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Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology (@wbuw.bsky.social), University of Warsaw. From molecules to bones, we are committed to the study of evolution, phylogenetics, and taxonomy.

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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 12h
🏆 Siedmioro badaczek i badaczy związanych z Wydziałem Biologii UW znalazło się w tegorocznym zestawieniu Stanford/Elsevier obejmującym 2% najbardziej wpływowych naukowców świata. 👏 Serdecznie gratulujemy! 🔗 Więcej: www.biol.uw.edu.pl/naukowcy-z-w...
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🎉 Congratulations to @yohanpochatcot.bsky.social on being recognised among the world’s most influential scientists in the 2025 single-year impact category of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List! 🌍🐊 A fantastic achievement! 👏 #Top2Scientists #ResearchExcellence
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🎓 Last week Dunin Karwicki successfully defended his Master’s thesis "Assessment of the stability and reproducibility of growth readings for the Umbelopsis and Paraburkholderia consortium in a microplate format" and the defense went brilliantly! Warm congratulations to Dunin!🎉
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🦎 We're hiring a 3-year postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw, to join Dr. Mateusz Tałanda’s lab: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/469220
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Assistant Professor (post-doc) - Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw (WB-KG-14/2026)
Te position of Assistant professor in the project “Long transoceanic dispersals or land bridges? Unravelling biogeographic patterns and the evolutionary success of the lizard superfamily Lacertoidea”.
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PARADIVE UW @paleoparadive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦠 We're hiring a 2-year postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw, to join the PARADIVE lab: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/469223
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Assistant Professor (post-doc) - Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw (WB-KG-15/2026)
The position of Assistant Professor in the programme/project/undertaking The impact of mass extinctions on parasite diversity and evolution.
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PARADIVE UW @paleoparadive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pawel Olszewski succesfully defended his thesis on Using #molecular #cophylogenetic methods to estimate #extinction risk on ascaridoid #Nematoda @wbuw.bsky.social @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social supervised by @djbirddanerd.bsky.social
Student and supervisor after the Master defence
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dr Aleksandra Skawina participated in elaborating teaching materials for the global sustainable development goal “Life Under Water” under the project “Concern for Tomorrow: Integrating the 16 Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education” 17celow.lazarski.pl/en/sdg14-lif...
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SDG 14: Life Below Water | Integrating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Discover how marine conservation helps protect oceans. Learn the 17 sustainable development goals purpose and how 17 goals to transform our world guide action.
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Serdecznie zapraszamy do przeczytania najnowszego artykułu popularnonaukowego dotyczącego badań prowadzonych przez dr Aleksandrą Skawinę, który opublikowany został w Serwis Naukowy UW 🔎 serwisnaukowy.uw.edu.pl/potomstwo-w-...
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Potomstwo w skrzelach. Ewolucyjny sukces małży z czasów dinozaurów - Serwis Naukowy UW
W skamieniałościach małży sprzed 125 milionów lat zachowały się skrzela - struktury delikatne niemal jak skrzydła motyla. Co więcej, przetrwały także ślady tego, w jaki sposób małże opiekowały się pot...
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Marta Tischer @marta-tischer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🍄 8th @fundive-fungi.bsky.social Webinar: Tuesday, 29.09 at 8:00 PM CET Topic: Assessing the resilience of fungal communities after wildfire from co-occurrence networks and topological analyses in Patagonia, Argentina by Alexandre Raimbault Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/041276...
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On Wednesday, our PhD student Kasia Jankowska successfully defended her thesis. Under the supervision of Prof. Bożena Zakryś and Dr. Rafał Milanowski, Kasia investigated the ecology of autotrophic euglenids using metabarcoding analysis. 🦠 Congratulations! 🥳
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#Cephalopod #paleobiology and #evolution: new #insights, rising #problems, and #perspectives: doi.org/10.1017/jpa.... #paleontology #fossils #ammonoids #coleoids #nautiloids #openaccess
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Cephalopod paleobiology and evolution: new insights, rising problems, and perspectives | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Cephalopod paleobiology and evolution: new insights, rising problems, and perspectives
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance #paleobiology #paleobiology #fossils #ecology #evolution #EarthHistory #biodiversity
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Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance
Fossil biotic interactions (fBIs) provide a critical but underutilized window into the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of life through time. Unlike modern ecological data, the fossil record captu...
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Marta Tischer @marta-tischer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🍄Volunteer mycologists, we want to hear from you! ❔ What brought you into fungal citizen science, and what keeps you involved? 👉 Survey in English (more languages available!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @fundive-fungi.bsky.social
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Marta Tischer @marta-tischer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We're back with @fundive-fungi.bsky.social webinars after summer break! Tomorrow, 25.08.2026 at 20:00 CET Topic: Sequencing of fungal type specimens in FunDive project by Anton Savchenko @notgaudi.bsky.social Register here to join: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/071fb8...
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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
FunDive designed a questionnaire with the goal to better understand motivations behind individuals joining and remaining engaged in #citizenscience projects in #mycology! Please complete it if you are a volunteer or share/forward to individuals who are: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Survey on motivation factors in volunteer mycology projects
Dear Respondent, This questionnaire was designed to investigate the primary reasons why individuals join and remain engaged in citizen science mycology projects. It aims to capture the motivations an...
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Marta Tischer @marta-tischer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🍄 FunDive Webinar summer break Due to summer break, there will be no webinar in July. We will come back at the end of August, Tuesday 25.08 at 8:00 PM CET. Have a great summer!
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Marta Tischer @marta-tischer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is what happens when you look under rocks in the bushes on holidays. You find something interesting, and then it turns out it's not good news for the endemic snails... More in the latest publication with @lgasiorowski.bsky.social in the journal BioInvasions Records: doi.org/10.3391/bir....
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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We’re resuming our posts by sharing a preprint from former postdoc and current group leader at the University of Warsaw, Ludwik Gąsiorowski (@lgasiorowski.bsky.social). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Divergent evolution of the Wnt signaling system in flatworms
Regenerative capacity varies widely across flatworms (Platyhelminthes). Whereas catenulids, microstomids and planarians can regenerate a complete head de novo, other flatworms cannot. This striking di...
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Ludwik Gąsiorowski @lgasiorowski.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Probably flatworms are not the first animal group that comes to your mind when you think about coloniality. However, some of them can form colony-like linear chains composed of zooids. Here, we investigate why and how those chains are formed in the genus Stenostomum: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ludwik Gąsiorowski @lgasiorowski.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨We are hiring two post-docs in the project focused on comparative stem cell biology in non-model invertebrates! Find more details here: 🖥️ Bioinformatician: tinyurl.com/3df732k3 🔬 Experimentator: tinyurl.com/mvvf24mr And you can check our group here: tinyurl.com/489dx5va
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Comparative Invertebrate Zoology - Instytut Biologii Ewolucyjnej
Research topics Our group is focused on understanding the evolutionary basis for the diversity of morphologies and life histories among invertebrates. In particular, we are studying microscopic, free-...
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Cieplejsze oceany, mniejsze zwierzęta. Przełom w badaniach nad efektem Liliputa
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Cieplejsze oceany, mniejsze zwierzęta. Przełom w badaniach nad efektem Liliputa - Serwis Naukowy UW
Gdy oceany się ogrzewają, niektóre zamieszkujące je organizmy stają się mniejsze. Najnowsze badania pokazują, że ten zapisany w skamieniałościach wzorzec powtarza się od setek milionów lat. Czy powinn...
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Boundaries of #Geoheritage in the Tafilalt and Maïder Regions, an Eldorado for #Palaeozoic #Cephalopods: rdcu.be/fAk15 #Morocco doi.org/10.1007/s123...
Cephalopod (ca. 10 to 30 cm long) fossils from the Tafilalt: mass occurrence of Temperoceras ludense, a large late Silurian orthoceratid from Ouidane ChebbiCephalopod fossils from the Tafilalt: late Eifelian ammonoids from the Taouz region including Cabrieroceras, Subanarcestes and Agoniatites (reconstruction of the latter inserted, palaeoart by Christian Klug)
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔬🦠 Co protisty mają wspólnego z sushi, produkcją tlenu i komórkowym „origami”? O ich niezwykłym świecie opowiada w Radiu Naukowym prof. Anna Karnkowska z Wydziału Biologii UW. 🎧Posłuchajcie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNvM...
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Íñigo Vitón @vitoninigo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yesterday #Paleo4Alps conference finished. Great time in Bolzano! 🦪 Mollusc session full of interesting research 👥 Lovely meeting with friends and colleagues 🏆 Very happy for the award to the poster with @djbirddanerd.bsky.social, thanks to the Österreichischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft!
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A few new genome sequences, lots of fun with plating, microscopy, discussions, and, of course, enjoying everything Mortierellaceae 🍄🔬🧫💻 Big thanks to Beniamin Abramczyk, Sophie, Ella, and Kim for making it happen and bringing everyone together. #MOFALE #Mortierellaceae
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🌿 Prof. Anna Karnkowska z WB UW otrzymała 1 690 660 zł w konkursie OPUS 30+LAP/Weave NCN na badania pasożytniczych protistów z grupy Perkinsea w ekosystemach słodkowodnych. Gratulujemy! 👏🔗 www.biol.uw.edu.pl/prof-anna-ka...
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🎉 Nauki biologiczne na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim uzyskały kategorię A w ewaluacji jakości działalności naukowej za lata 2022–2025! Gratulujemy i dziękujemy wszystkim, którzy przyczynili się do tego sukcesu! 🔬
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Research is underway in the park of the Open-Air Centre in Dłużew (Jul-Aug 2026), testing birdhouses designed by Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts students to better protect nesting birds from extreme heat. @mszulkin.bsky.social & @igstadnicki.bsky.social are comparing them with standard models 🐣🌡️
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🌊 Zmiany klimatu od milionów lat prowadzą do zmniejszania się zwierząt morskich. Międzynarodowe badania, których współautorem jest prof. Kenneth De Baets z Wydziału Biologii UW, opisano w „PNAS”. 🔗 www.biol.uw.edu.pl/zmiany-klima...
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This year’s edition of Field Paleobiology just started!
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Mycological Research Group started the season for sampling mountain Mortierellaceae in the Tatra Mountains! 🏔️🍄 As part of the MOFALE project and Perły Nauki, we are exploring the diversity and ecology of these fascinating fungi in high-mountain environments.
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our latest: The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism. Led by Liang Lü, with help from @djbirddanerd.bsky.social Mattia Giacomelli @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social Oleksandr Holovachov, Davide Pisani and myself www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Establishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil...
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🔬 Granty OPUS 30+LAP/Weave NCN dla naukowczyń z Wydziału Biologii UW! Finansowanie otrzymały projekty kierowane przez dr hab. Annę Karnkowską, prof. ucz, oraz dr Dorotę Dwużnik-Szarek. Gratulujemy! 👏 www.biol.uw.edu.pl/polsko-czesk...
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Sergi López-Torres @sergilopeztorres.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy to participate in this little interview (in Polish! 🇵🇱) for the Letnia Akademia Młodych Umysłow of Radio Naukowe. Czy lemury są lewo- czy prawołapne? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV2V...
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Jak kurczak oddycha w jajku? Czy lemury są prawołapne? LAMU'26 odc. 2
YouTube video by LAMU - Letnia Akademia Młodych Umysłów
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🎓 4,6 mln euro dla QuBiD! Nowe wspólne studia magisterskie Erasmus Mundus, koordynowane przez UW, połączą badania nad bioróżnorodnością, bioinformatykę, AI i analizę big data. Start: 2027/2028. Gratulacje dla zespołu!
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Anna Karnkowska @ankarn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🎉 Excited to share that Elisabeth Hehenberger and I have been awarded a 🇵🇱🇨🇿 NCN–GAČR grant! We'll explore the diversity, ecology, and interactions of Perkinsea, a fascinating and largely overlooked group of parasitic #protists in #freshwaters. Looking forward to this exciting collaboration!
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
G Georgalis & A Čerňanský describe Timon planeutes, a new #lizard species from the Eocene-Oligocene of #Quercy, France 🇫🇷 This is the oldest occurrence of the extant lacertid genus Timon 🦎 Check out their new publication: doi.org/10.1002/spp2... @ncn.gov.pl
Maxilla of Timon planeutes
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dr Aleksandra Skawina during her presentation on freshwater bivalves 🦪 at the Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology! 🇧🇷
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Aleksandra Skawina and members of Lapalma (Laboratório de Paleontologia de Macroinvertebrados) attending the Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology 🇧🇷
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Holly Anderson @palaeophd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thank you to all who came to my talk at #EAVP2026 to find out more about our latest research on #Pleistocene #hyena denning & #cannibalism in #Asia: Yai Ruak #cave, Peninsular #Thailand 🦴
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Check out the work of the graduate students and postdocs from our Paleobiology Research Group at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social 2026 in Vilnius 🇱🇹👇
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Representing our Mycology Lab, @marta-tischer.bsky.social, Mikołaj Dziurzyński, Dorota Wiktorowicz & Maksymilian Nowak participated in the 10th National Microbiological Symposium “Metagenomes of Diverse Environments”. Dorota & Mikołaj received awards for their oral presentations! Congrats! 🏆
Maksymilian Nowak presenting his researchA slide acknowledging some of our Mycology Lab members
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Former and present paleo students and staff from our institute at #EAVP2026 #Vilnius @eavpalaeo.bsky.social
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🦎 Dr Mateusz Piotr Tałanda z Instytutu Biologii Ewolucyjnej otrzymał 1 888 876 zł w konkursie NCN OPUS 30. Projekt zbada, jak rozpad superkontynentów i dawne migracje wpłynęły na ewolucję jaszczurek. Gratulujemy! 👏🔗 www.biol.uw.edu.pl/grant-opus-n...
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🍄 Dr Mikołaj Dziurzyński z Instytutu Biologii Ewolucyjnej otrzymał 1 247 300 zł w konkursie NCN SONATA 21. Projekt zbada symbiozę grzybów Umbelopsis i bakterii Paraburkholderia oraz jej potencjał biotechnologiczny. Gratulujemy! 👏🔗 www.biol.uw.edu.pl/grant-sonata...
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#Multiple records of #tapeworm eggs from #Permian #coprolites and their palaeoparasitological significance: dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.01294.2025 #Platyhelminthes, #Cestoda, #bromalite, #palaeoparasitology, Rio do Rasto Formation, #Permian, #Paraná Basin #Paleobiology #Fossils
Close-up of spherical inclusions type A1 in PV 634-P thin section. Shark coprolite from Coproland, Brazil, Rio do Rasto Formation, Guadalupian (middle Permian). Panel A: Cluster of subspherical bodies interpreted as tapeworm eggs within a cocoon. Panel B: Single spherical body showing three pairs of hook-like structures and a distinct outer shell surrounded by others. Includes petrographic microscope photos and interpretative drawings. More information in Dentzien-Dias et al. 2026,
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71 (2), 2026: 323-335 doi:10.4202/app.01294.2025Close-up of spherical inclusions type A2 in PV 634-P thin section, shark coprolite from Coproland, Brazil, Rio do Rasto Formation, Guadalupian (middle Permian). Shows isolated spherical bodies interpreted as tapeworm eggs. Includes Keyence HX-7000 photo and interpretative drawing. More information in Dentzien-Dias et al. 2026, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71 (2), 2026: 323-335 doi:10.4202/app.01294.2025Hypothetical reconstruction of tapeworm parasite life cycles from shark coprolites, Coproland, Brazil, Rio Do Rasto Formation, Guadalupian (middle Permian). Filled arrows show direct evidence, stippled arrows indicate less certain connections, and possibilities from circumstantial inference are discussed in text. Panels: A) Conchostracan as possible first intermediate host; B) Bony fish as second or first intermediate host; C) Tapeworm egg development in host muscle tissue; D) Shark with spiral intestine as definitive host; E) Defecation; F) Tapeworm eggs in faeces preserved as mineralized coprolites. More information in Dentzien-Dias et al. 2026, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71 (2), 2026: 323-335 doi:10.4202/app.01294.2025
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igme1849.bsky.social @igme1849.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Scientists Discover 125-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Shellfish with Tiny Babies Still Inside
A fossil discovered on England's Isle of Wight contains preserved embryos and larvae, suggesting freshwater shellfish were caring for their young more than 125 million years ago.
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Dr. Sven N. Nielsen @snnielsen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Daily mollusk 🧪
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Wydział Biologii UW @wbuw.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🍄 Dr hab. Julia Pawłowska w wideokaście Pulsara opowiada o niezwykłym świecie grzybów, ich rozmnażaniu i podobieństwach do człowieka. 🎙️▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrQY...
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Íñigo Vitón @vitoninigo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🆕 New paper in collaboration with @djbirddanerd.bsky.social! 📏📊We study the morphology of the ammonite family Echioceratidae to analyse the serpenticone conchs and the influence of their preservation in key parameters 👇🏻
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