🔓 Bau djinna (Araceae) • A #NewSpecies from the Rejang Basin, #Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo novataxa.blogspot.com/2026/03/djinn.html djinna, the sense that the spadix is concealed by the hardly opening spathe. #Araceae #Borneo #djinn Wong Sin Yeng, et al. 2026. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/fedr.70063 🔓

Back from the field on this #FossilFriday to see the humbling news that a gorgeous little Carboniferous fish bears a new name: Unionichthys friedmani. Thanks to Struan Henderson and @gilespalaeo.bsky.social for this honor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Natural history of Victoria. Dec. 6-10 Melbourne, J.Ferres, government printer;1885-90. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27160) #nature #illustration #art

It's Pride Month, so I made this illustration. Yeah, it's because there are rainbows—that's the whole point of the tribute. It's not like I racked my brain over it, but whenever I want to show support or celebrate these things, I always get this “I-don't-know-what-to-do” feeling.

Oiseaux brillans du Brésil. Paris, 1834. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47697305) #nature #illustration #art

Another new species from the Western Ghats: Sonerila roxburghii is described from India. With only ~100 mature individuals, the known habitats are threatened by human disturbance and natural flooding and landslides. doi.org/10.5735/085....

This #BirdOfTheDay is certainly #HiddenInPlainSight - the well-camouflaged Great Eared Nightjar, tucked away in the leaf litter in a forest in Vietnam. That jungle cat has very little hope of finding it! Done for @northstargames.bsky.social 's Nature, Flight expansion. 🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...

#TaxonomyTuesday Frainer 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2021) used museum specimens to reveal a rare new characid fish genus, helping to refine the interrelationships of the Probolodini (Characidae: Stethaprioninae). Read the full study here: buff.ly/WPZmE1v #Taxonomy #endangeredspecies #biodiversity

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Chris Santoro's Rhamphorhynchus, John Sibbick's Apatosaurus, Charles Knight's Eohippus, and John Holmes' Styracosaurus and Albertosaurus!

New species of peafowl Pavo miejue (extinct peafowl) from Pleistocene Taiwan! Yong-Jie Lan, Gerald Mayr, Cheng-Hsiu Tsai; A new Pleistocene peafowl from Taiwan reveals the extinction of a large galliform bird in East Asia. R Soc Open Sci. 1 May 2026; 13 (5): 260347. doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Ray-finned fishes are famously diverse, but we know little about their brains or cranial endocasts. @rodrigoichthys.bsky.social opens this black box with a dice-CT survey of 86 species across the actinopt tree of life. #OA in @royalsocietypublishing.org 🐟🧠 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

🔓 #Sphenomorphus tophus • A New endemic Forest Skink from the sandstone ecosystem of the Khorat Plateau, #Thailand L. Lee Grismer, et al. 2026. TAPROBANICA: J. of Asian Biodiversity. Researchgate.net/publication/400821972 🔓 #novataxa #reptile #Biodiversity #newspecies #Scincidae #FaunaofThailand

Targeted reforestation could be the lifeline for the endangered Javan leopard. Researchers have modeled how new forest corridors can help the remaining 320 leopards overcome human-made barriers, reducing the risks of inbreeding and conflict in densely populated Java. @basten.bsky.social reports.

By the way, I’ve had the immense honor of being featured again in *Koprolitos*, this time in the second volume on the dinosaurs of the Iberian Peninsula, which is dedicated to the thyreophores...

Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Edinburgh [etc.]: Published for the proprietor [etc.], 1835-1840. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665393) #nature #illustration #art

Marc takes a look at some beautiful 2000s dinosaurs by Gregory Wenzel in the newest Vintage Dinosaur Art.

🔓 #Balticolasma wunderlichi • 3D analyses of the First ortholasmatine Harvestmen ( #Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) from European #Eocene Ambers Artwork by Joshua Knüppe. #paleoArt C. Bartel, et al. 2026. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. doi.org/10.4202/app.01283.2025 🔓 #Paleontology #novataxa #amber #Ukraine

Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds. London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1891-98. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48735205) #nature #illustration #art

Enamel proteins from the teeth of six Homo erectus individuals that lived in China around 400,000 years ago offer insights into how ancient genetic material might have made its way into modern humans, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3PmzHXA 🏺🧬🧪

New alpine Asteraceae species from the Himalayas: Melanoseris pendryi described from Sikkim, India. Only few populations known from a restricted area, with ongoing pressures from grazing and tourism placing the new species at high risk: doi.org/10.5735/085.....

Scientists at the @uofwa.uw.edu have discovered a new ancient rodent-like species 🐭🌿 Named Cimolodon desosai, it was about the size of a golden hamster, lived both on the ground and in trees, and likely feasted on fruits and insects. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

Have you seen #TheMagicFarawayTree yet? We've been reminiscing about our own Lovely As a Tree exhibition, and this magical Mora tree which has a whole story of its own! Read more at buff.ly/xTGcbZZ Image is from R. H. Schomburgk, 'Description of the Mora Tree', 1838, DA/ENG/2/SP/999

Our new paper published in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social on the osteology and neuroanatomy of the crocodyliform Koumiodontosuchus. Great study led by @christijanibarker.bsky.social with @tetzoo.bsky.social et al academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... @linneansociety.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social

➡️@commsbio.nature.com 9(1),548 #OpenAccess "Exploring the impact of Cenozoic climate change on diversification of the Australian endemic Eurepini crickets(Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae)" He,S., Bonillo,C., Warren,B.H., @tonyrobillard.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. 🦗 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

A juvenile Mosasaur swims bellow a Nanaimoteuthis haggarti #paleoart #paleontology

Wild life of the world: London ;F. Warne and co., 1916. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33270498) #nature #illustration #art

A paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports insights into how ancient plants lived around 252 million years ago at the time of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction, the most severe loss of biodiversity in Earth’s history. go.nature.com/4cGiEY5 #PlantScience 🌍🧪

"Integrative taxonomy of the Praomys tullbergi complex (Rodentia, Muridae): a new species from..." Hounmavo, A., Demos, T. C., Lutz, H. L., Delapré, A., Cornette, R., Segniagbeto, G. H., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., & Nicolas, V. @isyeb.mnhn.fr Journal of Mammalogy, gyag007 🐀 doi.org/10.1093/jmam...

🔓Molecular and acoustic evidence for large-scale underestimation of frog species diversity on #NewGuinea 🐸 DOI: doi.org/10.21425/fob.18.137988 🔓 F. Ferreira, P. Oliver, et al. 2025. Frontiers of #Biogeography. 18: e137988. #frog #novataxa #Oreophryne #WestPapua #bioacoustics #phylogeneitcs

Cambrian on my mind #sciart

A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for the nightshades 🍅🌶🍆 Thirteen years after the previous family phylogeny, we expanded the sampling, reaching 1474 species and resulting in a new rank-free classification for Solanaceae dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax....

Review of the ecology of Archaeopteryx: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🪶🧪 (📷NICE PaleoVisLab studio & Samantha Clark)

Bothidae Taeniopsettidae Monolenidae n. fam. Grammatobothidae n. fam. __ resolve Long-standing Classification challenges in the Sinistral Flatfish (Teleostei: #Carangiformes) Tongboonkua, et al. 2025. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70020 #Pleuronectiformes #Ichthyology #flatfish #IndoPacific

Ammonite Rock ~ 🐚🦑🦀🪸 . For years I’ve been curious by all the different ammonite shapes and types, I knew I wanted to create a design that brought them altogether! . #paleoart

Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse London and New York: Frederick Warne & co., 1896-97. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36399183) #nature #illustration #art

Our new paper on taxonomy of Lebinthini in J. Orthoptera Research #OpenAccess: Lutinthus gen nov, Diablotinthus gen nov and Gnominthus hihilai sp. nov.: 2 new genera + 3 new sp of fairy-folk crickets from New Guinea doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.131932 with MK. Tan & C. Rhamadi @mnhn.fr @isyeb.mnhn.fr

What do you get when you study deep sea annelids & sea sponges on the Getsuyo Seamount? A symbiotic relationship resulting in two newly-described species of Hesionid from two sister-clades! Inhabiting the same sponge host, they share a niche...suggesting convergent specialisation! 🧪

A new cauliflorous tree species, Illicium nymphiiflorum, described from Yunnan, China. Rare in the genus, its flowers develop directly on the trunk; the name refers to their resemblance to water lilies (Nymphaea). Only four mature individuals are known. doi.org/10.5735/085....