PalaeOzeki Boring Lady @palaeozeki.bsky.social Palaeobiologst researching microbial bioerosion on ancient marine reptiles. Fossil microbes involved in decomposition, taphonomy, marine reptiles, parasites, deep ocean and deep sea organisms. (Mainly posts about palaeontology, Japan and simulation games).
Dr. Joe Moysiuk @cambrojoe.bsky.social Curator of Palaeontology and Geology at the Manitoba Museum and Adjunct Prof. at U of Saskatchewan Geological Sciences, using Cambro-Ordovician #fossils to illuminate early animal evolution (personal account)
Megan Jacobs @meganjacobspalaeo.bsky.social PhD student, paleoartist, public speaker, and co founder of Wight Coast Fossils:) Specialising in Mesozoic reptiles and Wessex Formation geology.
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
OUGS Social Media @ougeolsoc.bsky.social "Not just any Geol Soc, the OPEN UNIVERSITY Geol Soc!"
#OUGS, student association for the UK's OU Earth science/geology students (but anyone welcome!) Website: ougs.org. Social Media admin: Linda Fowler. Affiliated to Open SU @oustudents.bsky.social
Museum of North Craven Life @ The Folly, Settle @thefollysettle.bsky.social 17th Century Grade 1 listed house in the Yorkshire Dales, with collections and galleries celebrating the fascinating tales of the people and landscape of North Craven.
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
Frances Stonehouse @frances-s.bsky.social Curator at Kirklees Museums & Galleries
* Oakwell Hall
* Tolson Museum
* Bagshaw Museum
www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/index.aspx
Land of Iron @landofiron.bsky.social Born of Iron. Made of steel.
Land of Iron is Teesside's industrial heritage museum.
www.landofiron.org.uk
Sheffield Museums @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social Six museums and historic sites across the city, creating life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled memories with you ✨
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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University of Cambridge Museums @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Eight University of Cambridge Museums & the Botanic Garden | Five million marvellous objects to discover | Come on in! museums.cam.ac.uk
Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
@leedsmuseums.bsky.social @leedsmuseums.bsky.social
Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science @hpsleeds.bsky.social Established in 1957 at the University of Leeds. We are a group of researchers exploring the development and meanings of science, technology and medicine.
Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social Vertebrate evolutionary biologist | Professor University of Michigan | Director & Curator UMMP | he/him/his
Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social 30 years a GP, now PhD palaeobiology. Six new dinosaurs for the Isle of Wight. Scientific associate Natural History Museum London. Worried about the destruction of the NHS.
SIMMS Primary Science @simmspriscience.bsky.social The Bluesky account for the St Mary's University (Twickenham) Primary Science Team. All things (or mainly) primary science.
Gordon Neighbour @cornubiangeologist.bsky.social Amateur Geologist. Interested in all things geology and palaeontology.
PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social Strengthening Paleontology - The German hub for global cooperation / Bringing together Paleontologists to develop a long-term research vision with international knowledge exchange and novel scientific cooperation-https://www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/
dr. Jamie A. MacLaren @palaeotheoryum.bsky.social FWO senior post-doctoral researcher @UAntwerpen Funmorph lab.
comparative anatomy // functional morphology // palaeobiology // mammals // reptiles// 3D reconstructions // art & sport
website: palaeotheoryum.wordpress.com/
artwork by CorbinRainbolt
Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social 🦖 Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (charity no. 1165231)
Since 2013, promoting the long-term conservation of the Victorian palaeontological statues + the Geological Court at Crystal Palace Park
📧 info@cpdinosaurs.org
https://linktr.ee/cpdinosaurs
Otley Science Festival @otleyscience.bsky.social Striving to inspire young people & adults in the community to explore the wonders of science, technology & engineering. Festival '26 runs 12th to 14th November.
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social Paleontologist, Graptolite Geek, R Programmer, creator of paleotree, Tabletop Roleplaying Game Nerd, Catcher of Pokémon, faculty senator. All comments are my trash opinion alone.
Rockwatch - The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children @rockwatch.bsky.social The junior club of the Geologists' Association - the UK-based Society for amateur and professional geologists and earth scientists.
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social Paleoecologist with a computer 🐚🪱🪸👩💻 • Fossils for the future! • On the job market • 1851 Research Fellow at University of Southampton • she/her • atcribb.github.io #paleoecology #evoeco
atcribb.github.io
Palaeo_Scene @palaeo-scene.bsky.social Jenna, she/her, Curator natural science @potteriesmuseum 🦖🦕🦊🦇🐝🌿
🎓 MPhil-Manchester Uni, 🎓 BSc-Portsmouth Uni
Instagram - palaeo_scene
Dinosaur Society @dinosaursociety.bsky.social The Dinosaur Society is a UK charity established to encourage an interest in dinosaurs.
http://www.dinosaursociety.com
Dr. Tanya Samman @t-s-sci.bsky.social Scientist and communicator. Geoscientist/Palaeontologist. she/her. My views are my own.
James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social Public Engagement Manager Imperial College London - #ImperialLates and #sciart 'Great Exhibition Road Festival' organiser. Also writes about planets and geology and other stuff. #Scicomm + music geek.
https://bsky.app/profile/jamesromero.bsky.social
House of York @houseofyork.bsky.social Author | Broadcaster on all things York | York holiday home owner linktr.ee/houseofyork www.houseofyork.org
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
The Skull Index CIC @theskullindex.bsky.social Registered non-profit CIC Educational Collaborative Database & Free in-person Educational Talks 🦴
Run by volunteers, working with museums & the public!
Do you collect or work with vertebrate specimens? Check us out!
https://linktr.ee/theskullindex
Gabby is working on The Skull Index @dreaddoughnuts.bsky.social They/Them | 28 | Tarantula Keeper | Natural History Enthusiast | Project Admin on The Skull Index | Hockey Fan (derogatory)
✨🦇Grandson Of Dracula🦇✨ @timidlyfiendish.bsky.social Charles, 30.
Goth Prince. Deaf. adhd.
Bastard son of Vanian.
A mixture of hyperfixations.
He/Him
🦇🐺🐐🖤🏴🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
[All views are my own]
Prof Alex Dunhill @profalexdunhill.bsky.social father | husband | Yorkshireman | ⚽️goalkeeper/clubman/coach/referee | Associate Professor of Palaeobiology | extinction & macroecology | UP THE OWLS & UP THE MAIN! views my own (he/him)
https://amdunhill.co.uk/
Imran Rahman @imranrahman.bsky.social Palaeobiologist | Principal Researcher @nhm-london.bsky.social | Editor-in-Chief @journalsystpal.bsky.social | Honorary Associate @morethanadodo.bsky.social | he/him
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/imran-rahman.html
Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog Biogeochemist and clammunicator (:)
He/him
If you like clam facts check out my blog (profile name)
Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social Paleobiologist @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social into cephalopods, parasites, funny tees and movies; Paleontology/Evolution Section Editor @PeerJLife
; previously @palaeofau. Avatar after Jacek Yerka also on @djbirddanerd@ecoevo.social
Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social PaleoStu. Self-employed creative specialising in scientific visualisation, illustration, motion graphics, graphic design, 3D. Avocational palaeontologist working on armoured dinosaurs. Scientific Associate at The Natural History Museum, London 🦕
Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social 🏛Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield 🎓PhD Evolutionary Biology🏝Islands 🐘Elephants🦣Mammoths🦷Teeth ⚒️1/4 of TrowelBlazers 📰EiC Open Quaternary 🎥🎙Presenter. Expcet typos.
Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social Paleontologist ⛏️🦴. Museum Educator. Swiftie 🫶. #scicomm. Published author of children's #dinosaur books 📚. Favorite dinosaur: #Parasaurolophus. (she/her)
Yorkshire Philosophical Society @ypsyork.bsky.social Promoting public understanding of science and civilisation since 1822. Based in York, UK. Find us at ypsyork.org
Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social Invertebrate palaeontologist and bryozoologist at the Natural History Museum, London.
Neil Adams @neilfadams.bsky.social Curator of Fossil Mammals 🦴 Mammal palaeoecology and palaeo-diet researcher 🦷 Associate Researcher at OUMNH and Honorary Visiting Fellow at University of Leicester. Hiker and rambler 🥾 (he/him)
Richard Stockey @richardstockey.bsky.social Lecturer in Palaeobiology at University of Southampton
––– trying to understand how environmental change has impacted oceans and the animals that live in them through Earth's history |he/him|
Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social Invertebrate Paleontologist, Bivalvologist, Zoologist, Geologist, Independent Researcher, Educator, and Businessman. Contact me on ranjeev.epa@outlook.com
He/him
Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social Geologist / palaeontologist in Dublin, retired museum curator National Museum of Ireland, still digging... mostly in 18-19th centuries
Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social Geologist, writes on the history of geology and palaeontology, especially in the late 18th–early 19th C, and on the history of geology in Antarctica. Patron Lyme Regis Museum. Author of THE FOSSIL WOMAN A LIFE OF MARY ANNING (Dovecote Press 2020).
Palaeo@Leeds @palaeoleeds.bsky.social The Palaeo@Leeds Research Group is a multidisciplinary group of palaeobiologists, climate modellers, and geochemists based in
the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.
Dr. Sara L Middleton @saralilplants.bsky.social Open Science educator 📚| PhD in plant trait ecology @ Oxford Uni 🌱 | Editorial Board @plantperspectives.bsky.social 🌿 | Founder & Filmmaker 🎥 | 💚 Fabaceae, Crinoids, Outreach, Slow Scholarship | AuDHD | She/her. Own views
saralilmiddleton.com
Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social Full-time palaeo-reconstruction artist.
Our new book, THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, is out now!
Buy here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-secret-lives-of-dinosaurs/9780231211307/
Elizabeth M Dowding @thefairestfowl.bsky.social Rocks.
Devonian.
Bliss.
The Sensational Museum @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Using what we know about disability to change how museums work for everyone. Find out more: https://sensationalmuseum.org/
University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social Welcome to the library. We're here to connect with the academic community at York, and beyond. Tips, updates, dialogue and scholarly comms.
https://linktr.ee/uoylibrary
Uni of York people! Starter Pack here: https://go.bsky.app/24quNDW
Northumberland Archives @nlandarchives.bsky.social Accredited archives for the county of Northumberland and Diocese of Newcastle. Housed at Woodhorn, near Ashington, and at Berwick Library. northumberlandarchives.com
York Army Museum @yorkarmymuseum.bsky.social 🎖️Award-winning museum. 🎖️
We care for the collections of the Royal Dragoon Guards and the Royal Yorkshire Regiment, and we share our objects' stories.
Open 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday.
JORVIK Viking Centre @jorvikviking.bsky.social 👆 Follow us for Viking fun! 🤪
Book a visit to discover the REAL Vikings 🔥
Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social I like music and museums | Digital Curator at Barnsley Museums | Museums Computer Group committee member | Barnsley Civic Trust committee member | Recently started writing for the MA journal.
Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com Organisers of sector events, Museums + Heritage Show and Awards, and publishers of Museums + Heritage Advisor. Known simply as M+H, we are at the centre of connecting the world of museums, galleries and heritage attractions
https://museumsandheritage.com
Wakefield Museums and Castles @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social Wakefield Council Museums and Castles team. Follow us for news about our museums and castles across the district and stories from our collections.
Dr. James Dilley @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social Experimental Archaeologist; Media consultant; Specialist in Flintknapping & Bronze casting: see my work displayed at The British Museum & Stonehenge
Find me at: https://www.ancientcraft.co.uk/
Kate Fellows @katehfellows.bsky.social Head of Learning & Access @leedsmuseums.bsky.social. GEMYH rep, Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network chair, Artsmark moderator, Cultural Learning Alliance advisory panel. Change the world with tea, cake & awesome arts and culture. Own views. She/her.
Claire Adler @cladle.bsky.social Heritage, Culture & Communities Consultant: NLHF Mentor; supporting and developing NLHF museum & community heritage projects, audience development research and also Chair of Queen Edith’s Community Forum, Cambridge (she/her) www.claireadler.co.uk
Museum Development North @musdevnorth.bsky.social
Charlotte Connelly @curatorconnelly.bsky.social Head Curator at the National Science and Media Museum. Historian of science and technology. Nerdy about media tech, the history of electricity, the polar regions and the history of exploration #histsci #histtech #museums 📜
Dr. Bethany Allen @bethanyjallen.bsky.social Palaeobiologist interested in biodiversity patterns over long timescales 📉
Postdoc at @gfz.bsky.social 🇩🇪
Co-chair of @besmacro.bsky.social, member of @paleodb.bsky.social committee and @palaeoverse.bsky.social dev team 👩💻
She/her
Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social MSci palaeontology and geology 🎓
Functional morphologist 🐦🦿
Archosaur researcher 🦕🦖🦤🦅🦃🐊
Researched on jaw/beak mechanical advantage, Morrison Formation theropod dental microwear, and currently South Asian crocodilians from the Cenozoic
Bradly Shelby @bradthecurator.bsky.social I'm an amateur vertebrate paleontologist, science communicator, and hadrosaur enthusiast in the process starting a natural history museum.
Cover by Natee Himmapaan
#paleontology #scicomm #dinosaurs
Anna Krahl @paleokrahl.bsky.social PhD, geologist, paleontologist and flipperologist, accidentally ecolables & communication consultant, currently e-learning platform manager in med. tech., mom in #STEM, she/her
BrennanThePaleoDude @paleodudebrennan.bsky.social I make obscure prehistoric plushies! Cambrian & Mosasaur researcher. Director of The Vancouver Paleontological Society. Trilobite and Cambrian Obsessed. Canadian Fossil Hunter. FromTheShalePlushies
PalaeoPoems @palaeopoems.bsky.social We track down palaeontology poems (modern and long-lost) & share them with short bios of the authors, natural history context, & artwork. palaeopoems.webflow.io
Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social Palaeobiologist @tcddublin.bsky.social | deep-time biodiversity & macroevolution 🦎🦕 🌍 | equity & ethics ⚖️ | 🇮🇪☘️ (she/sí) | All views my own.
https://emmadunne.github.io/
Sam Giles @gilespalaeo.bsky.social Scientist and palaeobiologist | she/her/hers | Royal Society Senior Research Fellow in Birmingham, UK and Lapworth Museum Academic Keeper | 🏳️🌈 | too many pets | currently mostly migraines |
Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social Marine mammal paleontologist, artist, snorkeler, beachcomber, tidepool enthusiast. Blog: www.coastalpaleo.blogspot.com
Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social Zoologist, author, natural historian Dr Darren Naish | Dinosaurs animals evolution | Books: DinosaursHTLE - DINOPEDIA - AncientSeaReptiles. PREHISTORIC PLANET lead consultant AppleTV | DINOCON leader | Mesozoic Art II out now
https://linktr.ee/tetzoo
Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social Dr Alexander J. Hetherington | Plant evolutionary biologist, University of Edinburgh UK | UKRI Future Leader Fellow |
Lab website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/hetherington
Dane Pavitt 🦕🌍 @danepavitt.bsky.social Natural Sciences student, researcher & educator at The Open University & Potteries Museum
Palaeontologist 🦕 Natural Historian 🦈 Museum worker 🏛 Science Communicator 🥼 Conservation & climate 🌍 Metal guitarist 🤘(He/him)
Often speak in GIFs
Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social The "starfish guy"(but also a little about a lot of marine invertebrates, #echinoday #echinoderms. Kaiju, comics enthusiast. Marine scientist, taxonomist, deep-sea researcher. Statements/posts made here are my own & DO NOT REPRESENT HOST organizations
Davide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social Palaeobiologists (Uppsala University). Vertebrate Palaeobiologist: Mesozoic reptiles, anatomy, systematics, palaeoecology, macroevolution & assemblages, digital palaeontology
https://davidefoffa.weebly.com
Prehistoric Wirral @prehistoricwirral.bsky.social Independent archaeology research project unearthing and preserving the Prehistory of Wirral. Whilst celebrating it's nature. Est'd 2018. https://www.prehistoricwirral.com
📌Wirral Pennisula
Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social Research Associate in Natural History Humanities at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge (https://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-richard-fallon). Author of "Contesting Earth's History", "Reimagining Dinosaurs", and more. Also, graptolites.
Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social NERC Independent Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland. Studies fossils, writes books, hikes mountains, drinks tea, knits jumpers. Ex-chair of Scottish Geology Trust, Secretary of PalSoc 🏳️🌈
https://elsapanciroli.wordpress.com/
The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social We are the oldest society in the world devoted to palaeontology. We focus on British fossils, publishing monographs, funding research, and supporting projects in the palaeontological community. For more info visit: www.palaeosoc.org
Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social Sharing the art of scientific learning! 🌍💡
Courses, coaching, and events to connect researchers in life & earth sciences. We want to empower collaboration, equity, & innovation.
#TScourses #KeepLearning
Jordan Bestwick @jordanbestwick1.bsky.social Palaeobiologist at Universität Zurich (UZH) researching functional morphology and disparity of extinct reptiles (SNSF-funded)
Mostly palaeo- and nature-related content, may post Doctor Who stuff on occasion
Oliver Weeks @palaeo-olly.bsky.social MSci Palaeontology and Evolution graduate | Co-Founder of Emanya Fossil Preparation and Conservation | Indoor Meetings Sec Yorkshire Geological Society | Studying Whale Jaw Function and Rhaetian Microvertebrates | He/Him
Darren Withers @outfossiling.bsky.social Supporting amateur Palaeontology + Citizen science More about me 👇
https://lnk.bio/outfossiling
https://outfossiling.com/
David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social I'd rather be crinoid hunting.
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk 60% freelancer exploring & challenging science through art & events.
40% Patient & Public Involvement @britsocimm.bsky.social
100% nerd.
Views my own!
She/her
Spoonie / medical mystery
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇸🇬
Hanaayoob.co.uk
Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social Assistant Curator of Collections @ Bradford District Museums and Galleries ⚙🏺🖼 🏛 | PhD 🎓 | Historian 📜 | Proud Bradfordian 💪🐗 | Interested in local heritage; bygone times; people from the past; & dusty old things | 📌 🗺 Bradford, Yorkshire | Views my own.
Baran Karapunar @barankarapunar.bsky.social Dr. rer. nat., Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology at the Palaeontological Museum, University of Zurich, Marine paleocommunity food webs 🦈, Palaeozoic to Mesozoic gastropods 🐚 and bivalves 🦪, Permian-Triassic mass extinction 🌋
He/him
The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social Official Bluesky of The Palaeontological Association (palass.org). Re-post of jobs and other events doesn't mean endorsement.
James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social A poetic welsh rogue, and man of many reputations, some of which are even true… Finding my way in Paleoart, toy collecting, am a maker, painter, sculptor, dabbler in Scicomm, and a few other things beside
Dr Jed Atkinson @antiquilima.bsky.social Learning and Access Officer at Leeds Discovery Centre | Palaeontologist | Member of @fossilsinthills.bsky.social
Mark Reid FRGS @teamwalking.bsky.social 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 & 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒔
High quality, professionally run hill skills courses, hiking adventures and outdoor experiences.
Liam Herringshaw @fossiliam.bsky.social Palaeontologist for hire, based in York, UK. One half of York's Hidden History (https://yorkshiddenhistory.co.uk/) and co-founder of the Yorkshire Fossil Festival.
Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social Palaeobotany | Scicomm | Associate Prof in Plant Science, Nottingham, UK | Vogon poet | Views my own | She/her