Just south of the #Arctic Circle, we studied Red-necked #Phalaropes and uncovered that females arrive at the breeding grounds before males. And it’s not because they’re in better condition. The real mechanism remains a mystery...
ornisfennica.journal.fi/article/view...

Some papers arrive too early for their time.
Craig (1987) saw in a spider’s body size the seeds of diversification itself—an idea both simple and radical.
Evolutionary biology is still catching up.
doi.org/10.1086/284622

What if sheet-web weaving acted as a diversification engine in #spiders. Unlike costly orb/space webs, sheets are cheap, flexible, and protective. Strikingly, 25 of 112 families (≈22%) are sheet-web weavers, the largest guild. Coincidence? Tree from Cardoso + doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021710

in the backyard of a jail in Hungary

Some photos of beautiful odonata that I took today in Harta 29 August 2025 #Hungary #dragonfly #odonata #nature

Too many male animals in #zoos could hamper #conservation of #endangered species, warn scientists

@sandiegozoo.bsky.social #species360 #iucn
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