Dr. Tom

Scientist interested in all things bird in the lab, museum, and field, from the Cretaceous to today. Supporting #diversity in #STEM and #SciComm.

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Lucky shot of spring migrating #birds with Brambling (left) and Grey-capped Greenfinch (right) drinking together during the Qingming holiday in the hills of #Beijing #China. #BirdsPhotography

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

6 million year old #extinct daytime active #Fossil #Owl found in #China and named Miosurnia diurna. Spectacular fossil #bird skeleton preserves eye bones, tongue bones, last meal, and much more. We published in @PNASNews https://t.co/oUBjr72yQ8

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Our reconstruction of the #Cretaceous #fossil #bird with a tongue as long as its head. What was it sticking its tongue out at 120 million years ago? Read more: https://t.co/bFU64KIY3m

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

#Fossil enantiornithine #bird from the #Cretaceous of #China evolved a tongue as long as its head. Read our paper about it: https://t.co/lYKjmT35Vr

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Our research published in @NatureComms today shows early #bird skulls retained #dinosaur features like in #Tyrannosaurus. #birdwithadinosaurskull https://t.co/wBH249rYMg

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

@LHlusko Lab space is always good. I only had a desk and two shelves in a shared room for my first 4 years in Beijing.

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

This short video of foraging #birds is almost hypnotic. Birds are amazing.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Watch rare shorebirds engage in a synchronized water dance: https://t.co/UrVwZQ2tPQ

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

This is a great step forward in understanding the #biology and #evolution of #birds. There's so much data to dig into, and helps to show what amazing creatures they are.

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A paper published in Nature describes whole-genome alignments of 363 bird genome sequences, 267 of which were newly generated, allowing more thorough investigations of conservation and selection. https://t.co/2DyznKrlnc

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

For #FossilFriday, here's the #fossil skull of the #extinct enantiornithine #bird Longipteryx with associated feathers from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of #China. Interesting #birds with a long rostrum and few teeth, but what did they do with it?

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV
https://t.co/izpp4Akoly

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV
Fossils recovered from Antarctica may belong to the largest flying bird ever, study finds https://t.co/8WLZyGYlQu via @usatoday

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[ABC News @abcnews]

#ICYMI: Fossil pelagornithid bird with 6m wingspan found in Antarctica https://t.co/uQxWxHNM36

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[EcoWatch @EcoWatch]

"These #pelagornithid fossil findings emphasize the importance of natural history collections." https://t.co/uSo7HIOGIH

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[The New Daily @TheNewDailyAu]

Meet the pelagornithid: @JElderWriter on the giant bony-toothed bird that ruled Antarctica millions of years ago https://t.co/TehuxcgZQW

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Good press on our paper in @SciReports about the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

A new study documenting the birds, published today in Scientific Reports, is the result of a fossil detective story spanning from Antarctica to California. https://t.co/MKonO1KfIX

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

More tweets about our paper on the #EarliestGiantFlier in @SciReports. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[Ashley W Poust @AshPoust]

Maybe you need some uplifting news right now?

Well the biggest birds that ever flew knew something about uplift!

Antarctica + giant birds with teeth?
Check out our new paper with @BeakyThings @avianscience
It's open access so everyone can take a look.

https://t.co/9gTjHe18DF

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Tweet more about our paper on the #EarliestGiantFlier published in @SciReports. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley]

What can you find in the drawers @ucmpberkeley waiting to be published? Giant bony-toothed birds from Antarctica, a collaborative study by present and former @berkeleyIB students @BeakyThings @AshPoust @avianscience today in @SciReports
https://t.co/9xhbkGVvhX

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Its our great paper on the #EarliestGiantFlier in @SciReports getting lots of coverage. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV

[Peter Kloess @BeakyThings]

For #FossilFriday, here's the #bird jaw from #Antarctica that @AshPoust, @avianscience, & I published in @SciReports. It came from a giant pelagornithid (5-6m wingspan). Reconstruction by Brian Choo. #EarliestGiantFlier https://t.co/PqVQ2mI2PZ

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Pt 2: These #Antarctic pelagornithid #fossils (bony-toothed birds) are the earliest records of giant flying birds. Authors: @BeakyThings @AshPoust @avianscience Fossil collector: @UCRiverside Michael Woodburne. Artist reconstruction: @flinders Brian Choo.

[Dr. Tom @avianscience]

Check out our new paper in @SciReports about the #EarliestGiantFlier, a 50 million year old #fossil #bird from #Antarctica with a 5 - 6 meter (20 foot) wingspan. Bigger than the largest wingspan today; the Wandering Albatross at 3.5 meters (11 feet). https://t.co/RItNMZ2131