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A figure depicting the relative abundance of different prey items among two species of felid (e.g., monkey, small bird, agouti), derived from scat. The x axis is labeled "PoO (%)."

I would like to interrupt your doomscrolling for an important announcement: This figure from Ellen Dymit et al., 2025, depicts the proportion of vertebrate prey in felid scat, recorded as a Proportion of Occurrence (PoO). 💩

Ahh... the "Cool Copters" Era. The "Airwolf" television series came out shortly after, plus Magnum P.I. and the A-Team often had extended helicopter chase/stunt scenes.

"Crying is just sweat of the heart."
-Knights & Magic

#Sciart #Paleoart #Pterosaur

Size disparity in Azhdarchidae pterosaurs

Those model kits look fun!

Low angle close-up photo of a cluster of Galanthus "Snowdrop" flowers shining bright white in the sunlight.

The warmth and rain the last few days let the snowdrops flowers in my garden surprise me today. They're all blooming brightly.
#Spring #Gardening
Rockford, Illinois, USA

It is always amazing to see people who let their light shine through, and she shines so brightly on and off the court.
Let it shine!

The pride and power of Iowa State basketball's Audi Crooks Audi Crooks hears the haters. But Iowa State's star inherited resilience from her mom and joy from her dad. Her high-scoring game is the ultimate counterpoint.

Spent some time in Iowa and went long on Iowa State’s Audi Crooks. Despite her dominance, she deals with a lot of negativity, especially about her body. But no matter what is said about her, Audi Crooks wears a smile. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

Yeah for Ancient weirdos!

Daylight savings time is dumb, we’re going to look at dinosaurs instead.

Ichijo-modoribashi Bridge adorned with early blooming Kawazu-zakura 🌸

One of Japan's earliest cherry blossom varieties, blooming from the very beginning of March — right now at their peak, perhaps just a whisper past it.

📍Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City
📸 03/09/2026

T. rex took 40 years to reach full size, study finds Tyrannosaurus rex may have taken far longer to grow up than scientists once thought. By analyzing growth rings in fossilized leg bones from 17 tyrannosaur specimens and using new statistical methods, ...

That's because they coddle them too much now. Back in my day, it only took 20 years for T-Rexes to fully mature, because they had discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the terrible tyrant lizard.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

How did the show go for you? Did you receive good interest and interactions from the attendees? Did you find it worthwhile enough to come again if they do vendors again next year?

Anne Firlit-Weerda
Neuroethology of Adaptive Radiation:
From Fish Brains to Public Curiosity
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Dr. Thomas Holtz, University of Maryland
“A Small State with Some Big Dinosaurs: Maryland in the Mesozoic”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Lena Cole, University of Oklahoma
“Going with the flow: reconstructing ancient communities and ecological evolution from the crinoid fossil record
#PaleoFest #BurpeeMuseum

Dr. Kelsey Arkle
“Applying a Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track Neogene Paleo-Water Depths of the Southern Basin in Trinidad”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Lee Hall, Museum of the Rockies

“A Science Passed by Hand: Why Informal Training In Paleontological Conservation Is No Longer Enough”“

Lauren Wilson, Princeton University
“The evolution of palatal development in the common ancestor of living birds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

First talk of Sunday morning at PaleoFest:
Dr. Kimi Chappelle, Stony Brook University
“Life at the dawn of dinosaur reproduction: growth and faunal diversity from one of the oldest known dinosaur nesting sites”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Today in History: Religious education classes during school hours struck down in Champaign Today is Saturday, March 8, the 67th day of 2025. There are 298 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 8, 1948, the Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down religiou…

On March 8, 1948, the Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down religious education classes during school hours in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the program violated separation of church and state.

Let's hear it for talented professional fossil preparators!
-From talk on Chicago's Archaeopteryx by Dr. Jingmai O’Connor at PaleoFest in Rockford, Illinois, March 7, 2026.
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

I just looked up the recipe, and those look and sound delicious.

Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered - United Kingdom An interpretation of the strange creature Tankya – credit, Vitor Silva / SWNS

Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered

https://www.europesays.com/uk/810076/

An interpretation of the strange creature Tankya – credit, Vitor Silva / SWNS The fossilized remains of a…

I don't live there, but from my very outside perspective, I think Labour really misunderstood who voted them into office this time and why.

Featuring a woman pilot in a futuristic illustration in 1908!

Dr. Jingmai O’Connor
When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Fatima Husain, MIT
“Eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Courtney Sprain, University of Florida
“T-Rex and the Crater of Doom?”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum

Mitchell Riegler, University of Florida
“Hidden Anatomy of Worm Lizards: New Insights from Modern Imaging and 56 Million years of Fossils”
#PaleoFest2026 #Burpee Museum