Tail regeneration in Lepidosauria as an exception to the generalized lack of organ regeneration in amniotes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22901#.YDucVIrYhJI.twitter

7th Euro Evo Devo meeting: Report on the “Evolution of regeneration in Metazoa” symposium https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22897#.YDucHJEh-vs.twitter

Evolutionary bedfellows: Reconstructing the ancestral state of autotomy and regeneration https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22974#.YDub3S7WPsY.twitter

For a Volcanologist Living on Mount Etna, the Latest Eruption Is a Delight @atlasobscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/volcanologist-mount-etna-eruption

Phylogenomic Analyses Of 2,786 Genes In 158 Lineages Support a Root of The Eukaryotic Tree of Life Between Opisthokonts (Animals, Fungi and Their Microbial Relatives) and All Other Lineages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.26.433005v1

Archaeologists find unique ceremonial vehicle near Pompeii https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/27/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii

Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden cestode diversity in Pimelodus catfishes in the Neotropics https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12465#.YDp6Fic-PGM.twitter

Unraveling the Zoonotic Origin and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534720303487

Examining Natural History through the Lens of Palaeogenomics https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534720302822

The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points https://www.pnas.org/content/118/9/e2008478118

Cool finding. Paleocene bobbit worms in what is now Denmark enjoyed snacking on the earliest grenadier fishes tale from middle Paleocene of Denmark: tube-dwelling predator Lepidenteron mortenseni & its predominant prey (Macroridae,...

Not Frozen in the Ice: large and Dynamic Rearrangements in the Mitochondrial Genomes of the Antarctic Fish https://academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evab017/6133229#.YDpsEJKR3y4.twitter

Yesterday afternoon in Florence (latitude 43.77 N, further north than NY or Toronto) it was 20 degrees C. Trees have been blooming for about 3 weeks now & it's still February. I'd like to say that this isn't normal, but it's been like this for years now #climatechange

the Sand #seastar Astropecten irregularis, a carnivorous #starfish that feeds on #molluscs, spends the day buried under sandy sediment. This gorgeous #fossil from the Emilia Romagna region shows they have inhabited the #Mediterranean for at least 2.5 million years #FossilFriday

Scientists see stronger evidence of slowing Atlantic Ocean circulation, an ‘Achilles’ heel’ of the climate https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/02/25/atlantic-ocean-currents-weakening-amoc-gulf-stream/?tid=ss_tw

'Unique' petrified tree up to 20m years old found intact in Lesbos https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/unique-petrified-tree-up-to-20m-years-old-found-intact-in-lesbos

Surly seal spotted on Charlottetown sidewalk apprehended by police | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-seal-police-cruiser-rescue-1.5922920?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

On the evolution and development of morphological complexity: A view from gene regulatory networks https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008570

some #pufferfish art from the 16th century to start the new day

Phylogenetic analyses of fossils & pseudofossilization of extant taxa suggest origins of many modern palm lineages in the Cretaceous and early Paleogene. Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity...

some marble #fish #art on the floor of the Pigorini National #Museum of #Prehistory and #Ethnography in Rome. The floor was built in 1943 and depicts various branches of #Science with incredibly detailed compositions

Photos: Recent Eruptions on Mount Etna—via @TheAtlPhoto: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/02/photos-recent-eruptions-mount-etna/618113/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

History’s deadliest pandemics, from ancient Rome to modern America https://wapo.st/deadliest-pandemics?tid=ss_tw

Evolution of Chromosome Numbers: Mechanistic Models and Experimental Approaches https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/13/2/evaa220/5923296#.YDQDHIG0YI4.twitter

Evolution, inactivation, and loss of short wavelength‐sensitive opsin genes during the diversification of Neotropical cichlids https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.15838

Drivers of eyespot evolution in coral reef fishes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.14197#.YDKkogXwWFM.twitter

Developmental hourglass and heterochronic shifts in fin and limb development https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62865

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13358-020-00211-x

Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/7/1/veab005/6128534#.YDKh3mTMMeo.twitter

A marine Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) coelacanth from North Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712100015X?via%3Dihub#

Great white-shark-sized ancient fish discovered by accident from fossilized lung https://www.livescience.com/massive-coelacanth-fossilized-lung-discovered.html

one of the best preserved specimens of the moonfish Mene rhombea, one of the most iconic #fossils from the #Eocene Bolca #Lagerstätte in northern Italy, at Museo dei Fossili in Bolca #FossilFishWeek

Fossil data do not support a long pre-Cretaceous history of flowering plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.16.431478v1

3 Things People Get Wrong About The Polar Vortex And Climate Change via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2021/02/19/3-things-people-get-wrong-about-the-polar-vortex-and-climate-change/

Fish are not like oil or diamonds or most other natural resources. They move. And when mackerel moved farther north than it had in recent memory, it set in motion an international conflict about who gets to fish it, @PoulsenRegin reports:...

an amazing #fossil of the Cretaceous Xiphactinus @RoyalTyrrell. Before its death this specimen, about 4 meter long, had swallowed whole another large fish that can still be seen preserved inside the skeleton #FossilFishWeek

What can the evolutionary history of turtles tell us about their future? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2021/feb/09/what-can-the-evolutionary-history-of-turtles-tell-us-about-their-future-podcast?CMP=share_btn_tw

Dolphins have similar personality traits to humans, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/19/dolphins-have-similar-personality-traits-to-humans-study-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw

a #fossil Chaetodon #butterflyfish at the geological museum in Bologna #FossilFriday #FossilFishWeek

Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01714-0

How fires have spread to previously untouched parts of the world https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/feb/19/how-fires-have-spread-to-previously-untouched-parts-of-the-world?CMP=share_btn_tw

A new study offers the most robust proof yet that a new species of manta ray is lurking in the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/an-elusive-species-of-manta-ray-draws-closer-to-the-light/ via @hakaimagazine

Conservation and convergence of genetic architecture in the adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.18.431064v1

new #Genome scale #phylogeny of #fungi based on 290 genes & 1600 species A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00139-1#.YC6nXOXcy3o.twitter

a Pagellus seabream from Miocene deposits in Sicily in the galleries of the paleontological museum in Palermo #FossilFishWeek

Uno sguardo al ruolo del Comitato Tecnico Scientifico https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-021-00016-7

Automatic Taxonomic Classification of Fish Based on Their Acoustic Signals https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/12/443

Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21379-x

Frigocanthus margaritatus is one of several Pliocene filefishes described from Italian sites. This specimen is a paratype, currently on display at the geological museum in Bologna #FossilFishWeek

Gill slits provide a window into the respiratory physiology of sharks https://academic.oup.com/conphys/article/8/1/coaa102/6020068#.YC0-WHpu4BU.twitter