Stephanie Drumheller

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Stephanie Drumheller-Horton: paleontologist, taphonomist, mom. Lecturer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Opinions are my own.
@DrAndrewThaler I "lucked out" and have classes to teach right in the middle of my afternoon slump. Getting on your feet and moving around does help though.
Brazil's National Museum Staff Save Irreplaceable Items During Fire

Museum staff and volunteers are being credited with saving some of the National Museum's irreplaceable collection, while inadequate funding and maintenance are being blamed for causing Sunday's devastating fire.

The real deep reefs of South Carolina, dolphin chatter, autonomous starfish killing robots, an exciting submarine discovery, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: September 3, 2018

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now) Robots versus Aliens is my favorite genre of conservation technology. Sea-Star Murdering Robots Are Deployed in the Great Barrier Reef. Fish Bombardment…

Southern Fried Science

The loss of so much world heritage and so many lifetimes worth of research during the #MuseuNacional fire is heartbreaking.

Pepesuchus holotype, National #Museum of #Brazil. 📸 Chris Brochu
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-museum-fire/569299/

What Was Lost in Brazil’s Devastating Museum Fire

Two hundred years of work—and millions of priceless specimens—have been destroyed in a preventable tragedy.

I've been playing with an academic "#genealogy" database this evening. My academic pedigree includes Darwin, Cope, Huxley, Osborn, Romer, Lyell, etc. Check it out. It's a fun (if also intimidating) way to track "lineages" in #academic.

https://academictree.org/evolution/index.php

Evolution Tree

Evolution Tree - The Academic Genealogy of Evolutionary Biology

Every week, we round up the biggest ocean science an conservation news from around the web.

Saving the Great Barrier Reef, bolt cutters, bulk cutters, beak scars, and more! Monday Morning Salvage, August 27, 2018.

http://www.southernfriedscience.com/saving-the-great-barrier-reef-bolt-cutters-bulk-cutters-beak-scars-and-more-monday-morning-salvage-august-27-2018/

Saving the Great Barrier Reef, bolt cutters, bulk cutters, beak scars, and more! Monday Morning Salvage, August 27, 2018.

Foghorn (A Call to Action!) Do you have a novel idea that could help save the world’s reefs? Sign up for the Out of the Blue Box Reef Innovation Challenge! Out of the Blue Box is a global sea…

Southern Fried Science

The American #alligator's range extends a lot further north than many people expect. How far? Here's an Oklahoma Department of Wildlife announcement about #alligators in their state.

https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/department-of-wildlife-shares-photo-of-alligator-in-southeastern-oklahoma

Department of Wildlife shares photo of alligator in southeastern Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife on Wednesday shared a photo of an alligator in the southeastern portion of the state, and they say its one of six in the area.

RT @[email protected]: The original mean girls - #MusMeme
📷 SA gov. collection GN10545

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/HistorySA/status/1032175545293971456

History Trust of SA on Twitter

“The original mean girls - #MusMeme 📷 SA gov. collection GN10545”

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These #museum #fossil jokes, they kill me. #taphonomy #MusMeme