Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
Traces & trace fossils. Wrote LIFE SCULPTED (U. of Chicago Press, 2023), DINOSAURS WITHOUT BONES (2014), THE EVOLUTION UNDERGROUND (2017), & TRACKING THE GOLDEN ISLES (2020). Trekkie, reading, cooking, craft beer, childless cat dude. https://ajmartinauthor
- Reposted by Anthony (Tony) J. MartinCrocodilian moms are awesome mothers! Happy Mother’s Day to all the human moms out there today! 🐊
- Reposted by Anthony (Tony) J. MartinThe children’s book "Mother of Sharks" follows Mellie, who travels into the future to study sharks and their role in marine ecosystems—and, spoiler alert—becomes the Mother of Sharks. In 2022, we spoke with author and shark scientist Melissa Márquez about the book and why shark conservation matters.
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- Reposted by Anthony (Tony) J. MartinIt's a cicada sex party! Wait, who invited the zombies? Periodical cicadas in Brood XIV are starting to appear, and so is the fungus Massospora cicadina, which infects and zombifies the cicadas. I wrote about what scientists hope to learn from Brood XIV cicada zombies, for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
- If you live in the Denver CO area, check out @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's talk on June 4 at the @denvermuseumns.bsky.social about her new book "Reefs of Time." I was lucky enough to read an advance copy & heartily recommend it! More here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 🧪📚🪸🪨
- Hey, Colorado! Join me June 4 at @denvermuseumns.bsky.social where I’ll be talking about fossil coral reefs and my new book. There will be drinks, fossils, book signing, and the Jurassic Oceans exhibit too! Info and tickets: www.dmns.org/purchase/tic...
- Insect herbivory traces are among my favorites for their paleoecological value, showing which plants were eaten by insects in their original ecosystems. Also, these traces often reflect 2-for-1 behaviors, with plant wound responses showing their reactions to herbivory. 🧪🪨🌿 #ichnology
- Leaf functional traits, insect #herbivory, & fungal damage on early Eocene leaf compression #fossils, Dolus Hill, Wyoming New #AJB research by Claudia Richbourg, Lily Jackson, Kevin Chamberlain, Ian Miller, Kirk Johnson & Ellen Currano doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #paleobotany
- Reposted by Anthony (Tony) J. MartinYup. And I tell my kids this. Those who actually learn to write will have a comparatively huge advantage over ChatGPT educations-because learning how to be a good writer isn’t just about the text produced. Writing teaches a host of critical skills needed across all fields and in your personal life.
- Happy to see a research article on Early Cretaceous dinosaur tracks in Victoria, Australia (with me as a coauthor) finally published. A point I really like about this paper? Its more recently uncovered evidence corrects Martin (2016): you know, THAT guy. 🧪🦖🐾 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Anthony (Tony) J. MartinThe hysteria when you say, “nah I’m good” on all the chat bots is how you know they’re in the grips of roulette fever. You know the guy at a casino, shaking at 2 am, telling you how dumb you are not to get in on this?
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