Executive Editor APAC & China, branded content at @nature. Author: Flames of Extinction; Flying Dinosaurs; Weird Dinosaurs @ColumbiaUP @newsouthpub @IslandPress
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Silk and Venom is finally here! It’s #bookbirthday for this celebration of all things spidery! This book dives into all the stories that show how beautiful and fascinating spiders truly are. Here is a long thread of thanks to all who have helped make this dream a reality🙂 1/11
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Gouache/watercolor illustration of the amazing pterosaur Dsungaripterus weii
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Hey all, it's been a while! Since pterosaurs seem quite popular right now, here's a Tapejara portrait that I've been working on when I've had the time.
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My favourite #Paleontology books bring to life #fossils +folk who seek, dig and interpret them. This book puts meat on the bones of recent and unusual finds arranged by continent. I thoroughly enjoyed it. pictures great, index and references thorough-
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#dinosaurs – at Telford, England
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1/2 🔬Last night at the launch I shared how years ago I was questioning my future in science.
By impulse I bought a copy of 2015 BASW. Weeks later at a panel some inspiring writers who I greatly admire/ respect signed it.
It is truly surreal to be editing the 2022 edition.
John Pickrell 🌈 retweeted
🎉It's here! Tonight's the official launch of @newsouthpub The Best Australian Science Writing and Bragg Prize!!
💚💗 So excited to see everyone and celebrate some of the most talented writers in science journalism and writing - and their amazing articles!!
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I am ridiculously thrilled to share the contributors for @newsouthpub The Best Australian Science Writing 2022. Congrats to everyone!
It makes my heart so full to have worked on this book - and share this news with you.
The book will be out on Nov 1 - and a shiny new cover!!✨
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John Pickrell 🌈 retweeted
On newsstands now! New collection of recent @NatGeo dinosaur articles by @michaelgreshko, @john_pickrell, & others. Reprints much of the 2020 article with great photography by @paoloverzone! Larger format than @NatGeoMag, too. 1/2
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I was asked by @sciencefocus to share my list of top five books about #mammals, and to explain the thinking behind my own #PlatypusMatters book. You don't have to be a mammal nerd already to enjoy them - they're for people interested in interesting things: sciencefocus.com/nature/book…
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For #FlamesOfExtinction, science writer @john_pickrell travelled the country, speaking to the army of ecologists, Indigenous rangers and volunteers who risked so much to rescue wildlife and habitats from the Australian Black Summer bush fires.
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In @bbcfocus today I've written about my book, #PlatypusMatters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals, celebrating their lives, their roles in recent history, and their place in today's world. PLUS I've picked 5 of the best books about #mammals sciencefocus.com/nature/book…
John Pickrell 🌈 retweeted
First come the copy-paste texts. Then the links to YouTube videos claiming to know the 'truth' behind COVID.
What happens when a loved one is consumed by conspiracy theories during a global pandemic? In @dyanilewis's case, she wrote a book [FREE TO READ]
crikey.com.au/2022/06/01/whe…
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Check out the latest story from Nature. We are excited to be highlighted along with some of our partners and payloads! Thanks @john_pickrell for the story! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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These six countries are about to go to the #Moon — here’s why, by @john_pickrell in @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0… #Lunapolitics #Japan #SouthKorea #Russia #India #UAE #USA
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Check out the print version of the @NatGeo #Dilophosaurus article by @john_pickrell with art by @BrianEngh_Art and photo by @Texaspaleo in a special issue on dinosaurs, on US newsstands until Aug. 19!
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Hace unos años, el paper sobre el organo fonador fósil de un ave llegaba a Nature, no logramos ser tapa.
Esta era la idea, que recíen hoy sin tanto detalle puedo terminar!
Vegavis iaai, Cretácico de Antártida
Acuarelas, acrilicos y polychromos, en papel Fariano gris de 220gr
John Pickrell 🌈 retweeted
Insane. A neat fossil but much of the skeleton isn't even real! Deranged prices like these for kinda normal dinosaur specimens will all but eliminate museums, research, and education.
Totally unsustainable for our field.
Last night, Christie's sold a skeleton of Deinonychus—one of the key animals that inspired the "Dinosaur Renaissance" and even "Jurassic Park"—for a price realized of $12,412,500, over twice the pre-auction estimate. christies.com/en/lot/lot-637…
