Limb proportions predict aquatic habits and soft-tissue flippers in extinct amniotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.25.661573v1

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Can simple #algorithms tell cryptic species apart? by Caleb Gordon, MPhil, B.A. iobopen.com/2025/05/04/c... On doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #morphology #machinelearning #science #conservation #turtles #organisms #biology

I also fear there will be a Lost Generation of scientists & researchers w/ these massive cuts, esp current trainees & #ECR Stripping away funding is quick, but short-sighted. It will set us back many years We must support #science, it is one of the very best things #America does! #Medsky #Scisky

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Awesome new paper out on bromalites and the ecological expansion of dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great to see fossilized digestive remains getting the love they deserve! 💩🦖