UC Museum of Paleo @ucmpberkeley
To investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education. ucmp.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA Joined February 2014-
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👀Check out this opportunity for biology and environmental science instructors from @undrstnd_evo
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Is bird flu the new COVID-19? Check out the latest Evo in the News from our sister site Understanding Evolution @undrstnd_evo
Is bird flu the new COVID-19? Check out the latest Evo in the News from our sister site Understanding Evolution @undrstnd_evo
New Year, New Scientific Knowledge! Berkeley Voices Podcast interviews @ucmpberkeley vertebrate paleontologist Dr. Jack Tzeng on new ways to think about our favorite fossils. #FossilFriday
New Year, New Scientific Knowledge! Berkeley Voices Podcast interviews @ucmpberkeley vertebrate paleontologist Dr. Jack Tzeng on new ways to think about our favorite fossils. #FossilFriday
You've got to be kitten me! 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
How did u guys keep him????:0
👀🧬New Evo in the news!
🏆Congratulations to @ucmpberkeley Graduate student Derrick Leong for winning the Richard Estes Memorial Grant. His advisor, Dr. Juan Liu, is a past awardee for the same prize in 2010. 💜#SVP2024
🐈Kitties and puppies, oh my! 🐕@ucmpberkeley grad student Emily Bogner and PostDoc Narimane Chatar moderating and presenting during the Carnivora Session. Grad student Jennifer Hoeflich presented as well! #SVP2024
🐟@ucmpberkeley Grad student Derrick Leong presenting on lateral lines and faculty Juan Liu presenting on catfish of Southern China, and grad student Sergio Garcia-Lara sharing artiodactyl morphometrics during the poster session at #SVP2024
Some photos from the Paleo Club representing UCMP at the opening of the new "Dinosaur Lookout" exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science this past Sat! The Paleo Club consists of and is organized entirely by undergraduate students. 🦕🦖🦕🦖
Happy #NationalFossilDay from your favorite UCMP T-Rex! 🦖🦖🦖
💚Like and follow (these dinosaur footprints in the latest Evo in the News!)
Go team! Our escape room poster won first prize @ScienceCenters conference! @NIHSEPA funded!
VENOMventure is off to a busy start at the @ScienceCenters conference in Chicago! @kunhm # escaperooms! news.berkeley.edu/2023/06/23/an-…
It’s a wrap! It’s been a great #GSA2024 with UCMP graduate student Kayli Stowe representing at the final poster session.
Excellent poster presentations today by UCMP students and alumni at #GSA2024!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. ... @TomHoltzPaleo
32K Followers 1K Following Tyrannocentric Dinosaur Paleobiologist; Univ. Maryland Principal Lecturer in Vertebrate Paleontology; Dir. Science & Global Change Program; Random House author
Darren Naish @TetZoo
51K Followers 10K Following zoologist, natural historian, author Dr Darren Naish | Dinosaurs animals evolution | Co-leader of DINOCON 2025: UK's largest dinosaur-themed convention
Kiersten Formoso, PhD... @Formorphology
12K Followers 1K Following Vertebrate Paleobiologist & Presidential Postdoc @RutgersU | PhD from @USC | Washed up Forbes 30 Under 30 | Was on that dino show | Musician | Avatar fan
David Evans @DavidEvans_ROM
14K Followers 2K Following Dinosaur paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum @ROMToronto & Assoc Prof at @UofT. Member of @RSCTheAcademies, Fellow of @RCGS_SGRC. Opinions my own.
NHMdinolab @NHMdinolab
14K Followers 913 Following Dinosaur researcher at London's Natural History Museum. Tweeting about our research on dinosaurs & other aspects of vertebrate palaeontology (he/him) 🦕
Professor John R. Hut... @JohnRHutchinson
14K Followers 2K Following Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, https://t.co/NxRIG1uJyQ, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS. He/him. FRS
WitmerLab @WitmerLab
7K Followers 1K Following 21st-century approaches to fleshing out the past! Mission: to use the structure of past & present animals to interpret evolutionary history...and to share it!
The PalAss @ThePalAss
12K Followers 3K Following Official Twitter account of the Palaeontological Association: https://t.co/wUu2EEI1Tc. Re-posts of jobs and other events do not mean endorsement
Adam Marsh @NotThatMarsh
2K Followers 524 Following Lead Paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park, Crohn’s survivor, PhD, recovering Hoosier, Arby's enthusiast. Personal account, opinions are my own.
Denver Fowler Ph.D @df9465
4K Followers 314 Following Dinosaur behavior, stratigraphy, fieldwork, raptor feet & claws, tyrannosaur toothmarks, ceratopsids, public interaction, open-science. Opinions my own
Dr. Melissa I. Pardi,... @DrPardi
2K Followers 2K Following Quaternary paleoecology | Illinois State Museum curator | Yankee in the Midwest | merrymaker & bacchante | show me your fossils | posts my own
Scott Hartman @skeletaldrawing
15K Followers 2K Following Father & Husband, vertebrate paleontologist, drawer of skeletals. Associate Professor at UW-Madison (anatomy & physiology, evolution, dinosaurs).
Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive
7K Followers 1K Following Head of paleontology @naturalsciences & Associate Research Professor @NCSUBioSci. President of @JurassicFDN. https://t.co/mavods7lCl
Jim Kirkland @Paleojim
12K Followers 909 Following State Paleontologist for Utah; exploring and promoting the history of life in our southwestern deserts for the public good and the wonder of it all.
Andy Farke @AndyFarke
7K Followers 4K Following Paleontologist, educator, museum director, open science advocate, homebrewer, spouse, parent. Homebrewing blog at https://t.co/SoOOVhjWLt he/him
Cameron Muskelly (Exp... @PaleoCameron
12K Followers 4K Following Self-taught Paleontologist🐚🦖studies Appalachian fossils, Scicommer 📚, Trilobite lover, Fossil Collector ⚒️, Georgia boy🌎, Autistic 🎧 and a Web Troll!
Dr Femke Holwerda @femke_holwerda
3K Followers 2K Following OA Advisor & researcher @UniUtrecht, ex-postdoc @RoyalTyrrell, EiC of JPT @JPaleoTech and EAVP @eavpalaeo Board Member - Diversity Officer. She/Her.
Matt Friedman @Friedman_Lab
5K Followers 2K Following Vertebrate evolutionary biologist | Professor @MichiganEarth | Director & Curator @UMichPaleo | he/him/his
Ashley W Poust @AshPoust
3K Followers 1K Following Paleontology, Anatomy, Evolutionary Medicine, Travel. Grazing with the dinosaurs and dear old horses. -What I'm about to show you may shock and educate you
Natural History Museu... @NHMLA
25K Followers 1K Following Inspiring wonder, discovery & responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
Paleo_evo @Exa2108
435 Followers 380 Following Nada en la biología tiene sentido si no es a la luz de la evolución
Bruobderv @Bruobderv36281
28 Followers 2K Following
Rob Lav @RobLav746471
111 Followers 623 Following
Ansh Saxena ✨ COMMI... @AnshTheDinoGuy
614 Followers 187 Following ArtStation - https://t.co/O4YZl4DbXf Hi! I am Ansh, 19yo artist and Btech student from India DM me for art commissions!
Florencia Montserrat ... @FlorenciaFMGA
47 Followers 3K Following
Mate Markovina @MarkovinaMate
9 Followers 190 Following I like dinosaurs and a future paleontologist
Feedalm @Feedalm0256
62 Followers 3K Following
Mark Jones @MarkJ1610
26 Followers 237 Following
Bridget Linette Stewa... @LinetteTheAsset
217 Followers 4K Following AKA: The Wandering Faun psilocybergirl Baby Drag8n PlayStation Network Gamertag & YouTube Channel: X-ShE-DeViL-X etc...
Enfamiliados @enfamiliados
42 Followers 965 Following Programa de televisión acerca de concursos entre familias. Al aire todos los sábados a la 1:00 pm.
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118 Followers 60 Following 60+ Male https://t.co/jr9HKxPN0y https://t.co/3DiqKDopNv
MONSTER LOVER #1 @marble_eeeee
46 Followers 591 Following MINOR priv for a reason, depressing shit PRIV FOR @magpie545503
Gabriel Alves Das Nev... @gabuDasNeves
1 Followers 16 Following Software Engineer & Paleontology Enthusiast
Izzy @isabellepola
44 Followers 436 Following MSc Paleontology student @geohelsinkiuni studying marine mammals🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️💕 | surfer 🌊 | diver🤿 | nature enthusiast 🌿
Michael @mikey_tokyo150
0 Followers 19 Following
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12 Followers 333 Following
Casing Collector @SaML0102
304 Followers 1K Following I see much of the stupid. Tweets are my own thoughts/opinions/entertainment.
Dushouez @Dushouezpph3JC
20 Followers 2K Following Be what you want to be, not what others want to see.
Karl Stiger @KarlStiger31744
9 Followers 190 Following
Suzan @Suzan893942678
42 Followers 3K Following
Gunnar Bivens 🦕�... @BaeMeiPaleo
2K Followers 5K Following 26, aspiring paleontologist, skeletal artist, metalhead for life, pro-wrestling fan. Sauropods are the greatest. Vtuber faves: 👧🍵🐔🐾🩵🩷🪶🎲🎼💄🌿. Heavy RT!
Tissiroy @tissiroy12605
105 Followers 5K Following
Ia An @IanAngers
0 Followers 9 Following
Harley Edwards @Harlieemichelle
3 Followers 48 Following
The Unconvinced Ameri... @WilliamsNietzs3
756 Followers 2K Following Semper Anticus - Always forward 🇮🇳 🇺🇲 ✝️ ☯️
Dr Darja Dankina 🐟... @DarjaDankina
2K Followers 1K Following 🔸Supervisor - Researcher 🔸Curator of palaeocollection 🔸PhD in geology 🔸@women_archeopal organiser 🔸@ThePalAss council member 🔸@CnsrvPaleoNetwk editor
Emil Svatik @EmilSvatik45806
1 Followers 70 Following
Paul Buret @Paul7nake
3 Followers 28 Following
Raquel @rachel_car27
17 Followers 55 Following
Joy Chambers @JoyChambers1216
10 Followers 51 Following I research the sensory communication of trees and contemporary opera. Stay connected with me on LinkedIn as well -- https://t.co/hjav8uQ0WI…
Adil IMAM @adil_imam28
235 Followers 2K Following 📍🇲🇦 #Morocco | ♊ 🔬🌍 Micropaleontology PhD Candidate #Geology | Passionate about the cosmic wonders and secrets of the earth 🌌 ✊ Keep Moving Forwar▶️
Prehistory @The_Prehistory
56 Followers 300 Following Dinosaurs are cool 🦖👍 Youtube: https://t.co/dBZJu8zxLU
三角龍 @_Triceratop_
0 Followers 26 Following
Paradox99 @JohnMcleod99
36 Followers 274 Following
Geology Bits of Knowl... @geologyBits
147 Followers 137 Following Exploring Earth's wonders through Geology, Mineralogy & Botany | Sharing news, discoveries & marvels of our planet | #Geologists #RockHounds #NatureLovers
Michael80 @MichaelPer5190
1K Followers 1K Following I support weed,and hemp. American Grown Mexican Blood
WEVO66_XD @VLUER_mwm
87 Followers 5K Following no se qué poner aquí XD . . . . . . .soy paleopapu en esta cuenta @wevo666 :v
Subhashi Tania @SubhashiTania
72 Followers 150 Following
Hebert Bruno Campos @pterossauros
273 Followers 2K Following Pterosaurologist. E-mail: [email protected] X: @pterossauros
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. ... @TomHoltzPaleo
32K Followers 1K Following Tyrannocentric Dinosaur Paleobiologist; Univ. Maryland Principal Lecturer in Vertebrate Paleontology; Dir. Science & Global Change Program; Random House author
NHMdinolab @NHMdinolab
14K Followers 913 Following Dinosaur researcher at London's Natural History Museum. Tweeting about our research on dinosaurs & other aspects of vertebrate palaeontology (he/him) 🦕
Professor John R. Hut... @JohnRHutchinson
14K Followers 2K Following Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, https://t.co/NxRIG1uJyQ, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS. He/him. FRS
The PalAss @ThePalAss
12K Followers 3K Following Official Twitter account of the Palaeontological Association: https://t.co/wUu2EEI1Tc. Re-posts of jobs and other events do not mean endorsement
Andy Farke @AndyFarke
7K Followers 4K Following Paleontologist, educator, museum director, open science advocate, homebrewer, spouse, parent. Homebrewing blog at https://t.co/SoOOVhjWLt he/him
Ashley W Poust @AshPoust
3K Followers 1K Following Paleontology, Anatomy, Evolutionary Medicine, Travel. Grazing with the dinosaurs and dear old horses. -What I'm about to show you may shock and educate you
Natural History Museu... @NHMLA
25K Followers 1K Following Inspiring wonder, discovery & responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
Luke Weaver @lukenweaver
1K Followers 1K Following Assistant Curator & Assistant Professor at University of Michigan | @UMichPaleo & @MichiganEarth | Mesozoic & Paleocene Mammals | Denver Sports | Phish (he/him)
Lisa White @lisatoafault
2K Followers 676 Following Paleontologist and geologist, science educator and advocate for diversity in geosciences. UC Museum of Paleontology education and outreach director.
Field Museum @FieldMuseum
99K Followers 878 Following The #FieldMuseum is home to 4.5+ billion years of natural history (including @SUEtheTrex 🦖).
Smithsonian NMNH @NMNH
238K Followers 2K Following The @Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Understanding the natural world and our place in it. Legal: https://t.co/T0xZmb6uul
Yale Peabody Museum @yalepeabody
15K Followers 2K Following Home to ten collecting divisions and over 14 million objects that tell the story of life on planet Earth. The renovated museum will reopen March 26.
Christian A. Sidor @ChristianSidor
3K Followers 678 Following Vertebrate Paleontologist • University of Washington • @BurkeMuseum • @UWBiology • Future Sonics Season Ticket Holder • Squash • HDJ80 repair club
Association of Scienc... @ScienceCenters
10K Followers 1K Following Our vision: Increasing understanding of and engagement with science and technology among all people #sciencemuseum #sciencecenter #sciengage #scicomm
VT Paleobiology @VTechmeetsPaleo
3K Followers 1K Following Paleobiology and Geobiology Research Group at Virginia Tech. Origin of major clades, biotic response to global changes, extinction, and taphonomic processes.
UM Paleontology @UMichPaleo
4K Followers 96 Following University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology (UMMP)// #umichpaleo
UC Berkeley College o... @UCBLettersSci
2K Followers 399 Following Letters & Science is the great, big heart of UC Berkeley. Our divisions span the arts, social and natural sciences, and undergraduate studies.
North American Paleon... @Napc2024
544 Followers 80 Following 17-21 June 2024 #napc2024 The official Twitter/X account for the 12th North American Paleontological Convention.
KU Natural History Mu... @kunhm
3K Followers 1K Following Sharing the life of the planet since 1865, with research fueled by the KU Biodiversity Institute. https://t.co/rXe4cdDYRW
Latinas in Earth and ... @GeoLatinas
10K Followers 4K Following Embracing, Empowering and Inspiring Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Tweets by @AdriFiigueroa @claraexplores & @CaballeroGill
Max Mastodon @MaxMastodon
1K Followers 367 Following I'm Max, the Pacific Mastodon! I enjoy long walks in the Pleistocene, the exhibit hall @WesternCenter, and being cooler than mammoths.
Museum of Vertebrate ... @MVZUCB
999 Followers 223 Following Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), UC Berkeley, is a research facility with collections of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. @Arctosdb member!
The Dry Dredgers @drydredgers
753 Followers 611 Following An association of amateur geologists and fossil collectors. Established 1942; based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The Upper Ordovician is our specialty!
The FOSSIL Project @projectFOSSIL
3K Followers 792 Following Based at the Florida Museum of Natural History of the University of Florida, the FOSSIL project promotes paleontology, outreach, education, and collaboration.
iNaturalist @inaturalist
66K Followers 7K Following The place where your nature photos impact science & conservation around the world. Free, nonprofit, & community-powered. 🪲🐌🌿
Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLab
92K Followers 2K Following Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of @ENERGY national lab.
SPNHC @SPNHC
2K Followers 136 Following Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections: an international soc. to improve the preservation, conservation and management of nat. his. coll.
The Nat @SDNHM
10K Followers 2K Following The Nat is #HereForNature—past, present, and future. Come explore the natural history of Southern California and Baja California with us!
GBIF @biodiversity.so... @GBIF
14K Followers 5K Following GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and biodiversity research infrastructure. 🌱
Pteridophyte Collecti... @pterido_TCN
292 Followers 131 Following We are the Pteridophyte Collections Consortium TCN digitizing extant and fossil pteridophytes from 37 herbaria and museums. NSF funded, tweets our own.
Pacific Paleontology:... @wathompson
227 Followers 533 Following Principal Paleontologist https://t.co/g3LC9pBkWf https://t.co/bO99XyHdXz https://t.co/oxx06dwWTB… https://t.co/g2K590TRbX
Wisconsin Geological ... @WGNHS
3K Followers 466 Following We provide objective scientific information about the geology, mineral resources & water resources of Wisconsin. Tweets and links ≠ endorsement.
Deep Time ECN @DeepTimeECN
128 Followers 173 Following Early Career Network increasing the visibility of the research undertaken by deep time paleoscientists.
PalaeoPERCS @PalaeoPERCS
2K Followers 2K Following 🌊🌍🐠🦎An international virtual Pal(a)eo EaRly Career Seminar series. Led by ECRs, feat. ECRs, open to all. Join us every Tuesday at 1500 UTC!🌍🌎🌏🌸🐚🦕🐙
Juan Liu @PaleoLiu
132 Followers 117 Following deep time evolution of fish & functional anatomy of auditory system @berkeleyIB @ucmpberkeley. opinions are my own.
Dr. Adiel Klompmaker ... @paleoadiel
777 Followers 165 Following Curator of Paleontology @uamuseums @UAMNH. Predation, crustaceans, paleoecology, parasitism, paleobiology, decapods, mollusks.
Dr. Cristina Robins @PaleoCristina
42 Followers 41 Following Paleontologist and squat lobster aficionado (for studying, not eating!). Opinions my own, rt ≠ agreement
Cambrian-Ordovician I... @Ordovician_IMLS
284 Followers 86 Following Specimen digitization project at @ucmpberkeley, focused on Cambrian and Ordovician invertebrates and their associated archival material. Funded by @US_IMLS.
Understanding Global ... @undglobalchange
78 Followers 10 Following Discover why the climate and environment changes, your place in the Earth system, and paths to a resilient future!
NWS Bay Area 🌉 @NWSBayArea
196K Followers 665 Following Official Twitter account for the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area. Details: https://t.co/ASDrLwF1Yj
Dino Nerds For Black ... @DinoNerdsForBLM
501 Followers 62 Following A group of dinosaur nerds fighting for justice and the dismantling of white supremacy. All inquiries go to [email protected]. #Dinos4BlackLives
understandingscience @undrstndscience
133 Followers 11 Following We help folks understand how science really works. This page is operated by the UC Museum of Paleontology.
Dr. Tom @avianscience
25 Followers 33 Following Scientist interested in all things bird in the lab, museum, and field, from the Cretaceous to today. Supporting #diversity in #STEM and #SciComm.
BerkeleyWomen150 @WomenatCal150
515 Followers 40 Following A year long celebration of 150 years of Women at UC Berkeley (Cal) Supporters of #BlackLivesMatter , #DACA 🦋 & #Pride #BerkeleyWomen150
Australasian Palaeont... @AustralasianPa1
620 Followers 55 Following AAP is a specialist group of the Geological Society of Australia for palaeontologists.
Kathleen W. Zoehfeld @kwzoehfeld
67 Followers 274 Following Award-winning author of more than ninety books for young readers. Science writer and editor, and natural history museum volunteer.
Sydney E. Shaner @garnetcompass
161 Followers 716 Following PhD Candidate @ UNM | Teacher in training | #FirstGen | Educator | Orange cat mom | Hydrophile
Ashley A. Dineen (@aa... @aadineen
508 Followers 398 Following PhD, Sr. Museum Scientist of Invertebrate Paleontology at @ucmpberkeley. Researching deep-time functional diversity dynamics. First-gen scientist.
Margaret Lewis, Ph.D. @magratnj
396 Followers 688 Following Paleontologist-carnivorous mammals, paleoanthro, President @SVP_vertpaleo, Prof. of Biology @Stockton_edu, JSC BSA STEM Chair, mom, knitter, she/her #Adoptee
Caroline Strömberg @caestromberg
811 Followers 302 Following Paleobotanist, paleoecologist, phytolith aficionado, plant lover, and humanist. Views are mine only.
Jessica Blois @jessicablois
2K Followers 2K Following Paleoecologist, biogeographer, mammalogist. pronouns: she/her. Note: this Twitter/X account is not closely monitored.
Robert Sanders @bobthesciguy
2K Followers 487 Following UC Berkeley science writer and fan of all things science, from particle physics and nano to bugs and the science of cooking.
Guild of Natural Scie... @GNSIorg
5K Followers 577 Following (INACTIVE ACC) The GNSI supports all types of visual communicators working in science. Cover image © Utako Kikutani. #SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm #DataViz
Jeff Benca @jeffbenca
1K Followers 503 Following Paleobotanist | plant conservation | mass extinctions | horticulture | UCBerkeley | @burkemuseum | @NatGeo Explorer | Artist
MBARI @MBARI_News
49K Followers 2K Following The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.
U.S. National Science... @NSF
1.2M Followers 145 Following Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. Social media policy: https://t.co/IRuZ2l1oLW