Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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An international Zoological journal covering systematic & evolutionary research from species both alive and extinct 🐆🦋🪲🦇🦕
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Lake Fuxian in SW China harbours many endemic species, but its #Biodiversity remains poorly understood. Here, surveys of freshwater snails along its shores uncover 8 new species, their phylogenetics suggesting the may be Lake is older than thought! 🌍 🧪 👇
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Abstract. Lake Fuxian, an ancient lake in Yunnan Province, Southwest China, harbours many endemic species, yet its biodiversity remains poorly characterize
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lake Fuxian in SW China harbours many endemic species, but its #Biodiversity remains poorly understood. Here, surveys of freshwater snails along its shores uncover 8 new species, their phylogenetics suggesting the may be Lake is older than thought! 🌍 🧪 👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
#molluscmonday
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#molluscmonday
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New Blog Day! 📣👻
Ghosts of the past come back to haunt the genetic record of island colonisation events, revealing silent extinctions! Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl, this blog explores how molecular genetics can uncover these hidden stories...(1/6) 🌍🧪👇
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Ghosts of the past come back to haunt the genetic record of island colonisation events, revealing silent extinctions! Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl, this blog explores how molecular genetics can uncover these hidden stories...(1/6) 🌍🧪👇
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New Blog Day! 📣👻
Ghosts of the past come back to haunt the genetic record of island colonisation events, revealing silent extinctions! Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl, this blog explores how molecular genetics can uncover these hidden stories...(1/6) 🌍🧪👇
www.linnean.org/news/2025/11...
Ghosts of the past come back to haunt the genetic record of island colonisation events, revealing silent extinctions! Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl, this blog explores how molecular genetics can uncover these hidden stories...(1/6) 🌍🧪👇
www.linnean.org/news/2025/11...
Why crayfish, what big antennae you have!
Crayfish rely heavily on chemical & mechanical senses, using their antennae & antennules to do so. Here, 1526 specimens from 93 species were studied, finding cave-dwelling species had longer antennae! 🌍 🧪 🦐
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Crayfish rely heavily on chemical & mechanical senses, using their antennae & antennules to do so. Here, 1526 specimens from 93 species were studied, finding cave-dwelling species had longer antennae! 🌍 🧪 🦐
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Why crayfish, what big antennae you have!
Crayfish rely heavily on chemical & mechanical senses, using their antennae & antennules to do so. Here, 1526 specimens from 93 species were studied, finding cave-dwelling species had longer antennae! 🌍 🧪 🦐
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Crayfish rely heavily on chemical & mechanical senses, using their antennae & antennules to do so. Here, 1526 specimens from 93 species were studied, finding cave-dwelling species had longer antennae! 🌍 🧪 🦐
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Dung, dung, dungggg!
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
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Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
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November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dung, dung, dungggg!
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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If you’re a PhD student in zoology with a paper in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social, you could be recognised with the John C. Marsden Medal.
Awarded annually in memory of Dr John C. Marsden, the prize celebrates outstanding doctoral theses in biology (excluding botany): oxford.ly/3Jnp0B9
Awarded annually in memory of Dr John C. Marsden, the prize celebrates outstanding doctoral theses in biology (excluding botany): oxford.ly/3Jnp0B9
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you’re a PhD student in zoology with a paper in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social, you could be recognised with the John C. Marsden Medal.
Awarded annually in memory of Dr John C. Marsden, the prize celebrates outstanding doctoral theses in biology (excluding botany): oxford.ly/3Jnp0B9
Awarded annually in memory of Dr John C. Marsden, the prize celebrates outstanding doctoral theses in biology (excluding botany): oxford.ly/3Jnp0B9
Two birds of a feather, yet they don't grow together...
By comparing Afrotropical & European temperate species, distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth rates were found, with tropical passerines growing wing feathers faster! Why? Take a beak to find out...
By comparing Afrotropical & European temperate species, distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth rates were found, with tropical passerines growing wing feathers faster! Why? Take a beak to find out...
Afrotropical passerines grow wing feathers faster than their European counterparts
Abstract. Latitudinal gradients in environmental conditions shape avian life-history strategies by influencing resource allocation among growth, survival,
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two birds of a feather, yet they don't grow together...
By comparing Afrotropical & European temperate species, distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth rates were found, with tropical passerines growing wing feathers faster! Why? Take a beak to find out...
By comparing Afrotropical & European temperate species, distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth rates were found, with tropical passerines growing wing feathers faster! Why? Take a beak to find out...
It's #WombatDay! Famed for their cubed poop, these guys have surprisingly similar forelimb myology to koalas...helping to unravel their evolutionary past! Read about it below 👇🌍🧪
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October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's #WombatDay! Famed for their cubed poop, these guys have surprisingly similar forelimb myology to koalas...helping to unravel their evolutionary past! Read about it below 👇🌍🧪
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Darwin's Darwin finches (the island is called Darwin, that's not a typo) have been variably described as either two species, or combined into just one. But what's right? As part of our #SpecialIssue on Evolution on Islands, Peter & Rosemary Grant took to answering this...(1/2) 🌍🧪
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Darwin's Darwin finches (the island is called Darwin, that's not a typo) have been variably described as either two species, or combined into just one. But what's right? As part of our #SpecialIssue on Evolution on Islands, Peter & Rosemary Grant took to answering this...(1/2) 🌍🧪
HOLY CRAB!
Looking at the effect of palaeoclimate & palaeogeological events on the MASSIVE East Asian freshwaer crab genus Sinopotamon, the impact of Miocene monsoons on their diversification was investigated...if you like crabs, check it out below 👇🌍🧪
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Looking at the effect of palaeoclimate & palaeogeological events on the MASSIVE East Asian freshwaer crab genus Sinopotamon, the impact of Miocene monsoons on their diversification was investigated...if you like crabs, check it out below 👇🌍🧪
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Spatiotemporal diversification of the largest Chinese freshwater crab genus Sinopotamon s.l. (Potamidae) facilitated by the East Asian summer monsoon
Abstract. Palaeoclimate and palaeogeological events are crucial factors influencing the diversity and distribution patterns of organisms. However, the effe
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October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
HOLY CRAB!
Looking at the effect of palaeoclimate & palaeogeological events on the MASSIVE East Asian freshwaer crab genus Sinopotamon, the impact of Miocene monsoons on their diversification was investigated...if you like crabs, check it out below 👇🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Looking at the effect of palaeoclimate & palaeogeological events on the MASSIVE East Asian freshwaer crab genus Sinopotamon, the impact of Miocene monsoons on their diversification was investigated...if you like crabs, check it out below 👇🌍🧪
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Ahh, Drosophila suzukii, a global pest...and best dressed? Whilst fashion week is over, these guys really put the fly in fruit fly! Known for their body colour plasticity, the role of sexual vs natural selection on their colour diversity was investigated...check it out 👇🧪🌍🦟
Natural selection, rather than sexual selection, plays a dominant role in the formation of body coloration in Drosophila suzukii
Abstract. Drosophila suzukii is a globally distributed pest, and its body colour exhibits notable plasticity. Given the important roles of natural and sexu
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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ahh, Drosophila suzukii, a global pest...and best dressed? Whilst fashion week is over, these guys really put the fly in fruit fly! Known for their body colour plasticity, the role of sexual vs natural selection on their colour diversity was investigated...check it out 👇🧪🌍🦟
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📣Call for Papers! Why are some individuals and taxa more resilient than others? Our latest Special Issue on Organismal Resilience aims to answers this question! Submit your research or register for our one-day symposium below 👇🌍🧪 academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p... @linneansociety.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📣Call for Papers! Why are some individuals and taxa more resilient than others? Our latest Special Issue on Organismal Resilience aims to answers this question! Submit your research or register for our one-day symposium below 👇🌍🧪 academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p... @linneansociety.bsky.social
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New Blog Day! 🐜📣
The acacia fruit doesn't fall far from the evolutionary tree in this new blog, written by guest blogger Josie Cooper! Ever wondered how plants defend themselves from plant-eating predators? In the case of swollen-thorn acacias, the answer is ants...a 🧵 (1/6) 🌍🧪
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The acacia fruit doesn't fall far from the evolutionary tree in this new blog, written by guest blogger Josie Cooper! Ever wondered how plants defend themselves from plant-eating predators? In the case of swollen-thorn acacias, the answer is ants...a 🧵 (1/6) 🌍🧪
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Ants, Acacias, and Breaking the Mould of Niche Conservatism
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October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New Blog Day! 🐜📣
The acacia fruit doesn't fall far from the evolutionary tree in this new blog, written by guest blogger Josie Cooper! Ever wondered how plants defend themselves from plant-eating predators? In the case of swollen-thorn acacias, the answer is ants...a 🧵 (1/6) 🌍🧪
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The acacia fruit doesn't fall far from the evolutionary tree in this new blog, written by guest blogger Josie Cooper! Ever wondered how plants defend themselves from plant-eating predators? In the case of swollen-thorn acacias, the answer is ants...a 🧵 (1/6) 🌍🧪
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Remember the energy (and science!) at the 16th Tardigrade Symposium in Tsuruoka? If you presented your work, our community of researchers is building the official proceedings in the @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social.
We'd love for you to be a part of it!
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We'd love for you to be a part of it!
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September 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Remember the energy (and science!) at the 16th Tardigrade Symposium in Tsuruoka? If you presented your work, our community of researchers is building the official proceedings in the @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social.
We'd love for you to be a part of it!
oxford.ly/3Io2fwq
We'd love for you to be a part of it!
oxford.ly/3Io2fwq
Are you a PhD student ready to publish a paper? Submit your research to our journal today & enter one of our new journal prizes, celebrating PhD student work in #Biology! 🧪🌍👇
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September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you a PhD student ready to publish a paper? Submit your research to our journal today & enter one of our new journal prizes, celebrating PhD student work in #Biology! 🧪🌍👇
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It's a match!
An ornithological mystery 180 years in the making has finally been solved, as the skin of the final (reliably known) female Great Auk has been recovered from the Natural History Museum of Cincinnati! 🌍🧪👇
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#FossilFriday! #MAFSUK
An ornithological mystery 180 years in the making has finally been solved, as the skin of the final (reliably known) female Great Auk has been recovered from the Natural History Museum of Cincinnati! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
#FossilFriday! #MAFSUK
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's a match!
An ornithological mystery 180 years in the making has finally been solved, as the skin of the final (reliably known) female Great Auk has been recovered from the Natural History Museum of Cincinnati! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
#FossilFriday! #MAFSUK
An ornithological mystery 180 years in the making has finally been solved, as the skin of the final (reliably known) female Great Auk has been recovered from the Natural History Museum of Cincinnati! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
#FossilFriday! #MAFSUK
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Who you gonna call? EVOLUTIONARY SCIENTISTS!
Ghost species (no, not species of ghost) are extinct, unknown & unsampled taxa...and they vastly outnumber those included in phylogenetics. This hidden diversity can complicate phylogenetic signals of horizontal gene flow, impacting their study...(1/2)🧪
Ghost species (no, not species of ghost) are extinct, unknown & unsampled taxa...and they vastly outnumber those included in phylogenetics. This hidden diversity can complicate phylogenetic signals of horizontal gene flow, impacting their study...(1/2)🧪
September 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Who you gonna call? EVOLUTIONARY SCIENTISTS!
Ghost species (no, not species of ghost) are extinct, unknown & unsampled taxa...and they vastly outnumber those included in phylogenetics. This hidden diversity can complicate phylogenetic signals of horizontal gene flow, impacting their study...(1/2)🧪
Ghost species (no, not species of ghost) are extinct, unknown & unsampled taxa...and they vastly outnumber those included in phylogenetics. This hidden diversity can complicate phylogenetic signals of horizontal gene flow, impacting their study...(1/2)🧪
It's #PeerReviewWeek and what better opportunity exists to say a huge thank you to our excellent reviewers from across the globe. It is your hard work & commitment that enables us to continue publishing ground-breaking research in Biology, Botany, Evolution and Zoology. (1/2)
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's #PeerReviewWeek and what better opportunity exists to say a huge thank you to our excellent reviewers from across the globe. It is your hard work & commitment that enables us to continue publishing ground-breaking research in Biology, Botany, Evolution and Zoology. (1/2)
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Did you know male wasps can get tricked by orchids into thinking they're females?
Pterostylis orchids use sexual deception as a pollination strategy, with fungus gnats (Diptera) falling victim, acting as the main pollinators of these deceptive plants! 🌍🧪👇
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Pterostylis orchids use sexual deception as a pollination strategy, with fungus gnats (Diptera) falling victim, acting as the main pollinators of these deceptive plants! 🌍🧪👇
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How widespread is pollination by sexual deception of fungus gnats in Pterostylis (Orchidaceae)?
Abstract. Pollination by sexual deception has evolved multiple times in the Orchidaceae, with most known cases involving male Hymenoptera as pollinators. T
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September 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Did you know male wasps can get tricked by orchids into thinking they're females?
Pterostylis orchids use sexual deception as a pollination strategy, with fungus gnats (Diptera) falling victim, acting as the main pollinators of these deceptive plants! 🌍🧪👇
academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...
Pterostylis orchids use sexual deception as a pollination strategy, with fungus gnats (Diptera) falling victim, acting as the main pollinators of these deceptive plants! 🌍🧪👇
academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...
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Speaker Spotlight!
Today we're sharing molecular biologist Glenn Yannic, whose research focuses on the consequences of environmental & anthropogenic changes on the genetic diversity of alpine & arctic species.
Book to see Glenn Nov 20 🌍🧪👇
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Today we're sharing molecular biologist Glenn Yannic, whose research focuses on the consequences of environmental & anthropogenic changes on the genetic diversity of alpine & arctic species.
Book to see Glenn Nov 20 🌍🧪👇
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Hybrid Day Meeting | Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World
Join us at the Linnean Society for a one-day symposium focused on the mechanisms and consequences of variation in organismal resilience
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September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Speaker Spotlight!
Today we're sharing molecular biologist Glenn Yannic, whose research focuses on the consequences of environmental & anthropogenic changes on the genetic diversity of alpine & arctic species.
Book to see Glenn Nov 20 🌍🧪👇
buff.ly/bLADJcs.?mso...
Today we're sharing molecular biologist Glenn Yannic, whose research focuses on the consequences of environmental & anthropogenic changes on the genetic diversity of alpine & arctic species.
Book to see Glenn Nov 20 🌍🧪👇
buff.ly/bLADJcs.?mso...
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Speaker Spotlight! 📣
Today we're highlighting Chloe Haberkorn, a biologist who specialises in evolutionary genomics, currently in yeast! Her PhD focused on resistance mechanisms in bed bugs (scream).
Come see Chloe on Nov 20 🧪🌍👇
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Today we're highlighting Chloe Haberkorn, a biologist who specialises in evolutionary genomics, currently in yeast! Her PhD focused on resistance mechanisms in bed bugs (scream).
Come see Chloe on Nov 20 🧪🌍👇
buff.ly/bLADJcsmsock...
@chloehbk.bsky.social
Hybrid Day Meeting | Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World
Join us at the Linnean Society for a one-day symposium focused on the mechanisms and consequences of variation in organismal resilience
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Speaker Spotlight! 📣
Today we're highlighting Chloe Haberkorn, a biologist who specialises in evolutionary genomics, currently in yeast! Her PhD focused on resistance mechanisms in bed bugs (scream).
Come see Chloe on Nov 20 🧪🌍👇
buff.ly/bLADJcsmsock...
@chloehbk.bsky.social
Today we're highlighting Chloe Haberkorn, a biologist who specialises in evolutionary genomics, currently in yeast! Her PhD focused on resistance mechanisms in bed bugs (scream).
Come see Chloe on Nov 20 🧪🌍👇
buff.ly/bLADJcsmsock...
@chloehbk.bsky.social
Who's your daddy?? Our sister journal really knows how to ask the right questions for a Friday...check out the latest blog!
New Blog Day! 📣
Who's your daddy? This is the question asked by guest blogger @katyakolesnykova.bsky.social, breaking down Gabriela Bispo & co's paper on leatherback turtle mating systems! A long-time mystery, DNA analysis revealed a surprising truth 🌍🧪👇 A 🧵 (1/6)
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Who's your daddy? This is the question asked by guest blogger @katyakolesnykova.bsky.social, breaking down Gabriela Bispo & co's paper on leatherback turtle mating systems! A long-time mystery, DNA analysis revealed a surprising truth 🌍🧪👇 A 🧵 (1/6)
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Fathers Out Of The Blue: Leatherback Turtles Take a DNA Test
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September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Who's your daddy?? Our sister journal really knows how to ask the right questions for a Friday...check out the latest blog!
This #FossilFriday try your luck at our latest tongue-twister...non-archosauriform archosauromorphs (try saying that 3 times fast)! Based on a new specimen from Southern Brazil, this discovery increases the diversity of azendohsaurids throughout Gondwana! 🌍🧪👇
The first allokotosaurian from South America and the Gondwanan radiation of non-archosauriform archosauromorphs
Abstract. Allokotosaurians achieved a nearly cosmopolitan distribution during the Triassic Period, obtaining a high taxonomic diversity and a variety of fe
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August 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This #FossilFriday try your luck at our latest tongue-twister...non-archosauriform archosauromorphs (try saying that 3 times fast)! Based on a new specimen from Southern Brazil, this discovery increases the diversity of azendohsaurids throughout Gondwana! 🌍🧪👇
The rise of [the] beetles (Coleoptera) represents one of the most remarkable musical periods...I mean phenomena in the history of life: from membranous forewings to hardened elytra, they learned how to conquer wood-related niches, aiding in their success! But how and why? 🌍🧪👇
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August 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The rise of [the] beetles (Coleoptera) represents one of the most remarkable musical periods...I mean phenomena in the history of life: from membranous forewings to hardened elytra, they learned how to conquer wood-related niches, aiding in their success! But how and why? 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Body shape, a key trait in fish (they'd do wonders on Hinge), varies between geographic regions & sexes, reflecting adaptations to local environments. Here, body-shape variation among 3-spine sticklebacks was studied, revealing shape was mostly affected by sexual dimorphism! How? (1/2) 🧪🌍
August 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Body shape, a key trait in fish (they'd do wonders on Hinge), varies between geographic regions & sexes, reflecting adaptations to local environments. Here, body-shape variation among 3-spine sticklebacks was studied, revealing shape was mostly affected by sexual dimorphism! How? (1/2) 🧪🌍
Dyrosauridae are one of few large marine vertebrate clades to survive the K-Pg extinction, yet their early Cretaceous diversification is still poorly understood. Here, a new specimen from Angola is described & distinguished from known taxa, being placed in Hyposaurinae! 🌍🧪👇
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August 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Dyrosauridae are one of few large marine vertebrate clades to survive the K-Pg extinction, yet their early Cretaceous diversification is still poorly understood. Here, a new specimen from Angola is described & distinguished from known taxa, being placed in Hyposaurinae! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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