoart-themed giant book? Check it out ... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/... #art #books #dinosaurs #paleoart

Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s — Tetrapod Zoology

Among the most successful of books I’ve been involved in are those devoted to palaeoart. In particular, I’m thinking here of 2022’s Mesozoic Art , edited by Steve White and myself and published by Bl...

tetzoo.com

2 3 13

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 14d

It's marine reptile Monday!
Okay, that's not a thing, but here's an old acrylic painting from 1999. It depicts a #Liopleurodon breaching with an unfortunate #Metriorhynchus in its jaws. It was commissioned for a TV series that was never made.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld

4 25 96

Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 13d

Working away on the tail end of Professor Primula's Portfolio of Palaeontology

I've hit the ammonite

I dreaded the ammonite

What do i even say about the ammonite!?

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

MechMonster @mechmonster.bsky.social · Aug 26

Aight gonna spam more of these lil Yi Qi guys, some silly phone pics for now.

See thread below for more! The woodland pics were taken at Dinocon, found this really cool little footpath that led from the uni through a park, towards downtown

(Also I think these can be called #paleoart yeah?)

A Yi-Qi dinosaur toy painted in albino colors posed on a tree branch, over a forest background

Two Yi-Qi dinosaur toys, one in light and one in dark colors, posed to sit on a branch in a forest

A dark-colored Yi-Qi ball-jointed doll posed on a wooden porch railing

2 11 46

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Sorrel ➡️ Cfz #1702 @sorrelbirdy.bsky.social · Aug 27

The topic of a dinosaur delivery service came up at Dinocon a few weeks ago and @steamyworks.bsky.social suggested spoon delivery

Unfortunately there are some impracticalities

6 35 100

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Dino Dad Reviews @dinodadreviews.bsky.social · 25d

I forgot to share my #DinoCon review here! 🦖🦕
I apologize for the poor pictures, I was having too much fun to remember to take better ones. 😅

dinodadreviews.com/2025/09/15/d...

DinoCon 2025

My visit to DinoCon!

dinodadreviews.com

1 2

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Dodo and Dinosaur @dododinosauruk.bsky.social · 16d

We had a fantastic time at the first ever @dinoconuk.bsky.social last month. It was an amazing experience and a real pleasure to meet so many passionate and inspiring people. We’re proud to have collaborated with the team behind #DinoCon - thank you @tetzoo.bsky.social @jamespascoe.bsky.social!

1 5 17

Reposted by Dr. Mike O'Sullivan

Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 13d

The spectacularly produced new art book, Mesozoic Art II, hit the shelves! I happen to be one of the artists featured in the line-up of fantastic people who bring the dead back to life! A great opportunity to talk about my creative journey 🧵

Selection of drawings of dinosaurs and pterosaurs and kin in a mosaic with cover of the Mesozic Art 2

4 73 260