Anthony Herrel
@anthony-herrel.bsky.social
Researcher, anatomist and animal enthusiast
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Stiff and different - Lizard osteoderm papers from a collaboration with @henrikbirkedal.bsky.social's group led by Adrian. We show a capping tissue from Heloderma that is enamel-like in mechanical properties but highly disordered in crystal pattern
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November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Stiff and different - Lizard osteoderm papers from a collaboration with @henrikbirkedal.bsky.social's group led by Adrian. We show a capping tissue from Heloderma that is enamel-like in mechanical properties but highly disordered in crystal pattern
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
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The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Special Information
This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...
careers.nau.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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Full chameleon cranial atlas article out now in @anatrecord.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1002/ar.7... 🦎✨️
3D anatomical atlas of the heads of male and female adult Chamaeleo calyptratus
The veiled chameleon is a model organism in reptile development research. Utilizing contrast-enhanced microCT and deep learning segmentation models, we have generated the first digital atlases of the...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Full chameleon cranial atlas article out now in @anatrecord.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1002/ar.7... 🦎✨️
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#Temperature effects on compensatory responses in an early spring-breeding #amphibian - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #climatechange #phenology #frogs @anthony-herrel.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#Temperature effects on compensatory responses in an early spring-breeding #amphibian - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #climatechange #phenology #frogs @anthony-herrel.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social
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A 164.7 cm #rhino horn from #Yakutia sheds light on woolly rhinoceros morphology, longevity, and sexual dimorphism zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #permafrost #palaeoecology @davehone.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A 164.7 cm #rhino horn from #Yakutia sheds light on woolly rhinoceros morphology, longevity, and sexual dimorphism zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #permafrost #palaeoecology @davehone.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
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How do we capture fast and furious snake bites? High-speed video with 3D reconstruction, all at 1000 frames per second! @monashbiol.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
How do we capture fast and furious snake bites? High-speed video with 3D reconstruction, all at 1000 frames per second! @monashbiol.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social
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Extreme climate events can catalyze rapid evolutionary change! in our new Current Biology (@currentbiology.bsky.social) piece, Colin and I argue it’s time to study their evolutionary consequences systematically — beyond opportunistic observations. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Evolutionary consequences of extreme climate events
Simon Baeckens and Colin Donihue review case studies of rapid evolutionary change
in response to extreme climate events and sketch a framework for future studies in
the rapidly changing climate of the...
www.cell.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Extreme climate events can catalyze rapid evolutionary change! in our new Current Biology (@currentbiology.bsky.social) piece, Colin and I argue it’s time to study their evolutionary consequences systematically — beyond opportunistic observations. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Ce matin, j'étais la grande invitée de l'émission CQFD sur RTS. Merci encore à Lucia Silling, Stéphane Gabioud et Cécile Guérin pour leur invitation ! Une fois de plus, ce fut un grand plaisir de participer à votre émission ! #scienceisFUN; #RTS; #CQD www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
Des chauves-souris et Anne-Claire Fabre, conservatrice des mammifères
Le swarming : quand les chauves-souris femelles choisissent leur partenaire
Les brèves du jour
Grande invitée : Anne-Claire Fabre, conservatrice des mammifères au Muséum dʹhistoire naturelle
www.rts.ch
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ce matin, j'étais la grande invitée de l'émission CQFD sur RTS. Merci encore à Lucia Silling, Stéphane Gabioud et Cécile Guérin pour leur invitation ! Une fois de plus, ce fut un grand plaisir de participer à votre émission ! #scienceisFUN; #RTS; #CQD www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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The #evolution of sexual dimorphism in semi-fossorial #lizards: a case study with Ablepharus kitaibelii zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #morphometrics #skink
July 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The #evolution of sexual dimorphism in semi-fossorial #lizards: a case study with Ablepharus kitaibelii zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #morphometrics #skink
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#ICVM2025 abstracts are now published! (1 pdf to rule them all)
Remember that, whatever format you're doing, the recorded presentation must be submitted by 20 July!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10974687...
Remember that, whatever format you're doing, the recorded presentation must be submitted by 20 July!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10974687...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#ICVM2025 abstracts are now published! (1 pdf to rule them all)
Remember that, whatever format you're doing, the recorded presentation must be submitted by 20 July!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10974687...
Remember that, whatever format you're doing, the recorded presentation must be submitted by 20 July!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10974687...
Thrilled to share our new paper out in BMC, part of my postdoc at @cornellvet.bsky.social! 🐘🐀
We found that larger mammals evolve more diverse morphologies, while smaller ones can explore many locomotor strategies without much change to their forelimbs.
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We found that larger mammals evolve more diverse morphologies, while smaller ones can explore many locomotor strategies without much change to their forelimbs.
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Body mass plays a fundamental role in the macroevolutionary dynamics of morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic diversification. Given biomechanical principles, large body masses in terrestrial ve...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Really cool paper by my collaborators!
Simon et al. compared the role of constraints and selection on function to align evolutionary patterns of hindlimb trait covariation in frogs. They inferred that species tracked jumping performance peaks along lines of least resistance within-species.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Really cool paper by my collaborators!
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🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
May 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
Deadline for abstracts today
May 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Deadline for abstracts today
Great paper by Yuri Simone @scorpyuri.bsky.social on trade offs in scorpions.
This may suggest a trade off between grasping and holding with profound consequences of predatory strategies, diet and even venom evolution.
Thanks to @anthony-herrel.bsky.social and Arie van der Meinden for your supervision! It
If anyone needs a copy of the manuscript just drop me a message
Thanks to @anthony-herrel.bsky.social and Arie van der Meinden for your supervision! It
If anyone needs a copy of the manuscript just drop me a message
May 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great paper by Yuri Simone @scorpyuri.bsky.social on trade offs in scorpions.
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Vertebrate morphology writ large is welcome for abstracts:
anatomy of various body systems: absolutely!
biomechanics: yes!
development/evo-devo: indeed!
palaeontology: please!
morphometrics: yes!
methods-focused: sure!
morphology-related science (genetics, ecology, behaviour, etc.): affirmative!
anatomy of various body systems: absolutely!
biomechanics: yes!
development/evo-devo: indeed!
palaeontology: please!
morphometrics: yes!
methods-focused: sure!
morphology-related science (genetics, ecology, behaviour, etc.): affirmative!
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Vertebrate morphology writ large is welcome for abstracts:
anatomy of various body systems: absolutely!
biomechanics: yes!
development/evo-devo: indeed!
palaeontology: please!
morphometrics: yes!
methods-focused: sure!
morphology-related science (genetics, ecology, behaviour, etc.): affirmative!
anatomy of various body systems: absolutely!
biomechanics: yes!
development/evo-devo: indeed!
palaeontology: please!
morphometrics: yes!
methods-focused: sure!
morphology-related science (genetics, ecology, behaviour, etc.): affirmative!
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Again, we're running the 1st ever virtual international conference on vertebrate morphology (ICVM) this August 7-10: www.isvm-icvm.org/icvm-2025
Abstracts are due 26 May (12 days)!
Of course you can just register and not submit abstract(s).
~3 days of great talks, posters, keynotes and more!
Abstracts are due 26 May (12 days)!
Of course you can just register and not submit abstract(s).
~3 days of great talks, posters, keynotes and more!
May 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Again, we're running the 1st ever virtual international conference on vertebrate morphology (ICVM) this August 7-10: www.isvm-icvm.org/icvm-2025
Abstracts are due 26 May (12 days)!
Of course you can just register and not submit abstract(s).
~3 days of great talks, posters, keynotes and more!
Abstracts are due 26 May (12 days)!
Of course you can just register and not submit abstract(s).
~3 days of great talks, posters, keynotes and more!
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Scientific illustrators, palaeo-artists, etc.: you're damn right you're welcome to attend!
Palaeo/physical anthology: you'd better believe you're welcome!
Palaeo/physical anthology: you'd better believe you're welcome!
May 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Scientific illustrators, palaeo-artists, etc.: you're damn right you're welcome to attend!
Palaeo/physical anthology: you'd better believe you're welcome!
Palaeo/physical anthology: you'd better believe you're welcome!
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We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
May 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
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Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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April 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Dans un article de #Sciences_et_Avenir paru le 11/04/2025,
@audelalis.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et Anthony Herrel @mecadev.bsky.social sont interviewés sur les stratégies adaptatives des organismes vivants.
"Survivre dans le désert ...."
▶️ www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
@audelalis.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et Anthony Herrel @mecadev.bsky.social sont interviewés sur les stratégies adaptatives des organismes vivants.
"Survivre dans le désert ...."
▶️ www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
Survivre dans le désert : les étonnantes stratégies d'adaptation des animaux et des plantes en milieu hostile
Les déserts, hostiles à la vie, abritent une richesse d’espèces surprenante. Du froid polaire à la chaleur étouffante des déserts chauds, une quantité de stratégies adaptatives s’est développée chez c...
www.sciencesetavenir.fr
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Dans un article de #Sciences_et_Avenir paru le 11/04/2025,
@audelalis.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et Anthony Herrel @mecadev.bsky.social sont interviewés sur les stratégies adaptatives des organismes vivants.
"Survivre dans le désert ...."
▶️ www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
@audelalis.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et Anthony Herrel @mecadev.bsky.social sont interviewés sur les stratégies adaptatives des organismes vivants.
"Survivre dans le désert ...."
▶️ www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo...
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#Parasite load, throat colors, and cellular immune response in a high-altitude #gecko endemic to #Morocco zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #coloration
April 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#Parasite load, throat colors, and cellular immune response in a high-altitude #gecko endemic to #Morocco zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #coloration
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Two #fox species in NE #Argentina show high dietary overlap despite varied habitats, revealing a noncompetitive coexistence zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Canidae #mesocarnivore #sympatry
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Two #fox species in NE #Argentina show high dietary overlap despite varied habitats, revealing a noncompetitive coexistence zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Canidae #mesocarnivore #sympatry
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When I saw this awesome study by @tajbakhshlab.bsky.social, @chrmosimann.bsky.social, & colleagues a few months ago, I just knew I had to write about it for HWTAS! Check out our non-scientist friendly coverage of their work below. 🧪 #scicomm
When our fishy ancestors came onto land, there was a lot that had to change: not just fins, but also necks! In our latest post, we cover a recent study that shows how neck muscles were co-opted to build a mobile neck during evolution. Read it here: isabellacisneros.substack.com/p/heads-will...
Heads Will Turn: How Neck Muscles Supported A Major Evolutionary Transition (Fixations #3)
In our latest Fixations post, we explore how evolution built upon existing muscle groups to craft a mobile neck during the water-to-land transition.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When I saw this awesome study by @tajbakhshlab.bsky.social, @chrmosimann.bsky.social, & colleagues a few months ago, I just knew I had to write about it for HWTAS! Check out our non-scientist friendly coverage of their work below. 🧪 #scicomm
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Journal of Zoology is now on Bluesky! Follow us to discover what we've published recently in our scientific journal covering all areas of #zoology - and find out more about us at zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1469... @zslscience.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Journal of Zoology is now on Bluesky! Follow us to discover what we've published recently in our scientific journal covering all areas of #zoology - and find out more about us at zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1469... @zslscience.bsky.social