@zoojlinnsoc
An international Zoological journal covering systematic & evolutionary research from species both alive and extinct 🐆🦋🪲🦇🦕 Homepage: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean Blog: https://www.linnean.org/news/categories/the-paper-trail
We build up the voices of those publishing with us, offering opportunities to share their expertise, expand their audiences & receive recognition for their hard work through our journal blog, events programme & PhD student prizes. We're proud to do this, as we are proud of our community. (3/3)
The value of our journal community is immense; it supports our work to fund education programmes, care for our collections & offer medals & awards for ground breaking individuals across the spectrum of natural history. In return, we have our own role to play: supporting those who support us. (2/3)
As a Society Journal, it's not just the work that we publish that's important, but what that work goes on to support. This blog post sums up our role as a place for research perfectly: we help to shape the very systems through which people access knowledge...a 🧵(1/3) 🧪🌍
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Though many steps toward equality have been taken in the world of Natural History, it's important to acknowledge the barriers faced by women that came before us, and those still faced by those around the world. Using spiders, this blog does just that. 🧪🌍
#IWD2026
How do you leap from a wobbly tree branch without falling? New research published in the @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social explores how primates evolved different strategies to master life in the canopy. Read the journal blog here: buff.ly/kMJZ6XZ
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A pangolin faces the camera as it walks through the brush, its large claws used for digging clear on its front right foot.
Happy #PangolinDay!
As one of the most trafficked animals on the planet, hunted for meat & traditional medicine, it's important to raise awareness about this little creature to ensure its survival into the future. Read out their curious sense of smell below 👇🌍🧪
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Though iconic, the species diversity of rock monitor lizards remains incomplete. Here, 3 new species of Varanus in NE Australia are described, adding to a growing list of endemic reptile from the Eastern Savannas & underscoring the importance of rocky habitats! 🌍🧪
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It's #MolluscMonday and you know what that means, I mollusc tell you about the freshwater mussels of Java! They're Java unique, with an island-wide assessment revealing a #NewSpecies (Pseudolon cokelatus) & urgent #Conservation needs! 🌍🧪👇
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This #FossilFriday take a look at the first turiasaurian sauropod from East Asia, found in the Middle Jurassic Zhanghe Formation, Yunnan Province China! Consisting of 6 vertebrae, Yantaloong lini shows unique characters typically seen in titanosaurs & dicraeosaurinaes! 🧪🌍
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Dani and Connor presenting at the Linnean Society, they are both smiling. In the backround is a historic chair and portrait of Carl Linnaeus.
Close up of someone cutting out a picture of a bird for a zine page. In the background are a colourful array of pens and materials to make a collage
A group of people, all smiling, on the stage together at the Linnean Society
We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History.
We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.
They're hunted for both their meat for consumption, and their scales for use in traditional medicine. You can read more about them here:
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The pangolin is famous for being the world's most trafficked animal, hunted for its unique scales, but did you know it also has a pretty unique nose? Differing between species, they could have evolved in two different ways!
Who nose what we'll discover next? 🌍🧪
We couldn't do it without our authors, and we look forward to another year of ground breaking research published with us.
If you want to be part of our history, why not consider one of our journals as the home for your research this year?
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We reinvest back into our journals through our expert Editorial Office, ensuring a high-quality peer review process. Additionally, we promote authors’ work & showcase the research we publish through blogs, online lectures & in-person events, making science accessible to all (3/4).
As a not-for-profit organisation, the research published with us goes directly towards funding our community outreach & engagement. Most notably, this includes our historical collections, extensive education and events programmes, and our prestigious medals, prizes and awards. (2/4)
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍
The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
New Blog Alert!
Seven lords...uhhh no lemurs leaping? If you've ever wondered how primates learned to leap between trees, you'll be jumping for joy at the latest #ThePaperTrail blog, written by guest bloggers Grégoire Boulinguez-Ambroise & Jesse W. Young! Check it out below 🧪🌍
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A large whale tail breaches the surface of the ocean, causing the water to be white and frothy. Behind it, there are mountains in the distance.
As the penguin yearned for the mountains, so too did cetaceans yearn for the sea...
A return to aquatic life came with *ahem* big changes, but did you ever wonder about their sense of smell? Here, comparing cribriform plate size in whales revealed the gradual loss of olfaction...👇🌍🧪
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Accelerating #BiodiversityLoss, environmental degradation & social instability affect tropical & subtropical regions in South America. Museum collections are critical for documenting & preserving biodiversity, yet often get overlooked. Introducing: INALI snake collection (1/2) 🧪🌍
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Bamboo, bioacoustics, brand new species...what a ribbiting read!
Using morphology & bioacoustics, 3 new species of frog are described in the Ecuadorian Andes! What's even cooler? Their patterns mimic bamboo leaves, providing evidence for parallel evolution! 🧪🌍
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A large African elephant stands amongst trees in the savannah, dappled in golden sunlight.
New Blog Alert! 🚨 🐘
Elephants are known to be Ecosystem Engineers, but did you know they are also the largest gardeners on Earth? Our latest blog, written by guest blogger Jin-Gyu Chang, reveals their pollinator role...but it's less green thumb and more elephant dung...(1/6) 🧪🌍
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Lift your spirits his January by taking a peek at the Plagiosaurs...you won't be disappointed!
Flattened Triassic temnospondyls (early amphibians) were adapted for ambush predation in oxygen-rich littoral environments. Read about their evolution here 👇🧪
With the diversity of flowers comes the diversity of ways to analyse them, but which is best & how are they linked? Here, combining flower morphology characters of 951 species revealed that the most common characters are rarely found together in 1 flower! 🌍🧪
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#Conservation
WHERE ON EARTH IS WALLACE?!
#WhereasWallace #WheresWally
The key is saying it in a British accent!
What do you call a reptile that looks like a lizard but isn't? I'm Nothosaurus...
Helping to understand ecosystem recovery after the PT-extinction, a large new nothosaurian is described, adding to the evidence of large predators in the Tethys shallow seas! 🧪👇
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#FossilFriday
We couldn't do it without our authors, and we look forward to another year of ground breaking research published with us.
If you want to be part of our history, why not consider one of our journals as the home for your research this year? (4/4)
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p...
We reinvest back into our journals through our expert Editorial Office, ensuring a high-quality peer review process. Additionally, we promote authors’ work & showcase the research we publish through blogs, online lectures & in-person events, making science accessible to all (3/4).
As a not-for-profit organisation, the research published with us goes directly towards funding our community outreach & engagement. Most notably, this includes our historical collections, extensive education and events programmes, and our prestigious medals, prizes and awards. (2/4)
This year, why not publish your research with a Society Journal?
The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and groundbreaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience.