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

A unicorn wandering in a glade, contented... Newest painting of an Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros! I loved painting the subtle color and texture of their skin. 11x14" oils. Available: lostthicket.etsy.com/listing/4484... #sciart #oilpainting

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....