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When you review an article for either
#BiologyLetters
or
#OpenBiology
, you will now be eligible to receive a discount token worth £200 towards the article processing charge of publishing an open access article in any Royal Society journal.
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Authors with
#OpenAccess
publications are likely to benefit from increased dissemination and citation. Increase the impact of your research by choosing open access:
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We're celebrating
#PrideMonth
by highlighting the work of Alan Turing. "Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice", he contributed foundational findings to AI. Read his
#PhilTransB
paper:
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With Omicron on the rise, here's a reminder to take daily
#VitaminD
'Vitamin D and COVID-19: evidence and recommendations for supplementation'
#RSOS
#EvidenceSynthesis
#COVID
#omicron
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Our No. 3 most talked about paper this year - A giant nektobenthic radiodont from the Burgess Shale and the significance of hurdiid carapace diversity:
@CambroJoe
#RSOS
#OpenAccess
#palaeontology
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#BiologyLetters
Review - Beetle elytra: evolution, modifications and biological functions |
#Coleoptera
#morphology
#evolution
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In cave insects, the female penis evolved independently of the male. Find out more in
#BiologyLetters
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Introducing our new systems biology seminar series that will feature a selection of talks based on articles published in
#JRSocInterface
#RSOS
#ProcB
#PhilTransB
and
#BiologyLetters
. Find out more:
#interdisciplinary
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New research from
#InterfaceFocus
explores the hypotheses around the remarkably high linguistic diversity of the Northwest Amazon.
#Language_Isolates
#Social_History
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Evolution of startle displays in praying mantises -
#ProcB
@m_vidalgarcia
@jamohanlon
@SpeciesOfEarth
@kateumbers
#prayingmantis
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#Raptorial
appendages of the Cambrian apex predator
#Anomalocaris
canadensis are built for soft prey and speed
#ProcB
#OpenAccess
#FossilFriday
@RussellBicknel1
#palaeontology
#paleontology
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We're excited to announce the launch of a new history of science seminar series that will feature a selection of talks based on articles published in
#notesandrecords
and
#BioMems
. Find out more:
@AnnaMarieRoos3
#HistSci
#HistMed
#HSTM
#HistSTM
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The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is back for 2023! The competition is now open to entries until 18th August, with the opportunity of winning an overall prize of £1,000, a full APC waiver and a feature on a journal cover.
#RSPphotocomp
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Magnetically confined fusion, which mimics energy generation in the Sun, offers the promise of an unlimited, sustainable energy source. This
#PTRA
issue explores the challenges we need to overcome to ensure the success of future magnetic fusion devices.
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Introducing our new ecology and evolution seminar series that will feature a selection of talks based on articles published in
#ProcB
#BiologyLetters
#PhilTransB
and
#RSOS
. Find out more:
#ecoevo
#ecology
#evolution
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The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life |
#BiologyLetters
#sexualdimorphism
#longevity
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Fish can use coordinated fin motions to recapture their own vortex wake energy:
#RSOS
#FluidMechanics
#bioenergetics
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Understanding the role of wild ruminants in anthelmintic resistance in livestock, in
#BiologyLetters
review - |
#trematodes
#nematodes
#parasite
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Agnès Lewden & colleagues used thermal imaging to determine the dissipation of heat from different body regions in lovebirds before, during and after flight:
#JRSocInterface
@UniversityLeeds
@BangorUni
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To help recognise the vital contribution our reviewers make to the publishing process and lower barriers to
#openaccess
publication,
#OpenBiology
is introducing a reward scheme launching 1st January 2023. Find out more:
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Colonisation dynamics of a defensive insect ectosymbiont
#microbe
#bacterialcolonisation
#evolution
#BiologyLetters
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Read
#BiologyLetters
Review - Temperature, size and developmental plasticity in birds
#developmentalbiology
#climatechange
#plasticity
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Raghav Acharya and colleagues explore the physics of a finger snap & the role of skin friction in this action:
#Interface
@GTChBE
@MEGeorgiaTech
@harveymudd
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Seahorses evolved a unique mechanism of dual elastic energy storage that enables extremely fast head motions accompanied by the generation of fast water flows into their mouth—ideal for fast prey
#OpenAccess
#ProcB
@AllFishSuck
@stevendayritbme
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Introducing our new cellular and molecular biology seminar series that will feature a selection of talks based on articles published in
#OpenBiology
#RSOS
and
#PhilTransB
. Find out more:
#cellbiology
#molecularbiology
#biochemistry
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As part of our latest
#InterfaceFocus
issue, a new study uses
#archaeological
evidence to derive time calibration points for
#Arawakan
- the largest Indigenous linguistic family of the Americas.
#Linguistics
#Amazonia
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Fifteen essential science advances needed for effective restoration of the world's forest landscapes:
@Andy_R_Marshall
@Science4forests
#PhilTransB
#GenerationRestoration
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Good morning! Have you seen the news? Peter Convey of
@BAS_News
wins the 2017
#RSPphotocomp
with 'Icy sugar cubes'!
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Meet Waptia fieldensis, a Cambrian mandibulate arthropod. The most complete reconstruction of this iconic Burgess Shale animal, discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909, is provided in this
#RSOS
paper.
#FossilFriday
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This
#BiologyLetters
paper provides the first overview of
#insect
diversity changes in Brazil. Read Insect decline in Brazil - an appraisal of current evidence |
#biodiversityloss
#Lepidoptera
#bees
#beetles
#insectdecline
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This
#BiologyLetters
review considers the benefits and risks of using soil-disturbing vertebrates to rehabilitate degraded landscapes
#rewilding
#ecology
#ecosystem
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Did you know that
#ProcB
now operates with mandatory double anonymous peer review? Find out more about these changes and how to submit
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The collective movement of cyclists in the peloton follows the same rules and limitations as flocks of birds and schools of fish:
#Interface
#June3WorldBicycleDay
#WorldBicycleDay
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#OnThisDay
in 1831, the HMS Beagle departed on its second voyage with an unknown young scientist aboard. The ship would eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where the scientist, Charles Darwin, would begin to formulate his theories on evolution.
#HistSci
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What role do plant-animal interactions have on plant colonisation?
#ProcB
@Jorge_island
@jac_mig
@pedro_jordano
@ebdonana
#OpenAccess
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New from
#JRSocInterface
: Temporal dynamics of trauma
#memory
persistence. Read the full paper:
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Today we were delighted to host
@thBritish
and scientist-popstar
#CherprangBNK48
to discuss Cherprang’s paper that we published last year in collaboration with
@RoySocChem
in
#RSOS
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Our fully
#OpenAccess
journals
#OpenBiology
and
#RSOS
offer automatic APC waivers to researchers in over 100 low and middle-income countries. We're delighted to announce that these waivers are now extended to all Royal Society journals:
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New study in
#ProcB
: Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus
#spillover
risk
#OpenAccess
#Zoonosis
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#JRSocInterface
publishes research at the interface between the physical & life sciences, including reviews covering the latest developments in cross-disciplinary research that are accessible to readers in a wide range of disciplines. Submit your proposal:
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#BiologyLetters
Review - Advancing the Missed Mutualist Hypothesis, the under-appreciated twin of the Enemy Release Hypothesis |
#pollination
#seeddispersal
#ecology
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Bees get ~0.07°C hotter for every mg of pollen they carry, making loaded bees about 2°C hotter than unloaded bees. Read the full
#BiologyLetters
paper - Larger pollen loads increase risk of heat stress in foraging bumblebees |
#climatechange
#bumblebees
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Researchers who choose
#openaccess
publication will likely benefit from increased dissemination and citation.
From now until 31st December 2023, new
#BiologyLetters
papers will also receive a 50% discount on the
#OA
APC
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Our No. 8 most talked about paper this year - A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution:
@heshamsallam
#ProcB
#palaeontology
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Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sized coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales:
@Tweetisaurus
@StephanSpiekman
@ButlerLabBham
#RSOS
#palaeontology
#paleoart
#FossilFriday
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Govind Swarup FRS was a distinguished radio astronomer who drove the development of the field in India. Discover more in the new biographical memoir:
@NCRA_Outreach
@TIFRScience
#Astronomy
#HistSci
#BioMems
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Studying bone
#microstructure
can reveal life history details, but measures for growth scale can vary. This
#BiologyLetters
review tackles growth variability, dimensional scaling, and the interpretation of osteohistological growth data
#palaeontology
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Scientists analysed the effect of noise of > 100 species. They found noise affected the
#behaviour
and
#physiology
of amphibians, arthropods, birds, fish mammals, molluscs, as well as reptiles. Read the
#BiologyLetters
paper:
#noisepollution
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Insect surveillance cameras shed new light on
#moths
as
#pollinators
in
#BiologyLetters
paper - Moths complement bumblebee pollination of red clover: A case for day-and-night insect surveillance
#conservation
#Lepidoptera
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Adaptations to light contribute to the
#ecological
niches and
#evolution
of the terrestrial avifauna
#ProcB
#OpenAccess
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New research suggests that ornithischian forelimbs evolved differently to become quadrupedal. Read the full article in
#ProcB
: |
@Sketchy_raptor
@Tweetisaurus
#OpenAccess
#FossilFriday
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Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sized coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales:
@Tweetisaurus
@StephanSpiekman
@ButlerLabBham
#RSOS
#palaeontology
#dinosaurs
#paleoart
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New from
#JRSocInterface
: The biomechanics of tooth strength: testing the utility of simple models for predicting fracture in geometrically complex
#teeth
. Read more:
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#BiologyLetters
Review - No evidence of immediate fitness benefits of within-season divorce in monogamous birds |
#metaanalysis
#phylogeny
#behaviour
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Naïve birds that have likely never left the breeding site show seasonally-appropriate spring migratory orientation, suggesting there is an inherited component to spring migration. Access the
#BiologyLetters
paper here -
#animalnavigation
#birdmigration
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#Seahorses
evolved a unique mechanism of dual elastic energy storage that enables extremely fast head motions accompanied by the generation of fast water flows into their mouth—ideal for fast prey
#OpenAccess
#ProcB
#ASLO2023
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A new blog post highlights the importance of optimal design & management of microbial systems for developing sustainable technologies:
#InterfaceFocus
@StudentsNCL
@SFUBioSci
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Understand the effects of ocean acidification on natural ecosystems
#ASLO21
#aslo2021
@aslo_org
in
#BiologyLetters
special feature , edited by Philip Munday |
#OceanAcidification
#ecosystems
#sustainablefuture
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This week's
#PhilTransA
theme issue, guest edited by
@manlius84
and Oriol Artime, explores the concept of
#emergence
- a well-recognized phenomenon which characterizes complex systems.
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Giant Jurassic dragon lacewing larvae with lacustrine
#palaeoecology
represent the oldest fossil record of larval neuropterans
#ProcB
#Ecology
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Have web-building
#spiders
evolved to be slower than their webless hunting variety? Seemingly not:
#ProcB
@KajaWierucka
@StickmanBraxton
@sderkarabetian
@jonas_o_wolff
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Macroevolution of protective coloration across
#caterpillars
reflects relationships with host plants
#ProcB
#OpenAccess
#Evolution
#Ecology
@moria_robinson
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Exceptionally preserved
#shark
fossils from Mexico elucidate the long-standing enigma of the
#Cretaceous
elasmobranch Ptychodus
#ProcB
#Palaeobiology
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We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the
#RSPphotocomp
2023! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with Microimaging and overall winner, Martian landscape by Irina Petrova Adamatzky 🎉
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Sloths deviate from the 7 vertebrae rule for mammals, but does this aberration confer a mobility advantage?
#ProcB
@armanafzadeh
@EvaCHerbst
@AmsonEli
@sebatambusso
@JohnNyakatura
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Effects of occupancy estimation on abundance–occupancy relationships -
#ecology
#species
#BiologyLetters
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Miocene
#fossils
from the southeastern Pacific shed light on the last radiation of marine crocodylians
#ProcB
@Diana_Ochoa_
@JouveStphane1
@jcocardich
@PatriceBaby1
#palaeontology
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Did you know that Charles Darwin's Grandson peer reviewed a paper by Alan Turing?
#PeerReview
#ScienceInTheMaking
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We're looking for proposals for theme issues in all areas of the biological sciences. A perfect opportunity to promote an emerging research area and to bring together diverse expertise on a topic. Also great for your own CV and network
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Are computer games bad for you? New research published in
#RSOS
found that video game play is positively correlated with well-being
@NiklasJohannes
@vuorre
@ShuhBillSkee
@oiioxford
#gaming
#openscience
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Open Biology's new Editor in Chief Jon Pines FRS shares his advice on how to turn a good paper into a great paper – and what common mistakes to avoid
#OpenBiology
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A new goniopholidid from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, USA - novel insight into aquatic adaptation toward modern crocodylians:
#RSOS
#palaeontology
#FossilFriday
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Wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation: large mammals typically avoid human activity, especially during the day, whilst smaller species are more opportunistic, adapting to human-influenced landscapes |
#ProcB
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Strange eyes, stranger brains: exceptional diversity of optic lobe organization in midwater crustaceans
#ProcB
@OsbornLab
@InvertebratesDC
@GEOMAR_en
@UMBCBiology
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#Moth
thoracic scales provide a stealth coating against bat biosonar
#Interface
@BristolBioSci
@BristolUni
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Studying bone
#microstructure
can reveal life history details, but measures for growth scale can vary. This
#BiologyLetters
review tackles growth variability, dimensional scaling, and the interpretation of osteohistological growth data
#palaeontology
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Jenny Clack was a palaeontologist whose research was dedicated to the fish-tetrapod evolutionary transition, expanding our knowledge of the earliest land vertebrates. Discover more in the new biographical memoir
#BioMems
#Palaeontology
#Evolution
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Allen Haddrell & colleagues measure differences in airborne stability of different variants of SARS-CoV-2:
#JRSocInterface
@BristolUni
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The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life |
#BiologyLetters
#sexualdimorphism
#longevity
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‘Breeding’ by David Costantini
@Le_Museum
is runner-up for Behaviour in the 2017
#RSPphotocomp
|
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How does wealth inequality operate in animal societies? New Review in
#ProcB
this week:
@_straussed
@ShizukaLab
@MPI_animalbehav
@UNLsbs
#OpenAccess
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Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics in
#BiologyLetters
|
#climateadaptation
#speciation
#systematics
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Evolutionary ecomorphology for the 21st century—a new
#ProcB
Review article explores recent advances in quantitative studies of mammalian carnivore ecomorphology:
@Julia__Schwab
@Julien_vd_Hoek
@VirtPaleo
@Kjonesthebones
#OpenAccess
#Palaeontology
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It’s
#PeerReviewWeek
! This year's focus is on the changing publishing landscape and the ongoing vital role of peer review in shaping scholarly communication. We’ll be sharing resources throughout the week exploring the theme of the
#FutureofPublishing
.
@PeerRevWeek
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How can
#MachineLearning
tools help improve weather and climate forecasting? In this theme issue from
#TransA
, experts from weather and climate modelling and machine learning address the exciting challenges found within this field.
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New theme issue edited by Christos Ioannou
@C_C_Ioannou
and Kate Laskowski
@KateLaskowski
. How do collective animal behaviours develop and change within the lifetime of individuals and groups, and evolve over generations?
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Amphibian populations around the world are rapidly declining due to climate change and infectious diseases. A new theme issue aims to better understand why some populations are more resilient and how to develop more effective conservation strategies
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Inorganic chemist Kenneth Wade formulated the skeletal electron counting rules—Wade’s Rules—which are now part of the fabric of modern cluster chemistry. Read more about this Fellow’s work in the new memoir:
@DurhamChemistry
@RoySocChem
#BioMems
#InorgChem
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Using whole-genome sequencing, this
#BiologyLetters
paper provides the first evidence of
#parthenogenesis
in a
#crocodile
. Read the full paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile
#EvolutionaryBiology
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#Whales
that prefer
#zooplankton
over fish have wider nostril spacing, which may better-equip them to sniff-out zooplankton. Read "Morphology of nares associated with stereo-olfaction in baleen whales" -
#BiologyLetters
#sensoryecology
#chemicalecology
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Prepare to be impressed! Goffin's cockatoos are really good at making tools | Full
#biologyletters
paper here
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A paraphyletic ‘Silesauridae' as an alternative hypothesis for the initial radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs
#phylogenetics
#Mesozoic
#palaeontology
#Dinosaur
#BiologyLetters
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#ProcB
Benefits and costs of female and male care in
#amphibians
: a meta-analytical approach
#Behaviour
#Evolution
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#BiologyLetters
authors found that unlike many traits, the rate of tooth growth is not correlated with body size, metabolism, or diet. Read more on what they found here:
#evolution
#palaeontology
#odontoblast
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