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Molecular phylogeny of Hyposmocoma lineages based on 38 genes and 82,875 aligned base pairs. 95% highest posterior density confidence intervals for the molecular dating estimates for nodes are indicated with blue bars. Different lineages are indicated by their larval case type, and exemplar cases are shown on the right. Bone collector and cigar case species are the only ones that are carnivorous. Current terrestrial areas of the Hawaiian Island chain are shown in dark green; shallows that were once above sea level are shown in gray. The islands are placed along the timescale according to age and geographic position.

Bone collector caterpillar (Hyposmocoma) comes from one of Earsth's most diverse adaptive radiations with 350+ Hawaiian spp. Phylogenomics finds 9 major lineages. Yet this one is monotypic (no sister species), split from its carnivorous relatives >5M years ago. DOI: 10.1126/science.ads4243 #2026MMM

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Bayesian consensus of Hyposmocoma showing 95% confidence intervals of posteriors . Numbers above branches are Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) and ML bootstrap values (BP), respectively. Coloured circles indicate microhabitat types and ancestral state probabilities.

Hawaiian Hyposmocoma caterpillars show near-identical “purse case” larval homes, despite evolving independently twice in rotting wood (NW islands ~15–9 Ma, main islands ~3 Ma). DNA phylogeny of 38 spp. reveals convergent design under similar pressures. doi.org/10.3897/zook... #2026MMM
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Decorative Image Array of the Bracket Guide, the Combatant Logo and the 2026 Bracket. Screen-reader materials available at the LibGuide.

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I LOVE when science is applied to "toddler questions" like "Why is the sky blue?" or "Why is ice slippery?"

Because the answers can be so SUPRISING.

Let's dig into recent revelations about how ice skates work & why tires skid across black ice.

First, we'll dismiss 3 VERY GOOD hypotheses as wrong.

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The toe beans on this bear are too much! 😍🙈💚

Darwin's bad days Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well ill...

Happy Darwin Day! "I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship."

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

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🚨 For those with access to collections of bird specimens: we are looking for collaborators who can quickly measure bulbuls/greenbuls (Pycnonotidae) for a project on intraspecific trait variation. We need 100s specimens measured from common species in return for co-authorship. Anyone up for it? 🧪🌐🪶

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Semafor: Guinea worm neared global eradication, with just 10 cases reported worldwide in 2025, all of them in Chad, Ethiopia, or South Sudan. When former US President Jimmy Carter founded an eradication program in the mid-1980s, there were millions of infections in developing countries and the only human disease that had ever previously been permanently defeated was smallpox. The parasitic infection, transmitted via contaminated water, leads to three-foot worms emerging from painful leg ulcers, and causes long-term incapacitation and disability. While Carter did not, as he hoped, outlive the last Guinea worm (he died in 2024), he may have come close; the 10 cases mark a 33% decrease year-on-year.

Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.

It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.

"What's something that other people love that you hate" is toxic Twitter nonsense. It may drive a few clicks but they're rage clicks. I don't do that here.

Instead, I prefer "what's something you love that other people probably don't know of."

Share wonder and discovery, not rage.

A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife quietly halts Mexican gray wolf helicopter count U.S. pauses Mexican gray wolf aerial counts, as advocates worry about lost genetic data and mourn death of wandering wolf Taylor

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I’m getting married! Want to honor us? Here are some great charities you can donate to. Some, as they say, personal news: I’m getting married! I’d love to use this happy occassion to spread good news around. To that end, if you’re so inclined to make a donation &#822…

Folks, I'm getting married! Next weekend!

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A beach at sunset. The camera faces west into the sun. Soft waves recede from the sand as the last rays of warm sun reach from behind a the cliffs into the clouds. The water is warm on my toes sinking into soft sand. It is so serene.

A little timeline cleanse for your Sunday….

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Moustached guenons (Cercopithecus cephus) are native to a broad range in West Africa. Associate with other guenon species for safety. Widespread and common in Gabon and northern Congo, but under threat from hunting, habitat loss, and human population expansion throughout their range.

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

“Reclaiming academic publishing as a public good requires a return to not-for-profit models & sustainable open-access systems. Quality, accessibility & integrity need to be put ahead of profit. Change is needed to protect the purpose of academic research: to advance knowledge in the public interest”

Here is my first newsletter of the year, on the destruction of science past and future. buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...

Tana River red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus rufomitratus) are endemic to the north coast of Kenya. Threatened by forest modification, intentional forest fires, habitat degradation from human activities, and local conflicts. Critically Endangered. Photo: ©Yvonne A. de Jong/iNaturalist/CC4.0.