The Marvelous Mx. Hazel!
@TangentTanager
Just another dork who likes natural history and art. They/Them. IG: thehawkwardnaturalist
The Anhinga or ‘Devil Bird’ Lands in New York, With More to Come - The New York Times MY PHOTO IS IN THE NY TIMES nytimes.com/2023/05/04/sci…
Grim Reaper or Hatzegopteryx?
First poster for ‘COYOTE VS ACME’ In theaters on August 28, 2026.
DINO NEWS!!! New way to look the giant thief, Megaraptor has been analyze to see how can we reconstruct one of the most interesting animals found in Argentina. Link: italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-12… #dinosaur #Argentina #JurassicWorldRebirth
Its finally out! Please Welcome Mirasaura! A new drepanosaur from the Middle Triassic of France. @SerpenIllus made the press artwork but I couldn't hold back and had to do my own interpretation during break time =)
Hello to a new #Triassic reptile with similarities to 'plumed' #Longisquama: Mirasaura grauvogeli Spiekman et al., 2025. Paper is #OA and in @Nature. Both animals are drepanosauromorphs, an increasingly special and remarkable group! nature.com/articles/s4158… #fossils #evolution
Longisquama gets a better preserved sister! nature.com/articles/s4158…
LONGUISQUAMA RELATIVE LONGUISQUAMA RELATIVE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Triassic diapsid shows early diversification of skin appendages in reptiles nature.com/articles/s4158… Mirasaura grauvogeli gen et sp. nov Art by @SerpenIllus
Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today! This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures! I was commissioned to bring it to life!
Not so much of a conspiracy, but I legitimately believe the Black Plague was the starting point of humanity’s self-domestication… AKA becoming dumber.
What's a conspiracy theory you believe with your whole heart?
This is how I will be treating various songbird families moving forward.
Crazy to think that two decades ago all of these dudes were just "Velociraptor"
Velociraptorine Dromaeosaurs WIP including the newly described Shri rapax
New paper day! Phil Bell led a great study on some *INSANELY COOL* titanosaur tracks our expedition found in Mongolia. The scales in particular are extra awesome - they're like little pyramids, and they *may* have helped with scratch digging and/or walking on sandy surfaces!
Realizing the state of the world being tainted by a bunch of dumb furballs.
What made this Allosaurus so sad?
A new bird-like dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia with extremely robust hands supports niche partitioning among velociraptorines: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Every Sebecoid yet known! (list on replies) these very enigmatic crocodylomorphs somehow survived the asteroid that killed non-avian dinosaurs and became the dominant predators in many cenozoic ecosystems here i present a specimen guide and size comp for each named taxon!
This is such an insane stupid project. >we haven’t even properly reintroduced other New Zealand species like the Kakapo >the ecosystem these birds were part of is probably pretty likely gone >there are other more recent extinctions that would a bigger focus >colossal is scammy
NEW PROJECT: We’re working to bring back the South Island giant moa, one of the largest birds to walk the Earth. Gone for 600 years, its legacy still echoes. From ancient DNA to artificial eggs, this project could reshape the future of bird conservation.