Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to stamatak@ics.forth.gr
🚨New genus and species of Sonorini snake from Mexico, Yakacloalt tlalli. This is a rare species only known for a couple of specimens. In this paper we used multiple sources of evidence to support this new taxon. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337187
Felicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓
En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
Last week, I took the Biodiversity Genomics course (@ibiogen-latam.bsky.social, Mendoza, Argentina). It was a super intensive but satisfying opportunity to get a glimpse of a variety of methods for analysing genomics data. Also, it was a great chance to meet talented Latin American researchers.
Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
¿Por qué lo llaman Parque Jurásico si no tiene columpios?
Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles?
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Black-and-white historical illustration of two marine iguanas on a rocky shore of the Galapagos Islands. The iguanas have textured, scaly skin with dark spotted patterns and prominent spines along their backs. One iguana is closer to the water with its head lowered, showing strong limbs with long clawed toes. The second iguana is positioned slightly behind and elevated on the rocks, similarly detailed. The background contains numerous rocks and pebbles, emphasizing their natural rugged coastal habitat. The image highlights the marine iguana's unique adaptations for aquatic foraging as described in the 1876 scientific publication.
🦎 Die schlangen und eidechsen der Galapagos-inseln /.
Wien: K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen gesellschaft, 1876.. Marine Iguana has ability, unique among modern #lizards, 2 live & forage in sea, diving >30ft into water #bhlib
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Historic 1889 illustration titled "Natural history of the animal kingdom," depicting two reptiles labeled as "Mississippi Alligator" and "Common Crocodile." The alligator, shown at the bottom left near water, has a broad snout, dark scaly skin, and visible teeth. The crocodile, positioned above on a grassy bank, has a narrower snout and is shown clutching a fish in its jaws. Both animals are detailed with textured scales and claws, surrounded by foliage and water. In the background, faint sketches of riverbank scenery and distant hills complete the naturalistic setting.
🐊 Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people
Brighton: E. & J.B. Young and Co., 1889.
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This is how you do it. Violent insurrection should actually be outlawed, and violent insurrectionists actually punished (not pardoned). Well done Brazil. Acting like a true democracy with rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!
doi.org/10.59319/YHF...
Credit: Art by Dee
Text from the post, "To My Fellow Lab Rats: A Letter From a Postdoc Who Survived the Bolsonaro Years"
Loved this post from a postdoc who lived through the Bolsonaro years in Brazil:
"The best 'fuck you' to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight."
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...
Our March issue is now live! https://buff.ly/4jHzW9Y
The cover article by Hernández-Morales et al. describes the skull of the semi-aquatic neotropical lizard Echinosaura horrida including new synapomorphies within Gymnophthalmoidea: https://buff.ly/4jVs1pM
