Darcy Shapiro
@darcyshapiro.bsky.social
BioAnthro PhD. Miocene apes, hips, locomotion, trabecular bone. 💀
Editorial Director: PBS Eons, Bizarre Beasts, and anything else the Greenhouse team cooks up. 🦕🦔🪴
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Editorial Director: PBS Eons, Bizarre Beasts, and anything else the Greenhouse team cooks up. 🦕🦔🪴
she/her #GoBlue
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I wrote a bit about the two university museums slated for closure. There is *still* time to do something about each! 🧪🦖
A tale of two university museums: there is still time to save the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Sternberg Museum
September 2026 has been a pretty dispiriting month for American paleontologists. In early September, Drexel University gave a surprise annou...
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September 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I wrote a bit about the two university museums slated for closure. There is *still* time to do something about each! 🧪🦖
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People are commenting Save The Academy on all of Drexel's instagram posts and I think that's pretty cool. If you're looking for something to do tonight 👀
September 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
People are commenting Save The Academy on all of Drexel's instagram posts and I think that's pretty cool. If you're looking for something to do tonight 👀
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The Sternberg Museum has been an essential institution for more than a century that's let us understand the Western US's Cretaceous Interior Seaway.
What's the Cretaceous Interior Seaway? Well, you can visualize it as a vast ocean from Texas to northern Canada where scenes like this played out:
What's the Cretaceous Interior Seaway? Well, you can visualize it as a vast ocean from Texas to northern Canada where scenes like this played out:
September 29, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The Sternberg Museum has been an essential institution for more than a century that's let us understand the Western US's Cretaceous Interior Seaway.
What's the Cretaceous Interior Seaway? Well, you can visualize it as a vast ocean from Texas to northern Canada where scenes like this played out:
What's the Cretaceous Interior Seaway? Well, you can visualize it as a vast ocean from Texas to northern Canada where scenes like this played out:
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#FossilFriday The pachycephalosaur Stegoceras has an itch at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
September 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#FossilFriday The pachycephalosaur Stegoceras has an itch at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Attention Philadelphia!
We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum this weekend, Sept 25-27.
Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum this weekend, Sept 25-27.
Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help Save the Academy: Volunteer to talk with visitors and hand out flyers at the Academy.
Sign up for a shift outside the Academy of Natural Sciences during its last open days: Fridays to Sundays, Sept 18 to 20 and 25 to 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers will be on the ground outside the Ac...
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September 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Attention Philadelphia!
We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum this weekend, Sept 25-27.
Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum this weekend, Sept 25-27.
Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Daeodon is a genuinely horrrifying animal. #FossilFriday
September 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Daeodon is a genuinely horrrifying animal. #FossilFriday
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From the office of Councilmember Dr. Nina Ahmad, press conference at 9AM outside Room 494, before the city council meeting:
September 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
From the office of Councilmember Dr. Nina Ahmad, press conference at 9AM outside Room 494, before the city council meeting:
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“The issue has surpassed any local organisation’s capacity. We need large-scale water bombing and skilled firefighters.”
“The orangutans need the forest. What are we studying if the orangutans are all gone, and the food they have is all gone? They can’t survive without that forest.”
🧪🐒🦊🏺🌏
“The orangutans need the forest. What are we studying if the orangutans are all gone, and the food they have is all gone? They can’t survive without that forest.”
🧪🐒🦊🏺🌏
Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo
Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blaze
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
“The issue has surpassed any local organisation’s capacity. We need large-scale water bombing and skilled firefighters.”
“The orangutans need the forest. What are we studying if the orangutans are all gone, and the food they have is all gone? They can’t survive without that forest.”
🧪🐒🦊🏺🌏
“The orangutans need the forest. What are we studying if the orangutans are all gone, and the food they have is all gone? They can’t survive without that forest.”
🧪🐒🦊🏺🌏
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We’re excited to announce, we have a new shirt for you! Our celebration of arthropods! Are we over-representing Hymenoptera here? Probably not! There are so many.
Anyway… get a new shirt to show love to the whole arthropod community.
complexly.info/arthropods4
Anyway… get a new shirt to show love to the whole arthropod community.
complexly.info/arthropods4
September 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
We’re excited to announce, we have a new shirt for you! Our celebration of arthropods! Are we over-representing Hymenoptera here? Probably not! There are so many.
Anyway… get a new shirt to show love to the whole arthropod community.
complexly.info/arthropods4
Anyway… get a new shirt to show love to the whole arthropod community.
complexly.info/arthropods4
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Great job (w/ a great supervisor): Program Specialist (National Engagement)… “supporting partnerships, coordinating outreach activities, and fostering relationships with Smithsonian Affiliates and external stakeholders.” Salary $85,447-$111,087. Apply by Sept 24. trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a5a...
Program Specialist (National Engagement), IS-1001-11
Job Opening: Program Specialist (National Engagement), IS-1001-11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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September 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Great job (w/ a great supervisor): Program Specialist (National Engagement)… “supporting partnerships, coordinating outreach activities, and fostering relationships with Smithsonian Affiliates and external stakeholders.” Salary $85,447-$111,087. Apply by Sept 24. trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a5a...
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#FossilFriday The Dimetrodon mount for the @NMNH prior to its installation
September 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#FossilFriday The Dimetrodon mount for the @NMNH prior to its installation
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Save the Academy organizers need some volunteers to help hand out informational flyers at the academy of natural sciences this weekend. If you are able to help please get in touch via this contact form save-the-academy.org/contact.html
Contact us — Save the Academy
Questions, press, partnerships, or a way to help? Write to the Save the Academy campaign.
save-the-academy.org
September 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Save the Academy organizers need some volunteers to help hand out informational flyers at the academy of natural sciences this weekend. If you are able to help please get in touch via this contact form save-the-academy.org/contact.html
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Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out.
This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
September 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out.
This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
Reposted by Darcy Shapiro
Reposted by Darcy Shapiro
Posters ready
Speakers lined up
See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences.
We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public.
RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2
Speakers lined up
See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences.
We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public.
RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2
September 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Posters ready
Speakers lined up
See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences.
We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public.
RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2
Speakers lined up
See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences.
We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public.
RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2
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New blog post: The Academy of Natural Sciences is closing—how we got here and what you can do. Probably nothing you haven't already heard, but increasing the signal to anyone who has missed the news. extinctmonsters.net/2026/09/05/a...
Academy of Natural Sciences museum to close
Bad news this week: on Tuesday, September 1st, the longest-operating natural history museum in the United States announced its imminent closure. The Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) in downtown Ph…
extinctmonsters.net
September 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
New blog post: The Academy of Natural Sciences is closing—how we got here and what you can do. Probably nothing you haven't already heard, but increasing the signal to anyone who has missed the news. extinctmonsters.net/2026/09/05/a...
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Please repost!
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
September 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Please repost!
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
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For #FossilFriday, the mysterious & geometrically satisfying deep-sea trace fossil Paleodictyon, preserved on the bottom of a Miocene (~10 mya) stratum in southern Spain. Similar traces are in modern deep-sea environments, but we still don't know who makes them. 🧪 #ichnology
September 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
For #FossilFriday, the mysterious & geometrically satisfying deep-sea trace fossil Paleodictyon, preserved on the bottom of a Miocene (~10 mya) stratum in southern Spain. Similar traces are in modern deep-sea environments, but we still don't know who makes them. 🧪 #ichnology
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#FossilFriday Skull of Torosaurus latus at the @acadnatsci.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
#FossilFriday Skull of Torosaurus latus at the @acadnatsci.bsky.social
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Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴
This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!
This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!
Curator/Assistant Professor, Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences (3756)
Job DescriptionThe Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University invite applications for a joint...
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September 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴
This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!
This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!
Reposted by Darcy Shapiro
Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
September 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
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The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply!
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Recruitment
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September 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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PBS Eons made a insta post showcasing my work on their series "Life and Death on Pangea" :) #sciart
www.instagram.com/p/DcypJWfG4d9
www.instagram.com/p/DcypJWfG4d9
September 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
PBS Eons made a insta post showcasing my work on their series "Life and Death on Pangea" :) #sciart
www.instagram.com/p/DcypJWfG4d9
www.instagram.com/p/DcypJWfG4d9
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Know a geoscientist whose contributions to geology or paleontology deserve national recognition? Nominate them for the 2027 NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life—Mary Clark Thompson Medal, including a $20,000 prize.
📅 Nominations close Monday, 5 October 2026
🔗 geosociety.co/nas-award
📅 Nominations close Monday, 5 October 2026
🔗 geosociety.co/nas-award
August 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Know a geoscientist whose contributions to geology or paleontology deserve national recognition? Nominate them for the 2027 NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life—Mary Clark Thompson Medal, including a $20,000 prize.
📅 Nominations close Monday, 5 October 2026
🔗 geosociety.co/nas-award
📅 Nominations close Monday, 5 October 2026
🔗 geosociety.co/nas-award
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Meet your new fine-feathered friend!
Similar to its modern day descendants, 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘹 𝘻𝘰𝘶𝘪 had feathers—but it wasn't a bird.
Similar to its modern day descendants, 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘹 𝘻𝘰𝘶𝘪 had feathers—but it wasn't a bird.
August 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Meet your new fine-feathered friend!
Similar to its modern day descendants, 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘹 𝘻𝘰𝘶𝘪 had feathers—but it wasn't a bird.
Similar to its modern day descendants, 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘹 𝘻𝘰𝘶𝘪 had feathers—but it wasn't a bird.