Found A Fossil

What would you do if you discovered a fossil or Indigenous artefact? Take 6 minutes to complete an anonymous survey aiming to help promote the protection of heritage in Australia! foundafossil.com/the-survey

“They’re moving in herds. They do move in herds!” - Dr Grant, Jurassic Park Very excited to finally share our new paper: A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada 🦖 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ doi.org/10.1371/journa…

new podcast episode of Pals in Palaeo with Sally Hurst the creator of the @Foundafossil project #superstarsofstem #womeninstem #foundafossil

📣 ANNOUCNING FREE SCIENCE WEEK EVENTS! 📣 Interrupting your regularly scheduled dinosaur fieldwork content (don’t worry, there will be more soon), next week is Science Week and I will be hosting a number of free events, including comedy shows about the @foundafossil project!

For the past week I’ve been lucky enough to join a crew from @UniofReading + @RoyalTyrrell to assist on a dinosaur dig! This is my second time coming to the incredible Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada - one of the richest dinosaur fossil beds in the entire world 🦖

International Women’s Day always makes me think about the women who have had the biggest impact on my own life. So here’s a list of a few women who have inspired me, shared their experiences with me, mentored me, and (I think) made me a better human 🧵#IWD2024

Tune in Wednesday, March 13th at 6 PM MST for our next Virtual Speaker, @sallykhurst! Her fascinating talk is entitled: “The Found a Fossil Project: Discovering Dinosaurs and Protecting the Past in Australia". Watch her talk live here: youtube.com/watch?v=yQmu7B…

Why is a shark not a dinosaur? 🦈 My Grade 3 class fromAlberta, Canada had great questions today, and we got to take a dive into phologenies, character mapping, and fossils! It was awesome to be able to share my own finds from Alberta and talk about dinosaurs local to the kids!

What does it take to get a fossil out of the rock? Visiting the @unescience Palaeo Labs, I’ve spent the past two weeks learning how to prep fossils: sieving shark teeth, operating on opalised fossils, touching temnospondyl teeth, and digging out Diprotodon (giant wombat) bones!

“Leadership doesn’t always have to be revolutionary. Quiet inspirations that can also help to change the world.” From exploring the value of role models, the messiness of being human, I was delighted to give a keynote speech at the @Macquarie_Uni Year 12 Leadership Forum 🦕

More dinosaur discussions are definitely forecasted for 2024 🦕🦕🦕

Results Part 3/3 🦕🦖

Results Part 2/3

One of the biggest aims of the Found a Fossil project was to make all my results understandable, accessible and engaging ⚡️ So, here’s a quick snapshot of the main Found a Fossil Survey results! Want to know more? Read my paper - Google ‘Hurst fossils JCOM’!

Something for your weekend listening! It was great to chat with Travis from Fossils and Fiction all about the project, what we found in our survey of Australians, and the importance and public engagement! 🦖

What is the right thing to do when you find a fossil or indigenous artefact? New Australian study highlights need for better public awareness, by @sallykhurst @foundafossil @ZooArchaeo & co-authors (Photo credit: Markus Spiske, Unsplash) - doi.org/10.22323/2.220…

Extremely proud to say my first paper, coming from my Masters of Research, the Found a Fossil Project was published together in the the Journal of Science Communication! 🦖 Check it out here: doi.org/10.22323/2.220… @Macquarie_Uni @JsciCOM @ScienceAU @ZooArchaeo

Not only did I get to do some videos with ABC Science but I got to have a chat with the incredible Shelby Traynor about the Found a Fossil project! We talked about how I got started, and what I’ve been up to recently in Canada! 🦕 Listen below: abc.net.au/listen/program…

How can we tell our science stories to a wider audience? Yesterday I had the privilege of doing another round of media training with the #superstarsofstem at @SBSNews Australia!

Very excited to have been invited as a panel member for this great event! Hope to see you there! @Macquarie_Uni @ScienceAU #superstarsofstem

LAUNCHED TODAY! My personal website - a showcase of ME as an educator, communicator, and scientist is live. In an effort to provide more role models for kids, I’ll be travelling to schools, doing speaking gigs, talking about my adventures in STEM. sallyhurst.com.au