Scott Hartman
@skeletaldrawing
Father & Husband, vertebrate paleontologist, drawer of skeletals. Associate Professor at UW-Madison (anatomy & physiology, evolution, dinosaurs).
Cool, congrats Gabriel!
Ok… so the cat is out of the bag and I can FINALLY start talking about this. I just confirmed with Tim I can say that I did a lot of concept art, like this baby Spinosaurus, for the new docuseries #SurvivingEarth coming out in 2026! So excited for you guys to see this!
DINO NEWS!!! Meet Wudingloong wui a new Sauropodomorph from the Lower Jurassic Yubacun Formation, giving us a pretty awesome material from this amazing family. Want to know more? Youtube: youtube.com/@thedarknix000 Link: nature.com/articles/s4159… #dinosaurs #dinosaur #China
🚨Our new study: Tiny teeth, big story. During the last few 100,000s of years of the Cretaceous, before the asteroid hit, a great diversity of theropods was living near what is now Barcelona. Dinosaurs were strong, up until their tragic end! Our paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cret…
There was a sailboat race on Lake Michigan this weekend when the water and the sky were the same exact color. This created the optical illusion that the boats were sailing in the sky!
NEW WORK INCLUDING PORTUGUESE SAUROPODS !!! By my teammate André Saleiro and his advisor Emanuel Tschopp among others! 🦕 #Lourinhã #FossilFriday nature.com/articles/s4155…
Depictions of Megalosaurus and Iguanodon over the years from Deadsound's new Dinosauria episode "Terrible Lizards"
"The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.” - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
HOLY CRAP GUYS NEW SAUROPOD INTEGUMENT PAPER. And this time it’s for foot prints from the nemegt formation!! Check out the reconstruction 🤯🦕 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…
Awwww. How innocent, adorable and non-controversial looking!
#FossilFriday A little tyrannosaurid skull which has never caused any controversy or conflict, CMNH 7541. A young Tyrannosaurus? (And the holotype of Nanotyrannus lancensis, regardless of the status of that genus and species). @goCMNH
The very first step to building planets is forming crystals of silicon monoxide. They stick together to build bigger & bigger things, until eventually planets emerge. Now we've witnessed that step: the moment when a new planetary system is born. eso.org/public/news/es…
Wow, we should be investing in this nationally... sigh
Solar and batteries are a game-changer: New @ember_energy analysis in @CarbonBrief shows that in major sunny cities, such as Las Vegas or Mexico City, solar + batteries can now get more than 90% of the way to continuous generation, at costs below those of coal or nuclear power.
suck it crabs, the future is anteater
The first-ever soft tissues of the Jurassic megapredator, Temnodontosaurus! The winglike, metre-long flipper contains structures never seen in any animal (living or extinct) & shows this giant evolved a unique hunting behaviour. Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…
Went to the @RoyalTyrrell yesterday with my folks and saw the new "Breakthroughs" exhibit. I loved it and wanted to say some quick thoughts about it and sing its praises as an exhibit. (1/11)
Good deal.
The NAS Council has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin to be the next president of the National Academy of Sciences. An evolutionary biologist & science communicator, Shubin would succeed Marcia McNutt when her term ends on June 30, 2026. Read more: nasonline.org/news/neil-h-sh…
It always feels nice to announce a new publication with which I'm so lucky to be involved. Ishikawa et al. (2025) Cranial anatomy of Psittacosaurus houi peerj.com/articles/19547/ @PeerJLife
Happy #FossilFriday. Sauropods are cool creatures, but they have some interesting behaviors due to their large size. Here are a few interesting sauropod behaviors you may not have known about. a 🧵1/?