Here a new blog post for you, from Thomas Jefferson, in his less well known guise of fossil-hunter!
https://matildaslab.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/thomas-jefferson-megalonyx-jeffersoni/
#thomasjefferson #giantgroundsloth #scicomm
Thomas Jefferson & Megalonyx jeffersoni

When species aren’t being named after famous people they are often named after those who first described them. In this case, Thomas Jefferson actually did first describe this species. He did not do…

Matilda's Lab
Just a couple photos from our natural history museum #museum #naturalhistorymuseum #mastodon #sabretoothedcat #giantgroundsloth #megafauna

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, written by Dr Dean Lomax - Palaeontologist. Here's my "Natural Born Diggers" painting, depicting two young Lestodon playing in the dirt and adults digging tunnels behind.

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Lestodon #GiantGroundSloth

Locked in Time | Columbia University Press

Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fasc... | CUP

Columbia University Press
Some time ago I designed this small poster on Eremotherium fur and heat adaptions. With such an incredible range for the genus during interglacial periods, one can only speculate how the biggest of giant sloths dealt with hot and cold climates.
#giantgroundsloth #eremotherium

Have you heard the one about giant ground sloths eating avocados and pooping out the seeds? Well, it’s a myth. My research is focused on busting that myth. We’re hoping to get a paper out soon, but for now, here’s our poster from #2020SVP.
#paleontology
#GiantGroundSloth
#Mythbuster
#Science

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353982166_Lestodon_doesn't_want_your_avocado_toast_debunking_the_dietary_myths_of_late_Pleistocene_sloths_Mammalia_Pilosa