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Cristian Hernández-Morales @cristianbio.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New paper alert! We delved into Neotropical caecilian (Siphonops) systematics using an integrative approach—combining high-res micro-CT osteology, external morphology & phylogenetics! Led by Adriano Maciel 🇧🇷🪱, we also describe a new species: Siphonops maria! 📖 doi.org/10.1093/zool...

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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...

A pair of Eunotosaurus by Gabriel Ugueto: a sense of scale is provided by Glossopterus leaves in the fore-and-background and by a prosbolid hemipteran insect

Phylogeny of major reptile groups, showing turtles (Pantestudines) as early archosauromorphs and the putative stem-turtle Eunotosaurus as a millerettid stem reptile

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Alexis Stamatakis @stamatak.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to stamatak@ics.forth.gr

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Cristian Hernández-Morales @cristianbio.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨New genus and species of Sonorini snake from Mexico, Yakacloalt tlalli. This is a rare species only known for a couple of specimens. In this paper we used multiple sources of evidence to support this new taxon. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Sociedad Argentina de Biología Evolutiva @evoargentina.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Felicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓 En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.

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Cristian Hernández-Morales @cristianbio.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Last week, I took the Biodiversity Genomics course (@ibiogen-latam.bsky.social, Mendoza, Argentina). It was a super intensive but satisfying opportunity to get a glimpse of a variety of methods for analysing genomics data. Also, it was a great chance to meet talented Latin American researchers.

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Biodiversity Genomics course LATAM @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.

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Ed Stanley @drscanley.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Roberto Márquez @escribemaldito.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

¿Por qué lo llaman Parque Jurásico si no tiene columpios?

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles? Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time? Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition? Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project! e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🦎 Die schlangen und eidechsen der Galapagos-inseln /. Wien: K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen gesellschaft, 1876.. Marine Iguana has ability, unique among modern #lizards, 2 live & forage in sea, diving >30ft into water #bhlib [Source]

Black-and-white historical illustration of two marine iguanas on a rocky shore of the Galapagos Islands. The iguanas have textured, scaly skin with dark spotted patterns and prominent spines along their backs. One iguana is closer to the water with its head lowered, showing strong limbs with long clawed toes. The second iguana is positioned slightly behind and elevated on the rocks, similarly detailed. The background contains numerous rocks and pebbles, emphasizing their natural rugged coastal habitat. The image highlights the marine iguana's unique adaptations for aquatic foraging as described in the 1876 scientific publication.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🐊 Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people Brighton: E. & J.B. Young and Co., 1889. [Source]

Historic 1889 illustration titled "Natural history of the animal kingdom," depicting two reptiles labeled as "Mississippi Alligator" and "Common Crocodile." The alligator, shown at the bottom left near water, has a broad snout, dark scaly skin, and visible teeth. The crocodile, positioned above on a grassy bank, has a narrower snout and is shown clutching a fish in its jaws. Both animals are detailed with textured scales and claws, surrounded by foliage and water. In the background, faint sketches of riverbank scenery and distant hills complete the naturalistic setting.

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This is how you do it. Violent insurrection should actually be outlawed, and violent insurrectionists actually punished (not pardoned). Well done Brazil. Acting like a true democracy with rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

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Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil

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Bill Ryerson @billryerson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access! doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

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Agnieszka Anna Pierwola @agnieszkaanna.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Credit: Art by Dee

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Loved this post from a postdoc who lived through the Bolsonaro years in Brazil: "The best 'fuck you' to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight." www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...

Text from the post, "To My Fellow Lab Rats: A Letter From a Postdoc Who Survived the Bolsonaro Years"

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Our March issue is now live! buff.ly/4jHzW9Y The cover article by Hernández-Morales et al. describes the skull of the semi-aquatic neotropical lizard Echinosaura horrida including new synapomorphies within Gymnophthalmoidea: buff.ly/4jVs1pM

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