Geoffrey Adams · @biogeo
307 followers · 89 posts · Server mathstodon.xyzMy friend Lauren Brent and her colleagues have published a paper on the #evolution of #menopause and maternal investment in #orcas, in the latest issue of #CurrentBiology. I'm really excited to read this research! They're addressing an important and long-standing question in #EvolutionaryBiology. And it's #OpenAccess.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00824-2#%20
#openaccess #evolutionarybiology #currentbiology #orcas #menopause #evolution
michael · @proseandpassion
365 followers · 1942 posts · Server mastodon.social
2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (4/24): Chemicals and plastics #pollution is the 5th of the #PlanetaryBoundaries confirmed to be breached. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/02/pollution-beyond-boundaries.html
#currentbiology #openarchives #pollution #planetaryboundaries
michael · @proseandpassion
365 followers · 1935 posts · Server mastodon.social
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 4: How to breed flamingos and many other interesting questions have been answered with the help of a database compiling life histories from zoos around the world.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-flamboyance-of-flamingos.html #science #currentbiology #ProseAndPassion #ecology #conservation #zoos #flamingo
#currentbiology #science #proseandpassion #ecology #conservation #zoos #flamingo
michael · @proseandpassion
356 followers · 1759 posts · Server mastodon.social
2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (3/24):
Life on plants, below and above ground. featuring work from @bkoskella and others. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-whole-holobiont.html
#ecology #evolution #plants #microbiome #agriculture #science #ProseAndPassion
#currentbiology #openarchives #ecology #evolution #plants #microbiome #agriculture #science #proseandpassion
michael · @proseandpassion
356 followers · 1758 posts · Server mastodon.social
2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (2/24):
How to fit all species known to science onto one #FamilyTree of life. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-family-tree-of-life.html
#ecology #evolution #ProseAndPassion #phylogenetics
#currentbiology #openarchives #familytree #ecology #evolution #proseandpassion #phylogenetics
michael · @proseandpassion
340 followers · 1640 posts · Server mastodon.social
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 2: Collapsing ecosystems in vitro, in silico, and in vivo (meaning in the test tube, in computer models and in real life). https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/01/ecosystem-breakdown.html #ecology #anthropocene #collapse #ecosystem #GreatSaltLake
#currentbiology #ecology #anthropocene #collapse #ecosystem #greatsaltlake
michael · @proseandpassion
324 followers · 1447 posts · Server mastodon.social
2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (1/24): Dragons in danger. In my informal new year series on Fantastic species and where to find them, I had a look at the Komodo and other dragons. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/01/here-be-dragons.html
michael · @proseandpassion
324 followers · 1446 posts · Server mastodon.socialThe (slow) thread collecting last year's features in #CurrentBiology as they move into the #OpenArchives (one year after publication) starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology #FreeAccess
#currentbiology #openarchives #proseandpassion #science #sciencewriter #sciencejournalism #biology #ecology #freeaccess
michael · @proseandpassion
321 followers · 1440 posts · Server mastodon.social
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 1: Human population at the crossroads. After the passing of the 8 billion threshold, I am discussing population trends for the decades ahead and what they will mean for global issues. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/01/now-were-8-billion.html
michael · @proseandpassion
321 followers · 1439 posts · Server mastodon.socialThe (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology this year starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology
#currentbiology #proseandpassion #science #sciencewriter #sciencejournalism #biology #ecology
Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
1324 followers · 3072 posts · Server qoto.org
'The mutant flowers were UV reflective as expected but additionally contained low levels of visible anthocyanin pigments. Hawkmoths strongly preferred the wild-type P. axillaris over the myb-fl mutant, whereas both social and solitary bee preference depended on the level of visible color of the mutants.'
#CurrentBiology #Pollination #Evolution @CurrentBiology
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01762-6
#pollination #currentbiology #evolution
michael · @proseandpassion
293 followers · 1070 posts · Server mastodon.socialdeutsche Version: #NeuHier seit 4 Jahren aber erst jetzt aktiv. Bin #BioChemiker #freischaffend #WissenschaftsSchreiberling auf #Deutsch und Englisch zB für #NachrichtenAusDerChemie und #CurrentBiology Themen #Ökologie, #Umwelt, #Evolution #Genome etc Bücher zB #Astrobiologie für Einsteiger, #Tabakschwärmer (Glossen) . Schreibe auch #FamilienGeschichte #Biographie unseres alten #Cello s und anderer #Musikinstrumente. Spiele #Bach Suiten. #KeinAuto #Fahrrad, #lebenswerte #Stadt 100% #Stadtmaus
#stadt #stadtmaus #neuhier #Biochemiker #freischaffend #wissenschaftsschreiberling #deutsch #nachrichtenausderchemie #currentbiology #okologie #umwelt #evolution #genome #astrobiologie #tabakschwarmer #familiengeschichte #biographie #cello #musikinstrumente #bach #keinauto #fahrrad #lebenswerte
Lene Liebe Delsett · @leneliebedelsett
68 followers · 10 posts · Server ecoevo.social
Did #ichthyosaurs live in groups, migrating to breeding sites? Very interesting work on #Triassic Shonisaurus locality in Nevada yesterday in #currentbiology by Neil Kelley et al yesterday 🤩 I commented to Wired here:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-nevadas-ancient-reptilian-boneyard/
#ichthyosaurs #triassic #currentbiology
Gabriel Ugueto · @serpenillus
696 followers · 64 posts · Server sauropods.win
Group of Shonisaurus popularis, a giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur, in their birthing grounds
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This is an illustration I was commissioned to do for a new research paper by Neil P. Kelley and colleagues that has been JUST published in Current Biology! My illustration also made the cover!!! The paper is titled: “Grouping behavior in a Triassic marine apex predator”
#ichthyosaur #shonisaurus #MarineReptiles #currentbiology
Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
795 followers · 984 posts · Server qoto.orgIt's a wonderful menu
"Here, we examine the gut contents of Ediacaran animals using biomarker molecules. We show that 558-million-year (Ma)-old tube worm-like Calyptrina and mollusc-like Kimberella possessed a gut and shared a diet of green algae and bacteria. Despite their ancient age, sterol metabolism within the gut of both organisms was already comparable to extant invertebrates."
#Evolution #Phylogeny #CurrentBiology #Paleontology
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01699-2
#evolution #phylogeny #currentbiology #paleontology
Alan R Kay · @alanrkay
48 followers · 9 posts · Server mastodon.socialThomas Collett in
#CurrentBiology
- David Blest "had found that Automeris cinerea expressed their age quantitatively in the number of times they waggled their head from side to side after flying for a given time." Really?
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01677-3
michael · @proseandpassion
171 followers · 630 posts · Server mastodon.social22-Nov-2022
World’s oldest meal helps unravel mystery of our earliest animal ancestors
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/971940 research in #CurrentBiology #ecology #evolution
#currentbiology #ecology #evolution
michael · @proseandpassion
159 followers · 607 posts · Server mastodon.social#NeuHier seit 4 Jahren aber erst jetzt aktiv. Bin #BioChemiker #freischaffend #WissenschaftsSchreiberling auf #Deutsch und Englisch zB für #NachrichtenAusDerChemie und #CurrentBiology Themen #Ökologie, #Umwelt, #Evolution #Genome etc Bücher zB #Astrobiologie für Einsteiger, #Tabakschwärmer (Glossen) . Schreibe auch #FamilienGeschichte #Biographie unseres alten #Cello s und anderer #Musikinstrumente. Spiele #Bach Suiten. #KeinAuto #Fahrrad, #lebenswerte #Stadt 100% #Stadtmaus
#freischaffend #wissenschaftsschreiberling #deutsch #nachrichtenausderchemie #currentbiology #okologie #umwelt #evolution #genome #astrobiologie #tabakschwarmer #familiengeschichte #biographie #cello #musikinstrumente #bach #keinauto #fahrrad #lebenswerte #stadt #stadtmaus #neuhier #Biochemiker
michael · @proseandpassion
159 followers · 606 posts · Server mastodon.social#Introduction in English: I’m a #BioChemist turned science writer, mainly write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Astrobiology: an introduction, 3rd ed. Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around the #biography of our old #cello on which I’m trying to play #Bach #suites. #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse
#introduction #biochemist #currentbiology #ecology #evolution #environment #human #cultural #biology #ScienceBooks #astrobiology #musical #familyhistory #memoir #biography #cello #bach #suites #nocars #cycling #trains #liveable #cities #townmouse
Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
638 followers · 625 posts · Server qoto.org
Another great cover at #CurrentBiology
(Photograph by National Park Service)