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Sarah Davis
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she/her | PhD | paleontology | birds | color evolution
Collection Manager of Paleobiology @ Carnegie MNH 🦖🦆🦩
Paleofeathers on everything
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Sarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · Nov 14
Seems like a good time for a 🦋 introduction!

I’m a paleontologist interested in the evolution/diversification of birds and in color evolution in dinosaurs! I’m the collection manager of vertebrate paleo at Carnegie MNH. I mostly post about cool fossils, museums, and my research. 🦖🦆🌈
A photo of a woman standing in front of a shelf full of sauropod dinosaur vertebrae.
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
iucn.org
October 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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lacerdajulio.bsky.social
Foggy morning in Late Pleistocene Patagonia.

#Art #SciArt #artbyjulio
A scene depicting the Patagonian scrubland in the early morning, dotted with araucarias and framed by foggy mountains in the background. A pair of Macrauchenia, four guanacos and a patagonian mara are seen among the grass. A Megatherium walks by further away and a crested caracara flies over the scene.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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tmkeesey.bsky.social
PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.org
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
www.phylopic.org
October 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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brantfaircloth.bsky.social
Are you a vertebrate paleobiologist and also interested in a curatorial position ?Come work with us @lsu.bsky.social!

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Assistant Professor
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October 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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jtroscianko.bsky.social
🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

@grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social
@scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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ichnologist.bsky.social
New Cretaceous bird reported from Australia, Tenuicruris piscanexum! I was hoping my coauthors' & my 2023 study reporting a variety of Early Cretaceous bird tracks in Australia would be followed by bird body-fossil discoveries reflecting that diversity. 🧪🪨🐦🇦🇺
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tenuicruris piscanexum, a new addition to Australia’s rare Cretaceous bird fossils
This study describes Tenuicruris piscanexum, gen. et sp. nov., the second Cretaceous bird named from Australia, based on a well-preserved tibiotarsus. Detailed morphological analysis and phylogenet...
www.tandfonline.com
September 30, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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prosanta.bsky.social
Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology!

Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active!

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Assistant Professor
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September 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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thomascullen.bsky.social
With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
cover page of the linked paper
September 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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thelabandfield.bsky.social
Our next step in this project is a bibliography of avian type publications. It's incomplete, but 1120+ refs to 210+ collections is a good starting point! Searchable by institution, country, city.

albnd.github.io/bird_types/

#Ornithology #Taxonomy
September 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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gbaucom.bsky.social
Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you!
sse-evolution.bsky.social Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 10d
Want to be featured in an upcoming Evolution Exchange interview? We are seeking two to four new faculty members to talk with host Dr. Gina Baucom about their careers and current positions. Nominate yourself or someone else by September 30!
forms.gle/tnpK6NYwJZGG...
Text: The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Be our next guest! Nominations due 9/30.
September 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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daveyfwright.bsky.social
Curator of Marine Invertebrates position at the NHMLA. Great opportunity for marine invertebrate zoologists, especially echinoderm researchers! (see post below)
Marine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience…
spnhc.org
September 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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mexpositoalonso.bsky.social
Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Plant/Algae/Microb
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522
Plant/Env
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382
Gen/Dev/Evo
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481
Eco
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489
Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Tyrannosaurus

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Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
September 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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markscherz.bsky.social
🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨
🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸
Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history.
Please share widely! 🧪🏛️
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals
Tenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap
candidate.hr-manager.net
September 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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theonion.com
New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool
September 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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albertonykus.bsky.social
New review of what we know and don't know about the evolutionary history of birds and their close fossil relatives! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Benito & @lizzysteell.bsky.social)
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships and geologic ages of birds and closely related bird-like dinosaurs.
September 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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andyfarke.bsky.social
Student Collections Study Award for Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - next cycle of applications due October 1. Details at their website: nhm.org/student-coll... - the Alf Museum is also close by, so it's a good visit us, too, once you are in the area!
Student Collections Study Award
The NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ...
nhm.org
September 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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briansidlauskas.bsky.social
The American Museum of Natural History is searching for a new curator, either in ichthyology or mammalogy. This is an incredible opportunity to work with an exceptional collection and outstanding colleagues. Review of applications begins November 10. careers.amnh.org/postings/4925
Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor, Vertebrate Zoology
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor in either the Department of Ichthyology or M...
careers.amnh.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.
NSF leadership in a new golden age of science
The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...
www.nsf.gov
September 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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eos.org
80% of survey participants reported experiencing at least one harmful fieldwork interaction, such as aggression, harassment, stereotyping, and privacy violations. 🧪

New research in @aguadvances.bsky.social

eos.org/research-spo...
Four in Five Researchers Report Harmful Interactions During Geoscience Fieldwork. A New Survey Suggests a Path Forward. - Eos
A new survey documents the prevalence of harmful interactions that occur during fieldwork. Many instances go officially unreported.
eos.org
September 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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snnielsen.bsky.social
Paleontology job in Mexico!
Full-time Researcher Position
Full-time Researcher Position at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM. Located in Queretaro, Mexico. Deadline: 15/09/2026.
www.earthworks-jobs.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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gondwannabe.bsky.social
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!
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
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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
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.
September 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s getting into grad school workshop begins this Saturday. All are welcome!
kristalerista.bsky.social Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · Aug 11
Do you want to go to grad school in #paleontology 🦖, #geology ⚒️, or #biology🧪?

Join the
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
Graduate School Application Prep Group! We’ll walk you through the application process in weekly workshops.

Sign up with this form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A flyer that says "Do you want to be a paleontologist? Join the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Graduate School Application Prep Group. This series of free Zoom workshops will: tell you how the field of paleontology works, guide you through the graduate school application process, connect you with other applicants, give you feedback on your applications. Anyone interested is welcome!
August 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM