Eliphaleth Carmona

Ah yes, the disastrous consequences of hubris strikes again #Deëxtinction (yes I know, I’m a broken record)…

In the @newscientist.com article, Colossal CEO Ben Lamm said "...our goal is to inspire scientists, not tear scientists down". Yet this is what Colossal is doing when Ben tweets the following. Not very inspiring at all! Hint: the headline was tongue in cheek 😜 (theconversation.com/first-the-di...).

Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them

Thanks @newscientist.com for shining a light on the smear campaign against @toriherridge.bsky.social, @devoevomed.bsky.social, @flintdibble.bsky.social & myself just for fulfilling our critic & conscience role to provide expert commentary about de-extinction www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

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New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!

doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

Book cover by Simon Kirby

Delighted to announce the publication of a collaborative effort, co-led by @limorraviv.bsky.social @mpi-nl.bsky.social, showcasing the ways in which researchers have made language evolution an empirical issue: A handbook of experimental approaches to the fascinating problem of language evolution 🧪

Just watch all those pundits that cry "keep politics out of science" (whenever it's suggested that scientists shouldn't be passive in the face of bigotry and pseudoscience) stay absolutely silent about this clear case of a political ideology interfering with science

As someone who works in the very specific sliver of science communication that focuses on creating programs, opportunities, and spaces for my local community to experience science in person, I am SO happy to see Sarah doing this!!

Share and apply! 🧪

Relato sobre la desaparición de Wendy

Collage con foto de Wendy: "Gobernador, ¿Dónde está Wendy?"

Hoy hace cuatro años que mi amiga Wendy Sánchez fue desaparecida. Hoy se cumplen cuatro años de impunidad por parte del gobierno de Jalisco, Nayarit y federal. Les comparto una pequeña crónica que escribí para una investigación que hicimos. Se agradece el RT #TeBuscamosWendy

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Illustration of extinct narrow-nosed rhino with a map in the background showing it lived in central and southern Europe, northern Africa and some way into western Asia

Illustration of ”Siberian unicorn” or Elasmotherium sibiricum with a map on the background showing it lived in Eastern Europe and central Asia

Illustration of a woolly rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it had a very wide distribution from southwestern Europe all the way through Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast and northern China.

Illustration of a merck’s rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it lived in a large area from southwestern and central Europe to western Asia, parts of Siberia and northern and eastern China.

Where did our lost rhinos roam?

Distribution charts based on bone finds (individual dots) and habitat suitability for the four fluffy rhinos of late Pleistocene.

These are of course approximate and might not include all obscure finds. #Sciart

Crystal Palace mentioned, time to repost my favorite meme

Yo ya necesito que implementen algo similar a los Bookmarks 🥲

Still a few spots left on the Early Career Ecologists starter pack. Please let me know if you'd like to be included!
go.bsky.app/Di74bDy

Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio

go.bsky.app/MzND7nX

American kestrel in flight. Flying to the right - right side of head showing. Almost black background. Wings are outstreatched and down below body.

American kestrel at #YoloBypass just before sunset. It was flying in front of a very shadowed area but it was in the sun, so it looks a bit like this was done with a flash at night. Taken with a Nikon D500 and Nikkor 500 mm f 5.6.

Tyrannosaurus rex approaches a wary triceratops on a Cretaceous floodplain

Should probably remind folks I’m also an illustrator, you might see my work out in the wild on a cover like this recent one for Scientific American

Here are some thoughts on teaching #statistics to non-statistical students, specifically those in #applied #ecology degrees. Thanks to Will Kay and Tiago Marques for an enjoyable (and not last) collaboration.
You can access the PDF here 👉 tinyurl.com/33keh22s

Donate to Support 'A LIFE IN SOUND' - A bold, environmental film, organized by The Listening Planet A Life in Sound - Environmental Film My name is Nick Lyon… The Listening Planet needs your support for Support 'A LIFE IN SOUND' - A bold, environmental film

It's time to announce A Life in Sound. Please join us in getting word out on this project... bit.ly/alifeinsound My friend Nick Lyon has built a team of A-list wildlife filmmakers who are volunteering their time to make a poetic, high-end film about one man’s life recording the sounds of the planet.

"Empanadasaurus" and it's an empanada being formed into the shape of a dinosaur, with five examples shown of intermediate steps in the process.

Well, I know what *I'm* making this weekend.

New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!

Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging

Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

🫤facts about Prairie dogs.

📉We've killed ~98% of them since colonization of the west.

🦬They're #grassland keystone sp, w/ impacts that likely eclipsed #bison in some areas.

☠️You can kill PDs with no limits across most western states & on public lands.

Collage of Elementaves bird species, arranged following the classical elements, from bottom to top, of water, earth, air, and fire. All images with CC0 license, unless otherwise stated. Water: Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), Common Loon (Gavia immer). Earth: Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus) [Hari K Patibanda, https://flic.kr/p/2oM6rs3, CC BY-NC 2.0], Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii). Air: Common Swift (Apus apus), Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia). Fire: Sunbittern (Eurypygia helias) [Jean Ogden, https://flic.kr/p/2puQRv2, CC BY 2.0], White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus).

BOOM, #BirdTwitter! Flashy new family tree of #birds just landed in @Nature: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... From the #B10K #Bird10K project, led by Josefin Stiller, using nearly 1 BILLION ACT&Gs, we improve age estimates vastly & introduce cool new clade #Elementaves. 🧵
 
#ornithology #phylogenomics 🪶

a square logo in dark green, a strand of DNA going across it diagonally. the bases of the DNA are rainbow colors and filled with minimalistic drawings of birds, lizards, fish, and other organisms. in old-school poster font, the text reads "McLaughlin Lab" in the upper right corner, and "University of Alaska Anchorage" in the bottom left

alright, y'all, this is it- it's THE announcement

i am absolutely ELATED to share that i have just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Genomics at University of Alaska Anchorage starting this fall

i can't believe it- i am so grateful to the support of everyone who helped me get to this ❤️

Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution Synopsis. “Sex” is often used to describe a suite of phenotypic and genotypic traits of an organism related to reproduction. However, these traits—gamete type,

Holy s. Our paper "Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution" is the most read paper in Integrative & Comparative Biology. ! 🥹
@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social @jacanamama.bsky.social

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3 colored digital sketches of different horror and pop-culture themed Pteranodon. Top is a purple retro dragon-like depiction, bottom left is a modern blood-soaked one eating a hatchling from Jurassic Park 3, and bottom right is a 90s and 2000s style Jurassic Park and Rodan inspired dino damage depiction.

Fresh batch of Pteranodon ( not dinosaur ) horror archetypes.

There is little evidence that spicy food in hot countries is an adaptation to reducing infection ris... Spices with antimicrobial effects have been considered to be a Darwinian adaptation to reduce risk of foodborne infection. Bromham et al. analyse more than 30,000 recipes and find that spice use is mo...

Glad to know there's published work testing this particular hypothesis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Is it me or is this "Darwinian gastronomy" hypothesis an example of the Panglossian Paradigm at work?