Celebrated World Book Day SA World Book Day UK 📚 by chatting with kids about “Dinosaurs from Africa” #uct_news #paleontology #dinosaur #exclusivesBooks

New study delves into the intricate neck anatomy of aquatic birds, shedding light on how flexible necks aid in foraging. From Charadriiformes to Phaethoquornithes, learn how variation in cervical structure influences feeding strategies
Buchmann & Rodrigues doi.org/10.1002/ar.254…

The African Penguin could sadly be extinct by 2035! Environmentza SANCCOB BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife Seabirds BirdLife International BirdLife Africa WWF South Africa

Congratulations, Carla! Read here about how Hadeda ibises find their prey in soil using mechanoreceptors located in their beaks! #Biology #Birds #uct_news #Fitz

The International Palaeontological Congress -IPC7-will be in Cape Town, South Africa in 2026! Come join us! Here is the first circular with preliminary registration details!

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Here is a short video of Maria Eugenia Pereyra Maria Eugenia Pereyra and I highlighting key findings of our recent work on Caiman bone microstructure.
youtu.be/zu7eWpP87Nc?si… via YouTube

Have you heard we’re hosting the International pPaleontology al Congress (IPC7) in Cape Town? Besides the academic program we’re also going to do several field trips to key localities in South Africa. Here is a glimpse of the Devonian one…

The Chinsamy-Turan group continues to showcase the complexities and nuance of osteohistology, including another example of fibrolamellar bone in a crocodylian, along with another instance of multiple LAG depositions within the span of a single year.

Check out our new paper on the bone histology of Caimans! Maria Eugenia Pereyra #palaehistology #osteohistology #crocodylians #boneHistology #paleohistology
url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aB1VC66x59tr…

Happy to share our new paper on the postcranial osteohistology of Caiman latirostris 🐊🔬!
PaulaBona, Pablo Siroski, Anusuya CHINSAMY-T
Journal of Morphology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

University of Cape Town students at the 5 million year old fossil locality at the West Coast Fossil Park. #wcfp #fossils #uct_news #paleontology #palaeontology

University of Cape Town students at the 5 million year old fossil locality at the West Coast Fossil Park. #wcfp #fossils #uct_news #paleontology #palaeontology

UN Women Women in Science Day Jen Walton Girls Who Chase Brazilian scientist Aline Ghilardi has always loved dinosaurs. Now, she also loves fighting against colonialism and sexism in paleontology.

eos.org/features/aline…

Aline Ghilardi This is a fantastic article, Meghie Rodrigues, & wow!! 'A 1990s Paleoworld episode with Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, a woman paleontologist from South Africa, showed her otherwise.' Anusuya CHINSAMY-T ❤️

SO glad you persisted despite everything, Aline. So sorry for all that you experienced. 🙏❤️

During the IPC7 you can visit the fabulous Iziko South African Museums of Cape Town and enjoy the amazing exhibitions! iziko.org.za/museums/south-…

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📢New paper with Tsilavo Razafimanantsoa, PhD
Check out our new #openaccess paper in @plantspplplant on #modernpollenrain in Madagascar and its implications for #palaeoecological research to be conducted on the island. Thanks to National Research Foundation of South Africa, National Geographic Society, INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pp…

Heavier than a Boeing 737. Longer than a yacht. Discovered by a farmer.
Patagotitan!
On display Natural History Museum and a fitting canopy for dessert and drinks as we celebrated 200 years of dinosaurs.

I am really excited to report one of the most exciting findings that we found!! 🌿Summary: we identified a fungus that is ecologically dominant and lives on the stalk gland of sundew! And the fungus facilitates its prey digestion!!!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
thread below⬇️

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