Angus Davison
@snaildoc.bsky.social
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at University of Nottingham. Evolution and genetics/genomics of colour and left-right asymmetry (chirality) in snails. Hand-model for snails - available for hire. Mostly posting at @snailman@ecoevo.social
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Read 'Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito' by @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @princeton.edu in @science.org here ⤵️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Read 'Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito' by @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @princeton.edu in @science.org here ⤵️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Registered - looking forward to it 🐌🍷🧀
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Registered - looking forward to it 🐌🍷🧀
Unfortunately this is also the Royal Society. Cowards. royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Unfortunately this is also the Royal Society. Cowards. royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
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If we act quickly, a massive public outcry could convince Ofgem to reject it.
More than 25,000 people have signed in the last 24 hours. Add your name now: 38d.gs/MuskEnergy_b...
More than 25,000 people have signed in the last 24 hours. Add your name now: 38d.gs/MuskEnergy_b...
I thought this headline was a joke when I first read it, but no…it's real.
I've signed a petition telling Ofgem to reject Musk's application to supply electricity to British households. Will you join me and add your name?
38d.gs
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If we act quickly, a massive public outcry could convince Ofgem to reject it.
More than 25,000 people have signed in the last 24 hours. Add your name now: 38d.gs/MuskEnergy_b...
More than 25,000 people have signed in the last 24 hours. Add your name now: 38d.gs/MuskEnergy_b...
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Their website is pretty explicit in saying that a) it's a dire wolf and that b) they have brought it back from extinction. Attempting to say they never claimed this is quite an extraordinary piece of chutzpah:
colossal.com/direwolf/
colossal.com/direwolf/
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Their website is pretty explicit in saying that a) it's a dire wolf and that b) they have brought it back from extinction. Attempting to say they never claimed this is quite an extraordinary piece of chutzpah:
colossal.com/direwolf/
colossal.com/direwolf/
Bunch of charlatans, succeeding by squeezing money out of the venture capitalists, which can only happen if they have regular press headlines!
August 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Bunch of charlatans, succeeding by squeezing money out of the venture capitalists, which can only happen if they have regular press headlines!
Much fun filming with Vic Gill, camera crew somehow made my office look quite nice and not full of dead snails and multiple pairs of old trainers.
Update: illegally traded shells have now disappeared from Etsy. 3/3
Update: illegally traded shells have now disappeared from Etsy. 3/3
August 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Much fun filming with Vic Gill, camera crew somehow made my office look quite nice and not full of dead snails and multiple pairs of old trainers.
Update: illegally traded shells have now disappeared from Etsy. 3/3
Update: illegally traded shells have now disappeared from Etsy. 3/3
Highlight was probably the ITN News that ended with prolonged footage of two snails mating, not something I ever imagined could happen in real life on a primetime news programme. Did they know what they were broadcasting? 2/3
August 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Highlight was probably the ITN News that ended with prolonged footage of two snails mating, not something I ever imagined could happen in real life on a primetime news programme. Did they know what they were broadcasting? 2/3