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Elizabeth Lee (she/her)

New instance, new #introduction:

I'm an autistic xennial (she/her) who will 100% be telling people I'm from Canada if I travel internationally in the near future.

I joined Fedi in '22 & this is my 5th(!) instance because I'm currently learning #Welsh/ #Cymraeg & I need a break from the US.

I'm a cat mom, #horror nerd, former #horse girl & hoarder of unread books.

Other interests: #Tea, #Taskmaster, #FOSS, #Android #Psychology #Zoology #CelticLinguistics #Egyptology #TypeONegative #90sGoth

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Sisters Maude & Constance were encouraged in their interest in #biology & #zoology by their naturalist father & became prolific collectors of marine specimen, many still housed by Natural History Museum, Dublin.

Their work lead to a survey by Royal Irish Academy headed by Edward T. Browne of UCL in 1895 & 1896. The sisters continued their systematic study, gathering specimen of jellyfish & plankton by dredging & tow-netting, recording sea temp & changes in marine life for 28 years!
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tillian 🇰🇿🦊:anarchism: ACAB

can i ask a question to evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and zoologists/ornithologists

so i been reading that a lot of birds are sentient to the point that they recognise people's faces and can use tools

but like. i always wondered why haven't they become more technologically advanced

like they existed for thousands of years, right? something would change by that time

or am i just being ignorant

boosts okay

#zoology#birds#science
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Alexander S. Kunz

Star Trek frogs! 🖖🏻

"In reference to the otherworldly sounds by which these frogs fill Malagasy rainforests, some of them reminiscent of sounds of technical equipment in the fictional “Star Trek” universe, we here name and describe the seven new species in honor of fictional captains of starships, namely B. kirki sp. nov., B. picardi sp. nov., B. siskoi sp. nov., B. janewayae sp. nov., B. archeri sp. nov., B. pikei sp. nov., and B. burnhamae sp. nov."

vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.co

Vertebrate ZoologyCommunicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae)Abstract The Malagasy stream-breeding treefrog species Boophis marojezensis contains bioacoustically and genetically highly divergent populations. Some of these populations have been defined as candidate species and emit somewhat bizarre advertisement calls consisting of multiple whistle-notes. We here enable a long-overdue taxonomic revision of this species complex by applying a museomics approach to sequence DNA from the holotype of B. marojezensis. Based on an integrative approach that combines divergence levels in mitochondrial DNA and in three nuclear-encoded genes, morphological data, and bioacoustic comparisons, we conclude that eight different species exist in this complex, seven of which are formally described herein as new. Although morphological differences between species are small and mainly separate small-sized from larger-sized species, conclusive evidence for the new species comes from their sympatric and sometimes syntopic occurrence without haplotype sharing in three nuclear genes and under maintenance of bioacoustic differences. Uncorrected genetic divergences in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene are >3% in almost all cases, and in some cases up to 8%. In reference to the otherworldly sounds by which these frogs fill Malagasy rainforests, some of them reminiscent of sounds of technical equipment in the fictional “Star Trek” universe, we here name and describe the seven new species in honor of fictional captains of starships, namely B. kirki sp. nov., B. picardi sp. nov., B. siskoi sp. nov., B. janewayae sp. nov., B. archeri sp. nov., B. pikei sp. nov., and B. burnhamae sp. nov. The majority of these species occur in northern Madagascar, where up to three species can occur in immediate geographical proximity, e.g., B. marojezensis, B. burnhamae sp. nov. and B. pikei sp. nov. at different elevations in the Marojejy Massif. South of 16°S latitude, only B. janewayae sp. nov., B. picardi sp. nov., and B. kirki sp. nov. are found, with the latter extending southwards to Ranomafana National Park. Our study confirms the existence of numerous morphologically cryptic and microendemic species among Madagascar’s amphibians, some of which are known only from unprotected sites and require adequate conservation management.
#Zoology#StarTrek
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Sad news this week about @hakaimagazine, which has announced it will shut down at the end of the year. For now, it’s still publishing brilliant science stories, like this beautifully illustrated one on the anatomy of seals.

hakaimagazine.com/news/for-sea

Hakai Magazine For Seals, Big Hearts Mean Big Dives | Hakai MagazineAn enlarged aorta enables seals to dive for longer durations.
#Science#Seals#MarineBiology
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“Scientists built an artificial shark uterus,” says the headline of @hakaimagazine’s latest story. How could we resist sharing it? Learn more about how the technology was developed, and the potential it has to bolster populations of sharks threatened with extinction.

hakaimagazine.com/news/scienti

Hakai Magazine Scientists Built an Artificial Shark Uterus | Hakai MagazinePreemie sharks that would otherwise die get by with a little help from a human-made womb.
#Science#Sharks#Ecology
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Every kid we know is currently obsessed with narwhals (we blame the unicorns) but if they really want to know about these one-toothed sea creatures, they need to speak to Martin Nweeia. A dentist by day, he has taken more than 20 trips to the Arctic to log Indigenous knowledge about the tusk, discover what exactly it’s made of, and what it’s for. @KnowableMag interviewed him.

knowablemagazine.org/content/a

Knowable Magazine | Annual ReviewsA lifetime of love for the charismatic narwhalAn independent scientist working with the Inuit has unraveled many mysteries of the one-tusked ‘unicorn of the sea’
#Science#Nature#Zoology
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Project Gutenberg

American zoologist Mary Jane Rathbun was born #OTD in 1860.

Rathbun's primary work involved the classification and description of crustaceans, particularly crabs. Over her career, she described over 1,000 new species and genera of crustaceans. She developed new methods and techniques for identifying and classifying crustaceans, including detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations that facilitated the work of other researchers.

Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1943) worked for the United States Fish Commission and later at the United States National Museum in the Department of Marine Invertebrates. She began her work as an unpaid assistant to her brother, Richard Rathbun, and was later able to secure a museum position. Rathbun's primary zoological interest was the study of crustacea, particularly the crabs, both recent and fossil.
Goniopsis cruentata, Male.. . Subject: Crabs, Goniopsis Tag: Shellfish Mary J. Rathbun - Rathbun, Mary J. (1902) Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, v.20, pt.2, for 1900, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Parapenaeus americanus, Female.. . Subject: Shrimps, Parapenaeus Tag: Shellfish Mary J. Rathbun - Rathbun, Mary J. (1902) Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, v.20, pt.2, for 1900, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
#science#zoology#carcinology
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Amy (เอมี่) :utahraptor:

Making another #introduction post after I cleaned up my follows.

(Mainly looking for new moots)

I am interested in paleontology, ecology, and zoology (with a bit of botany).
I also like Minecraft, Genshin Impact, Paleo Pines, and JW evolution.
ถ้าเป็นคนไทยก็ follow ได้นะ เพราะหนูไม่ค่อยรู้จักคนไทยบนนี้เท่าไหร่

I try to avoid more techy account so :P

#paleontology #ecology #zoology #minecraft #genshinimpact #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #thai

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Ashley Reynolds

Last night I learned that it’s hypothesized that the hyoid (a structure in the throat that aids in swallowing and sometimes sound production) of baleen #whales is also used to initiate locomotion. It’s thought that contraction of muscles attached to the hyoid causes the head to move downward, starting the wave of up-and-down motion that propels a whale through the water. So cool!

Paper here: faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

📸 by Rémi Boudousquié on Unsplash

A humpback whale breaches the water. It is bent up and to the right, with its back facing the water. Its belly is white and back is dark. The belly has a number of ridges, which would expand when the whale sucks in water to feed.
#science#biology#zoology
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