I am happy to deal with a small number of stragglers but have to close the form at some point... Ok, not happy per se, but in 5 years I haven't not had a straggler... 😑

New perspectives in phylogenetic support assessment: using the new Relative Contradiction Index to investigate the phylogenetic controversies in Crocodylia url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

A survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme revealed a new species of Fragilariforma. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of so-called internal valves within the frustules, previously unknown in this genus. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Fragilariforma meireana, a new araphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) producing internal valves from Flanders phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Telford, an evolutionary biologist at University College London, has both. He also, crucially, has the humility and the confidence to say, when appropriate: “I’ve no idea at all”. www.the-tls.co.uk/science-tech...

Coming soon: The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined Edited By David M. Williams, Quentin D. Wheeler. www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...

It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

Alfred Russel Wallace's Unrealized Last Book: Insights from the Plan for Darwin and Wallace (2023) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity open.substack.com/pub/qwheeler...