Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/ #goodnews
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/ #goodnews
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Codeâan Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of visual cues, like Morse code.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/ #goodnews
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/ #goodnews
I guess now would be a good time for my first post here. Yesterday we published a new paper on the incredible ecosystem of tetrapods and other vertebrates in Science. It has been years of work - but we got there in the end. Thank you to everyone the contributed to this work ❤️
An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I guess now would be a good time for my first post here. Yesterday we published a new paper on the incredible ecosystem of tetrapods and other vertebrates in Science. It has been years of work - but we got there in the end. Thank you to everyone the contributed to this work ❤️
Scheyer - vertebrates from Frick “Plateosaurus graveyard”
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November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Scheyer - vertebrates from Frick “Plateosaurus graveyard”
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If you are at #SfN2025, don't miss Huihui's poster tomorrow (Sunday) morning at MM6 (PSTR095.13)! He has developed methods for barcoded connectomics across many vertebrates, from frogs to NHPs, and is comparing the single-cell anatomy of the song systems of zebra finches and parrots!
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you are at #SfN2025, don't miss Huihui's poster tomorrow (Sunday) morning at MM6 (PSTR095.13)! He has developed methods for barcoded connectomics across many vertebrates, from frogs to NHPs, and is comparing the single-cell anatomy of the song systems of zebra finches and parrots!
#2025SVP Townsend: The Uinta Basin Project is a long-standing research and public outreach initiative focusing on fossils of local middle Eocene vertebrates and their responses to climate change.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#2025SVP Townsend: The Uinta Basin Project is a long-standing research and public outreach initiative focusing on fossils of local middle Eocene vertebrates and their responses to climate change.
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated a special open access collection.
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated a special open access collection.
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
🌎 Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) #SouthAmericanBirds | #ChimangoCaracara #Chimango #Tiuque #MilvagoChimango | #Caracaras #FalconFamily #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🌎 Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) #SouthAmericanBirds | #ChimangoCaracara #Chimango #Tiuque #MilvagoChimango | #Caracaras #FalconFamily #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
A protein from a modern shark gene explains the evolution of the adaptive immune system shared by all vertebrates.
Sharks Shed Light on Origins of Adaptive Immune System
A team of researchers identified the three-dimensional structure of a protein expressed by a gene of a modern nurse shark that is proposed to be a close homologue to a gene that, more than 500 million years ago, gave rise to the adaptive immune system shared by all vertebrates. By understanding the emergence and evolution of the immune system, researchers may advance work in immunology, genetics, and biotechnology. Read more »
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November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A protein from a modern shark gene explains the evolution of the adaptive immune system shared by all vertebrates.
The fact of the matter is that once an invasive population is established it’s almost impossible to remove it completely. The most effective tactic is prevention. Failing that, the second-most effective tactic is probably deploying millions of parasitic wasps (does not work on vertebrates)
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The fact of the matter is that once an invasive population is established it’s almost impossible to remove it completely. The most effective tactic is prevention. Failing that, the second-most effective tactic is probably deploying millions of parasitic wasps (does not work on vertebrates)
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Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
Before birds ruled the skies, pterosaurs did. A newly described Australian species — Haliskia peterseni — offers a fresh look at how these ancient reptiles once soared over the Early Cretaceous seas, revealing more about flight, evolution, and life in a vanished world.
I know he’s just a little toady that makes jellyfish look like vertebrates but at this point I’m wondering if Mike Johnson was in the Epstein files somehow
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I know he’s just a little toady that makes jellyfish look like vertebrates but at this point I’m wondering if Mike Johnson was in the Epstein files somehow
Gar have the slowest known rate of molecular evolution of all jawed vertebrates, reducing speciation rates. The 2 living genera evolved 105 million years ago. The oldest articulated vertebrate skeleton of the Cenozoic is a gar from shortly after the Chicxulub impact that killed the dinosaurs
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November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Gar have the slowest known rate of molecular evolution of all jawed vertebrates, reducing speciation rates. The 2 living genera evolved 105 million years ago. The oldest articulated vertebrate skeleton of the Cenozoic is a gar from shortly after the Chicxulub impact that killed the dinosaurs
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A lot of vertebrates keep growing throughout their lives.
Why do humans stop growing at some point?
https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
Why do humans stop growing at some point?
https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A lot of vertebrates keep growing throughout their lives.
Why do humans stop growing at some point?
https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
Why do humans stop growing at some point?
https://youtu.be/yOUnIhrRfq0?si=NHKJbh8KnNSe-jt7
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Kosmodraco spp.
From Paleocene North America, the up to 5 meter "adorned dragon" belongs to a clade of reptiles called the choristoderes. It had a very blunt snout and a triangular skull much broader behind the eyes. It fed on fish and small vertebrates
Art by Martis Bellator
From Paleocene North America, the up to 5 meter "adorned dragon" belongs to a clade of reptiles called the choristoderes. It had a very blunt snout and a triangular skull much broader behind the eyes. It fed on fish and small vertebrates
Art by Martis Bellator
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Kosmodraco spp.
From Paleocene North America, the up to 5 meter "adorned dragon" belongs to a clade of reptiles called the choristoderes. It had a very blunt snout and a triangular skull much broader behind the eyes. It fed on fish and small vertebrates
Art by Martis Bellator
From Paleocene North America, the up to 5 meter "adorned dragon" belongs to a clade of reptiles called the choristoderes. It had a very blunt snout and a triangular skull much broader behind the eyes. It fed on fish and small vertebrates
Art by Martis Bellator
Walking upright has a bunch of thermal advantages if you’re a warm-blooded animal and having two free hands is good for using tools and you have 4 limbs because you’re part of the lineage of quadrapedal vertebrates. If we were cephalopods we’d be trying to make 8-10 armed flexible robots instead
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Walking upright has a bunch of thermal advantages if you’re a warm-blooded animal and having two free hands is good for using tools and you have 4 limbs because you’re part of the lineage of quadrapedal vertebrates. If we were cephalopods we’d be trying to make 8-10 armed flexible robots instead
Meet Kayentachelys, a basal turtle from Kayenta, and the last of the upcoming major vertebrates for the formation!
#minecraft #minecraftmodding #paleoart #dinosaur
#minecraft #minecraftmodding #paleoart #dinosaur
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Meet Kayentachelys, a basal turtle from Kayenta, and the last of the upcoming major vertebrates for the formation!
#minecraft #minecraftmodding #paleoart #dinosaur
#minecraft #minecraftmodding #paleoart #dinosaur
Adding to my Middle Earth life list, the Giant Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), endemic to highland grasslands in South Africa. They live in self-dug burrows and eat invertebrates and small vertebrates. Low and slow birthrates leave them vulnerable. #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Adding to my Middle Earth life list, the Giant Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), endemic to highland grasslands in South Africa. They live in self-dug burrows and eat invertebrates and small vertebrates. Low and slow birthrates leave them vulnerable. #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿
Are vertebrates the only animals capable of emotional contagion? What about invertebrates? In this new paper from the Feng lab, they show that 🐝s tested in a cognitive bias task were influenced if they were in contact with a conspecific in a positive affective state! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Positive affective contagion in bumble bees
Affective contagion, a core component of empathy, has been widely characterized in social vertebrates but its existence in any invertebrate is unknown. Using a cognitive bias paradigm we demonstrate p...
www.science.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Are vertebrates the only animals capable of emotional contagion? What about invertebrates? In this new paper from the Feng lab, they show that 🐝s tested in a cognitive bias task were influenced if they were in contact with a conspecific in a positive affective state! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perhaps in a furry world where not all vertebrates get anthropomorphized, the furry fandom would still emerge in that universe.
It's just amusing to think about. Imagine a stoat guy dressing up in a deer fursuit, assuming that ungulates didn't become bipedal and sapient in the setting.
It's just amusing to think about. Imagine a stoat guy dressing up in a deer fursuit, assuming that ungulates didn't become bipedal and sapient in the setting.
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Perhaps in a furry world where not all vertebrates get anthropomorphized, the furry fandom would still emerge in that universe.
It's just amusing to think about. Imagine a stoat guy dressing up in a deer fursuit, assuming that ungulates didn't become bipedal and sapient in the setting.
It's just amusing to think about. Imagine a stoat guy dressing up in a deer fursuit, assuming that ungulates didn't become bipedal and sapient in the setting.
🙊 The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846 /.
London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 [i.e. 1848-1850].
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London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 [i.e. 1848-1850].
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November 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🙊 The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846 /.
London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 [i.e. 1848-1850].
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London: Reeve and Benham, 1850 [i.e. 1848-1850].
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Wait excuse me?!?! My entire life the 5 main categories if vertebrates were mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and FISH. What the fuck do you mean fish as a scientific concept isn't real? This is like learning vegetables aren't real all over again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Wait excuse me?!?! My entire life the 5 main categories if vertebrates were mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and FISH. What the fuck do you mean fish as a scientific concept isn't real? This is like learning vegetables aren't real all over again.
Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz
Sheathbills, the most terrestrial of Antarctica's vertebrates, have the chance to fully exploit the many new and empty niches that will appear on the continent. Millennia of speciation lead to new genera such as the crane-like Maudisae and Palithikisae 🐤 #spec-evo #specevo #digitalart #worldbuilding
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sheathbills, the most terrestrial of Antarctica's vertebrates, have the chance to fully exploit the many new and empty niches that will appear on the continent. Millennia of speciation lead to new genera such as the crane-like Maudisae and Palithikisae 🐤 #spec-evo #specevo #digitalart #worldbuilding