Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD

Evolutionary biologist from @UofT. Freelance science writer and founder of @elephabacteria. Science videos at @DarwinsChroni. Find me on Mastodon too.

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

A tiny village, thousands of trilobites, a treasure trove now seeing the light of day after 50 years. My research in Medium! #palaeontology #fossils

https://t.co/hvf2NsOYKO

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

Does evolution have limits? Learn how the first animals experimented with shapes that have never appeared again, including three-legged animals. #fossils #palaeontology #science

https://t.co/sBR7Pps4yK

[ミロ@古生物図鑑の人 @mirokunn2224]

#Cambrian #illustration #古生物 #イラスト
2両編成ヒメノカリナ

[IFLScience @IFLScience]

Some 506 million years ago, a three-eyed predator hunted in Earth’s oceans.

https://t.co/0lVHM1OEPi

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

There is something strange appearing in my Paleo feed: AI-generated dinosaurs!

While generally harmless, I am worried when science communicators and even researchers use such tools. If you have a Medium account, I invite you to read my latest post

https://t.co/6kNLQMv3Z6

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

Our Solar system is surrounded by a giant belt of debris, remnants of its formation billions of years ago.

Now, a survey using the telescope ALMA has revealed almost a hundred such belts around nearby stars. Discover what it found at the @ESO blog:
https://t.co/eMcACPWrQQ

[Prog Rock Songs @progrocksongs]

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the release of Rick Wakeman's debut solo album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, the most successful album of his solo career.
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What is your favourite track on the album?

*** Rick Wakeman's thoughts on Piano Vibrations, released before this album: This was never meant to be a solo album and to be honest I certainly don't count it as a solo album in any respect.

[ESO @ESO]

Using ESO's #VLT, astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds on #exoplanet WASP-127b.

The winds reach speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the fastest jetstream of its kind ever measured on a planet!

Discover more: https://t.co/PqS7IYWw6s

Artist's impression by ESO/L. Calçada

[ESO @ESO]

The skies above Paranal are at risk from a proposed industrial megaproject. 

This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.

Read more: https://t.co/gDmT0D3OLB

📷 ESO/P. Horálek

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

@MaryamATweets The ginger taco with googly eyes?

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

@ICB_journal @Medium Thanks for highlighting my research! Happy to learn more about insect biomechanics too!

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

@MarioGBartual Hi Mario. Yes. There is good evidence that the ancestors of mantises during the age of dinosaurs were cockroach-like. Both groups are closely related, although current cockroaches and the ones in the past are also different in their own way.

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

Did cockroaches evolve into praying mantises?

Explore the fossil record of cockroaches and learn how these creepy bugs transformed into fascinating predators.

If you have Medium, I invite you to take a look at my story:

https://t.co/9rSlJvOFZd

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

When I thought I had a good comprehension of all animal groups.... and just found out a complete group that only lives in the kidneys of octopi... great.

[ASP-Parasitologists @AmSocParasit]

New in The Journal of Parasitology!

TAXES OF DICYEMIDS (PHYLUM DICYEMIDA)

By Naoki Hisayama; Yuto Takeuchi; and Hidetaka Furuya.

https://t.co/Y7EGz95b0j

[nature @Nature]

“I've witnessed something that I feel is extremely bad, not just for the United States, but for all of us in the world.”

Scientists around the world expressed disappointment and alarm as Republican Donald Trump has secured a second term https://t.co/VVtrivXZeH

[Dino Dad Reviews 🦕📖🦖 @dinodadreviews]

Yohohoho, yohohoho! 🦐
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[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

Forgot to mention this artwork is from @IsaiahCTorre. Great paleoartist!

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

Fossils🦕, extinctions ☄️and the limits of evolution.

Can we predict evolution? What caused the event that killed 85% of species?

If you are at @ESO Headquarters this Thursday (or receive the ESO newsletter), please join me in my talk for Astronomy for Non-Astronomers!

[Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD @trichodes]

@IsaiahCTorre Hi Isaiah, I am a paleontologist; I love your image and was thinking about using it for an upcoming talk and would like to ask for your permission. I will give you credit for any promotional material including any tweets. PM if you want to talk! Thanks.

[🦕 Isaiah Cole Torre 🦖 @IsaiahCTorre]

One quiet evening, 450 million years ago...
#paleoart