Andy Farke

You gotta stop by the brewery sometime!

a cluster of purplish flowers, at the end of a single stem

Gorgeous wildflowers spotted on my short hike this afternoon! Blue dicks, a native plant also sometimes called "wild hyacinth"

Silhouette of scuba diver being followed by the large prehistoric fish Dunkleosteus, underwater. The text of the label says "Dunkel-Osteus: A Dark Lager in the Munich Tradition" and "Farke Brewing, Claremont, California." It also includes the image credits, CC-BY; human silhouette by Gabriela Palomo-Munoz; Dunkleosteus by Russell Engelman

I needed a distraction, so drafted a new label/logo for my Munich dunkle recipe. Yes, it includes a bad paleontological pun. Recipe and tasting notes at my blog: andybrews.com/2026/02/01/d...

- greater visibility, even if not always greater accountability, of the problems in the industry
- sale of major breweries (followed by eventual closure or return to independence after things didn't pan out)
- reduced connection between homebrewing & breweries
- the rise of craft lagers

A flyer for a fish biomechanics course at the Friday Harbor Labs this summer.

Every other summer we run a fish biomechanics course at Friday Harbor Labs. It is an awesome opportunity to learn the tools of biovisualization while experiencing the rich fish diversity of the Salish Sea. Come join us!
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Say you're an LA mom without saying you're an LA mom...

The deadline is approaching (Feb 3rd), send your abstracts! 🧜🏽‍♀️
#palaeoproteomics #SMBE2026

Just finished updating my review on the evolution and fossil record of the eared seals (Otariidae) given the new paper that came out on the early Pleistocene Otaria josefinae from Peru 😅 #blog #paleo #paleontology 🦖🐬🧪 Read it here:

tiny black mammal tooth in glass vial, held between fingertips

It's #TinyToothTuesday! One of the students found this little partial mammal tooth in matrix from the "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming. It is the 4th for this particular locality! Fossils collected under permit from #BLMPaleo and accessioned at @alfpaleo.bsky.social 🧪🦷

That Bass Pale Ale Label - Why It Wasn't the First Trade Mark Registered in the UK There is an enduring story that Bass’s Red Triangle was the first registered trade mark in the United Kingdom in 1876 – and with 2026 being the 150th

New Blog Post! Where I once again get lost in the backwoods of pedantry with just my torch of self-rightousness to guide me out ...

The image shows a blue Smilodon (a kind of extinct big cat with long canine teeth) roaring to the viewer on a red and orange background. It is framed by the words "CHIN UP" and "FANGS OUT". The style is like a vintage screenprint though the artwork is digital.

A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage

The first page of the paper described in the post.

First paper of 2026 is out for #FossilFriday, and the first of probably several ornithischian papers over the next interval. Here my coauthors and I describe some tantalizing bits that suggest that ornithischian diversity in the Morrison Formation is higher than previously recognized.

Understandable! I don't know the nature of the court decision itself, beyond the press release.

I'm pretty excited to see this new location as it develops - I know the exact spot off the highway, and it's going to be way easier to access than their current spot. (although I have a major soft spot for that building, dating back to my first visit 30+ years ago).

I would guess more info is out there from the 2018 decision, but I didn't find it in a very very quick search. (I'm sure it must be)

This comes close to providing the info? drive.google.com/file/d/1wZ67...

As an Episcopalian and a scientist*, I have a similar reaction to the commentary on how the silver in the chalice kills all pathogens. Well meaning, and I do think any risk is very very low, but ugh...
*not a microbiologist, but life science

Congrats to John Foster, Kelli Trujillo, ReBecca Hunt-Foster, and Spencer Lucas for seeing this latest Morrison volume across the finish line!!! There are so many new great things in this volume.
Papers galore; pdfs available through authors. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org

Ad astra per aspera.
#NASADayofRemembrance

red sunrise over mountains with clouds brilliantly lit, with trees silhouetted in the foreground

A legitimately amazing sunrise this morning.

A treasured piece of artwork in our household (and one of our favorite birds)! (and Valeria does amazing illustration work on a variety of subjects from birds to fossils; a great collaborator for any project you might have!)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Paleontology San Francisco, CA

Collaborate with me! Myself and @peterroopnarine.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with expertise in quantitative paleoecology to work on our new NSF grant addressing whether communities after the PTME functioned differently than those beforehand.

job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaac...

Hey western paleontology folks! WAVP is coming up - abstracts due end of day on Monday, registration ending in a few weeks. Conference is February 13-15 (main presentation / poster day is Saturday, February 14).
Check it out at wavp.us

Hey western paleontology folks! WAVP is coming up - abstracts due end of day on Monday, registration ending in a few weeks. Conference is February 13-15 (main presentation / poster day is Saturday, February 14).
Check it out at wavp.us

and how that sometimes means telling hard truths relative to the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Human memory is short, earth's timescale is long, and we forget even the recent lessons pretty quickly!

I remember his advocacy for geohazard awareness relative to the floodplain along Rapid Creek, springing from his experience during the Rapid City Flood. Perry set a strong example for how we as scientists have a responsibility to use our expertise for the public good...

Perry had a big impact on me as a student, even though we never interacted particularly closely (and he was emeritus by the time I got there, but definitely present in the department).

For those who were at SDSM&T Geology - Professor Emeritus Dr. Perry Rahn passed away yesterday. www.kirkfuneralhome.com/obituary/per...

Thank you kindly! I enjoyed reading your piece over in the other glossy, too.

Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...