🧵 Thread: Does the internet threaten democracy? I argue that it does in my latest piece in Science: doi.org/10.1126/scie... Here's the short version. 1/9 1/10

First confirmed occurrence of the desert racer snake known as 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘪 in Lebanon. 🐍 This study fills a significant distributional gap for the genus Psammophis in the Levant: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.177920

A remarkable new book by Philippos Katsiyiannis and Elias Tzoras has just been published, offering a comprehensive overview of the amphibians and reptiles of the Peloponnese. The volume also includes a chapter dedicated to the biogeography of this exceptionally rich and fascinating herpetofauna.

Endemic taxon or environmentally induced colour morph? New paper on the genetics of the insular subspecies of Platyceps najadum (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Kalymnos, Greece: zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

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A snake in Denmark trying to eat a hare **10× its size** 🔗 www.newsweek.com/watch-snake-...

An adult female common European adder (Vipera berus) attempted to kill and swallow a young European hare (Lepus europaeus) nearly ten times its own mass. See the ambitious adder's attempt and learn more about its scientific relevance on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/01/a...

New Book on the Snakes of Iraqi Kurdistan The first illustrated field guide to the region’s snakes, published in two languages – English and Kurdish. It includes photographs, maps, and detailed information on the diversity of local snake species. chimaira.de #snakes #herpetology #Iraq #Kurdistan

The Balkans in Central Europe: a case of introduced lineage of Podarcis muralis in Slovakia highlighting the impact of international trading and climate change herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Overly optimistic adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758), killing and intending to swallow an oversized young hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 herpetozoa.pensoft.net/articles.php...

just published europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...

It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...

Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens: Trends in Biotechnology www.cell.com/trends/biote...

🐍 New snake records in Afghanistan! 🏔️ Our latest study in Zootaxa expands the known herpetofauna, adding Lycodon bicolor & Spalerosophis arenarius to the country’s species list! doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Herpetology #Snakes #Afghanistan #Biodiversity

Dans #The_Science_of_Nature vol.112 (17) #OpenAccess Une étude moléculaire sur des cuisses de grenouilles consommées en Suisse et mal étiquetées recèlent une biodiversité insoupçonnée. Espèces d'origines diverses, exotiques,envahissantes ou inconnues des zoologistes! #Amphibian #Biological_invasion

Patrones de diversidad genómica en el sapo partero común: perspectivas filogeográficas y de conservación. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @chrisdufresnes.bsky.social @benwielstra.bsky.social @

Want to learn more about Syria’s amphibians? 🐸🌍 Check out our chapter in the vol. 11 of Amphibian Biology from the Middle East! 📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @chrisdufresnes.bsky.social @springer1842.bsky.social #Herpetology #Amphibians #Syria #MiddleEast

Our study on Duttaphrynus melanostictus evolution published in Nature Communication. We showed how these toads likely spread across the Indian Ocean via human transport, from ancient trade routes to modern shipping. 🌍🐸 @chrisdufresnes.bsky.social @naturecomms.bsky.social @comeniusuni.bsky.social